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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 217a1 - Advisory committees; prohibition of consideration of political affiliations
## Text
All appointments to advisory committees established to assist in implementing the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.],11 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. and the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 [42 U.S.C. 4541 et seq.], shall be made without regard to political affiliation.
(Pub. L. 94278, title X, § 1001, Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 415; Pub. L. 111256, § 2(e), Oct. 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 2643.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
References in TextThe Public Health Service Act, referred to in text, is act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682, which is classified generally to this chapter (§ 201 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 201 of this title and Tables. The Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 91616, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1848, which is classified principally to chapter 60 (§ 4541 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4541 of this title and Tables.
Codification Section was not enacted as a part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.
Amendments2010—Pub. L. 111256 struck out “the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963,” after “Public Health Service Act,”.