20 USC § 3508 - Department of Health and Human Services

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title: "20 USC § 3508 - Department of Health and Human Services"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "3508"
section_name: "Department of Health and Human Services"
chapter_number: 48
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "TRANSITIONAL, SAVINGS, AND CONFORMING PROVISIONS"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304; Pub. L. 108–178, § 2(b)(2), Dec. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 2640.)"
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# § 3508. Department of Health and Human Services

**(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** May 4, 1980

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 , 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304; Pub. L. 108–178, § 2(b)(2), Dec. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 2640.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

In subsec. (b), “” substituted for “the effective date of this chapter” pursuant to , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Amendments

2003—Subsec. (b).  amended . See 2002 Amendment note below.

2002—Subsec. (b). , which had repealed subsec. (b) of this section, was itself repealed by  insofar as it related to subsec. (b) of this section, and  further provided that subsec. (b) of this section was revived to read as if , had not been enacted.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2003 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.