---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1324"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "1324"
heading: "“Governor” defined"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/1324"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Social Security"
  - "Subchapter XII — Advances to State Unemployment Funds"
---

# §1324. “Governor” defined


When used in this subchapter, the term “Governor” [includes](/usc/42/1301.md?p=b) the Mayor of the District of Columbia.


## Source credit

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XII, § 1204, as added Pub. L. 86–778, title V, § 522(a), Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 979; amended 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 401, eff. Nov. 3, 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 93–198, title IV, § 421, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 789.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in section 1323, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XII, § 1203, as added Aug. 5, 1954, ch. 657, § 3, 68 Stat. 672, prior to amendment by Pub. L. 86–778.

### Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Except as otherwise provided in Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, eff. Nov. 3, 1967 (in part), 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 948, functions of Board of Commissioners of District of Columbia transferred to Commissioner of District of Columbia by section 401 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967. Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93–198, title VII, § 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and replaced by office of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of Pub. L. 93–198. Accordingly, “Mayor” substituted in text for “Commissioners”.