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Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE > CHAPTER 6A—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE > SUBCHAPTER I—ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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The term “Service” means the Public Health Service;

( July 1, 1944, ch. 373 , title I, § 2, 58 Stat. 682 ; July 3, 1946, ch. 538, § 3 , 60 Stat. 421 ; Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 1 , 62 Stat. 38 ; June 16, 1948, ch. 481, § 6(a) , 62 Stat. 469 ; June 24, 1948, ch. 621, § 6(a) , 62 Stat. 601 ; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953 , 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631 ; Pub. L. 86–70, § 31(a) , June 25, 1959 , 73 Stat. 148 ; Pub. L. 86–415, § 5(a) , Apr. 8, 1960 , 74 Stat. 34 ; Pub. L. 86–624, § 29(a) , July 12, 1960 , 74 Stat. 419 ; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 13, 1965 , 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318 ; Pub. L. 91–212, § 11 , Mar. 13, 1970 , 84 Stat. 67 ; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970 , 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090 ; Pub. L. 91–513, title I, § 2(b) , Oct. 27, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1240 ; Pub. L. 93–523, § 2(b) , Dec. 16, 1974 , 88 Stat. 1693 ; Pub. L. 94–317, title III, § 301(a) , June 23, 1976 , 90 Stat. 707 ; Pub. L. 94–484, title IX, § 905(a) , Oct. 12, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2325 ; Pub. L. 95–83, title I, § 107 , Aug. 1, 1977 , 91 Stat. 386 ; Pub. L. 96–79, title II, § 203(e)(2) , Oct. 4, 1979 , 93 Stat. 635 ; Pub. L. 97–35, title IX , §§ 902(d)(5), 986(a), Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 560 , 603; Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2008(e) , June 10, 1993 , 107 Stat. 212 ; Pub. L. 118–42, div. G, title II, § 209 ( l )(1), Mar. 9, 2024 , 138 Stat. 448 .)

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