Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110
§3508 Department of Health and Human Services
Title 20 › CHAPTER 48 — DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › SUBCHAPTER V — TRANSITIONAL, SAVINGS, AND CONFORMING PROVISIONS › § 3508
Summary
It renames the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Health and Human Services. The Secretary and other officials of the old department are renamed to match. Any law, rule, or official paper in effect on May 4, 1980 that mentions the old department or Secretary should be read as referring to the new ones, unless the item refers to a job or function moved elsewhere under this chapter.
Full Legal Text
Title 20, §3508
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(a)Redesignation of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is hereby redesignated the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or any other official of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is hereby redesignated the Secretary or official, as appropriate, of Health and Human Services.
(b)Reference to Department, Secretary, etc., of Health, Education, and Welfare deemed reference to Department, Secretary, etc., of Health and Human Services
Any reference to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, or any other official of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on May 4, 1980, shall be deemed to refer and apply to the Department of Health and Human Services or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, respectively, except to the extent such reference is to a function or office transferred to the Secretary or the Department under this chapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification In subsec. (b), “May 4, 1980” substituted for “the
Effective Date
of this chapter” pursuant to section 601 of Pub. L. 96–88, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 3401 of this title.
Amendments
2003—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–178 amended Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b). See 2002 Amendment note below. 2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), which had repealed subsec. (b) of this section, was itself repealed by Pub. L. 108–178 insofar as it related to subsec. (b) of this section, and Pub. L. 108–178 further provided that subsec. (b) of this section was revived to read as if Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), had not been enacted.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2003 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 108–178 effective Aug. 21, 2002, see section 5 of Pub. L. 108–178, set out as a note under section 5334 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Reference
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 3508
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110