42 USC § 3504 - General Counsel; appointment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s3504"
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title: "42 USC § 3504 - General Counsel; appointment"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3504"
section_name: "General Counsel; appointment"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 31, 1956, ch. 804, title III, § 301, 70 Stat. 742; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)"
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# § 3504. General Counsel; appointment

**(a)** The President shall appoint on and after July 31, 1956, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services.

**(b)** The existing office of General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services shall be abolished effective upon the appointment and qualification of the General Counsel provided for by subsection (a) or April 1, 1957, whichever is earlier.

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**Source Credit**: (July 31, 1956, ch. 804, title III, § 301, 70 Stat. 742; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is based on that part of section 301 of act , relating to the General Counsel of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Health and Human Services]. That part of such section 301 relating to the General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, is classified to , Agriculture. That part of such section 301 relating to the General Counsel of the Post Office Department was enacted as  by , , . Such provisions were eliminated from Title 39 by the Postal Reorganization Act, , , .

Section was formerly classified to section 623c of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Department of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to , which is classified to , Education.