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# 42 U.S.C. § 3502 - Assistant Secretary for Administration; appointment and duties
## Text
There shall be in the Department of Health and Human Services an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Administration who shall be appointed, with the approval of the President, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the classified civil service, who shall perform such duties as the Secretary shall prescribe.
(Pub. L. 86568, title II, § 202, July 1, 1960, 74 Stat. 305; Pub. L. 88426, title III, §§ 305(34), 307, Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 426, 432; Pub. L. 9688, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 623g 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 Pub. L. 89554, § 1, Sept. 1, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Amendments1964—Pub. L. 88426, § 305(34), struck out provisions which prescribed compensation of Administrative Assistant Secretary.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name “Department of Health and Human Services”, “Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services”, and “Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare”, “Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare”, and “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare”, respectively, pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 9688, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. “Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for Administration” substituted for “Administrative Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 307 of Pub. L. 88426.
Effective Date of 1964 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 88426 effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after July 1, 1964, except to the extent provided in section 501(c) of Pub. L. 88426, see section 501 of Pub. L. 88426, title V, Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 435.
Effective DateSection effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after July 1, 1960, see section 122 of Pub. L. 86568.