42 USC § 3506 - Travel and subsistence expenses of officers and employees in connection with attendance at meetings or in performing advisory services

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title: "42 USC § 3506 - Travel and subsistence expenses of officers and employees in connection with attendance at meetings or in performing advisory services"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3506"
section_name: "Travel and subsistence expenses of officers and employees in connection with attendance at meetings or in performing advisory services"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–67, title II, § 211, June 29, 1957, 71 Stat. 224; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)"
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# § 3506. Travel and subsistence expenses of officers and employees in connection with attendance at meetings or in performing advisory services

June 29, 1957

To the extent and under the conditions provided by regulations of the Secretary, officers (including commissioned officers of the Public Health Service) and employees of the Department of Health and Human Services may on and after , in connection with their attendance at meetings or in performing advisory services concerned with the functions or activities of the Department, be permitted to accept payment, in cash or in kind, from non-Federal agencies, organizations, and individuals, for travel and subsistence expenses, to be retained by them to cover the cost thereof or deposited to the credit of the appropriation from which the cost thereof is paid, as may be provided, in such regulations.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–67, title II, § 211, June 29, 1957, 71 Stat. 224; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 623f 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

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

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health Service, and all other officers and employees of Public Health Service, and functions of all agencies of or in Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. , 31 F.R. 8855, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.