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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 2 - Omitted

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section, acts Feb. 3, 1905, ch. 297, 33 Stat. 650; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, eff. July 1, 1939, § 201, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424, which provided for jurisdiction of Federal Security Agency over the Service, was superseded by section 202 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

RepealsAct Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309, which changed name of Public Health and Marine Hospital Service of the United States to Public Health Service was repealed by act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, § 1313, formerly title VI, § 611, 58 Stat. 714, as renumbered by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 5, 60 Stat. 1049; act Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 9(b), 62 Stat. 47; act July 30, 1956, ch. 779, § 3(b), 70 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 88–581, § 4(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat. 919; Pub. L. 89–239, § 3(b), Oct. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 931; Pub. L. 91–572, § 6(b), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1506; Pub. L. 92–294, § 3(b), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 137; Pub. L. 93–154, § 2(b)(2), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 604; and repealed by Pub. L. 93–222, § 7(b), Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 936. Act July 1, 1944, retained the name Public Health Service.