---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch43/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch43-schI"
sections_count: 29
---

# Subchapter I — General Provisions

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 43 — Department of Health and Human Services

## Sections

- [§3501. Establishment of Department; effective date](/usc/42/3501.md)
- [§3501a. Additional Assistant Secretaries](/usc/42/3501a.md)
- [§3502. Assistant Secretary for Administration; appointment and duties](/usc/42/3502.md)
- [§3502a. Administrator of Social and Rehabilitation Service; appointment and confirmation](/usc/42/3502a.md)
- [§3503. Omitted](/usc/42/3503.md)
- [§3504. General Counsel; appointment](/usc/42/3504.md)
- [§3505. Seal](/usc/42/3505.md)
- [§3505a. Office of Population Affairs; establishment; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs; appointment; staff and consultants](/usc/42/3505a.md)
- [§3505b. Functions and duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs](/usc/42/3505b.md)
- [§3505c. Repealed.](/usc/42/3505c.md)
- [§3505d. National Health Professional Shortage Clearinghouse](/usc/42/3505d.md)
- [§3506. Travel and subsistence expenses of officers and employees in connection with attendance at meetings or in performing advisory services](/usc/42/3506.md)
- [§3506a. Scientific engagement](/usc/42/3506a.md)
- [§3507. Transfer of personnel and household goods; delegation of Secretary’s authority](/usc/42/3507.md)
- [§3508. Omitted](/usc/42/3508.md)
- [§3509. Repealed.](/usc/42/3509.md)
- [§3511. Transferred](/usc/42/3511.md)
- [§3512. Office to assist small manufacturers of medical devices; establishment](/usc/42/3512.md)
- [§3513. Working capital fund; establishment; amount; use; reimbursement](/usc/42/3513.md)
- [§3513a. Working capital fund; availability for centralized personnel data collection and reporting and common regional administrative support services](/usc/42/3513a.md)
- [§3513b. Working capital fund; availability for common personnel support services](/usc/42/3513b.md)
- [§3514. Special account for grants of Department; reports](/usc/42/3514.md)
- [§3514a. Nonrecurring expenses fund](/usc/42/3514a.md)
- [§3515. Performance of one-year contracts during two fiscal years](/usc/42/3515.md)
- [§3515a. Dedicated telephone service between employee residences and computer centers](/usc/42/3515a.md)
- [§3515b. Prohibition on funding certain experiments involving human participants](/usc/42/3515b.md)
- [§3515c. Offset against Federal payments to States for provision of services](/usc/42/3515c.md)
- [§3515d. Expenses of Office of Inspector General; protective services; investigating non-payment of child support](/usc/42/3515d.md)
- [§3515e. Transfer of functions regarding independent living to Department of Health and Human Services, and savings provisions](/usc/42/3515e.md)