2013 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 9 - HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE (§§ 1501 - 1594k)
Subchapter IX - DEFENSE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES (§§ 1592 - 1592o)
Section 1592o - Powers of Surgeon General of Public Health Service
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 9 - HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE SUBCHAPTER IX - DEFENSE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES Sec. 1592o - Powers of Surgeon General of Public Health Service |
| Contains | section 1592o |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 378, title III, §316, 65 Stat. 310. |
| Statutes at Large References | 65 Stat. 310 80 Stat. 1610 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 96-88 |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, all functions, powers, and duties under this subchapter and section 1591b of this title with respect to health, refuse disposal, sewage treatment, and water purification shall be exercised by and vested in the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service: Provided, That the Surgeon General shall have power to delegate to any other Federal agency functions, powers, and duties with respect to construction.
(Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 378, title III, §316, 65 Stat. 310.)
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSOffice of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3 eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and functions thereof transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of 1966 Reorg. Plan. No. 3, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. Office of Surgeon General reestablished within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, see Notice of Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Mar. 30, 1987, 52 F.R. 11754.
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