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42 U.S.C. § 207 — Assignment of officers
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**(a) Deputy Surgeon General** The Surgeon General shall assign one commissioned officer from the Regular Corps to administer the Office of the Surgeon General, to act as Surgeon General during the absence or disability of the Surgeon General or in the event of a vacancy in that office, and to perform such other duties as the Surgeon General may prescribe, and while so assigned he shall have the title of Deputy Surgeon General.
**(b) Assistant Surgeons General** The Surgeon General shall assign eight commissioned officers from the Regular Corps to be, respectively, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Chief of the Bureau of State Services, the Chief of the Bureau of Medical Services, the Chief Medical Officer of the United States Coast Guard, the Chief Dental Officer of the Service, the Chief Nurse Officer of the Service, the Chief Pharmacist Officer of the Service, and the Chief Sanitary Engineering Officer of the Service, and while so serving they shall each have the title of Assistant Surgeon General.
**(c) Creation of temporary positions as Assistant Surgeons General**
(1) The Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary, is authorized to create special temporary positions in the grade of Assistant Surgeons General when necessary for the proper staffing of the Service. The Surgeon General may assign officers of either the Regular Corps or the Ready Reserve Corps to any such temporary position, and while so serving they shall each have the title of Assistant Surgeon General.
(2) Except as provided in this paragraph, the number of special temporary positions created by the Surgeon General under paragraph (1) shall not on any day exceed 1 per centum of the highest number, during the ninety days preceding such day, of officers of the Regular
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**(a) Deputy Surgeon General** The Surgeon General shall assign one commissioned officer from the Regular Corps to administer the Office of the Surgeon General, to act as Surgeon General during the absence or disability of the Surgeon General or in the event of a vacancy in that office, and to perform such other duties as the Surgeon General may prescribe, and while so assigned he shall have the title of Deputy Surgeon General.
**(b) Assistant Surgeons General** The Surgeon General shall assign eight commissioned officers from the Regular Corps to be, respectively, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Chief of the Bureau of State Services, the Chief of the Bureau of Medical Services, the Chief Medical Officer of the United States Coast Guard, the Chief Dental Officer of the Service, the Chief Nurse Officer of the Service, the Chief Pharmacist Officer of the Service, and the Chief Sanitary Engineering Officer of the Service, and while so serving they shall each have the title of Assistant Surgeon General.
**(c) Creation of temporary positions as Assistant Surgeons General**
(1) The Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary, is authorized to create special temporary positions in the grade of Assistant Surgeons General when necessary for the proper staffing of the Service. The Surgeon General may assign officers of either the Regular Corps or the Ready Reserve Corps to any such temporary position, and while so serving they shall each have the title of Assistant Surgeon General.
(2) Except as provided in this paragraph, the number of special temporary positions created by the Surgeon General under paragraph (1) shall not on any day exceed 1 per centum of the highest number, during the ninety days preceding such day, of officers of the Regular Corps on active duty and officers of the Ready Reserve Corps on active duty for more than thirty days. If on any day the number of such special temporary positions exceeds such 1 per centum limitation, for a period of not more than one year after such day, the number of such special temporary positions shall be reduced for purposes of complying with such 1 per centum limitation only by the resignation, retirement, death, or transfer to a position of a lower grade, of any officer holding any such temporary position.
**(d) Designation of Assistant Surgeon General with respect to absence, disability, or vacancy in offices of Surgeon General and Deputy Surgeon General** The Surgeon General shall designate the Assistant Surgeon General who shall serve as Surgeon General in case of absence or disability, or vacancy in the offices, of both the Surgeon General and the Deputy Surgeon General.
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When used in this chapter—
**(a)** The term “Service” means the Public Health Service;
**(b)** The term “Surgeon General” means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;
**(c)** Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
**(d)** The term “regulations”, except when otherwise specified, means rules and regulations made by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary;
**(e)** The term “executive department” means any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States or any corporation wholly owned by the United States;
**(f)** Except as provided in sections 246(g)(4)(B),11 See References in Text note below. 247c(c)(1),1 254d(h)(3),1 263c(5),1 264(d), 292a(9),1 300a(c), 300f(13), and 300n(1) 1 of this title, the term “State” includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
**(g)** The term “possession” includes, among other possessions, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands;
**(h)** Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 986(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 603.
**(i)** The term “vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, exclusive of aircraft and amphibious contrivances;
**(j)** The term “habit-forming narcotic drug” or “narcotic” means opium and coca leaves and the several alkaloids derived therefrom, the best known of these alkaloids being morphia, heroin, and codeine, obtained from opium, and cocaine derived from the coca
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(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security.
(2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.
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The provisions of Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1953, submitted to the Congress on March 12, 1953, shall take effect ten days after April 1, 1953, and its approval by the President, notwithstanding the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, except that section 9 of such Act shall apply to such reorganization plan and to the reorganization made thereby.
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**(a)** For the purpose of computing their basic pay, commissioned officers of the uniformed services (other than commissioned warrant officers) are assigned by the grade or rank in which serving to the following pay grades: Pay gradeArmy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space ForceNavy, Coast Guard, andNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationPublic Health Service O–10GeneralAdmiralAssistant Secretary for Health. O–9Lieutenant generalVice admiralSurgeon General. O–8Major generalRear admiralDeputy Surgeon General.Assistant Surgeon General having rank of major general. O–7Brigadier generalRear admiral (lower half)Assistant Surgeon General having rank of brigadier general. O–6ColonelCaptainDirector grade. O–5Lieutenant colonelCommanderSenior grade. O–4MajorLieutenant commanderFull grade. O–3CaptainLieutenantSenior assistant grade. O–21st lieutenantLieutenant (junior grade)Assistant grade. O–12d lieutenantEnsignJunior assistant grade.
**(b)** For the purpose of computing their basic pay, warrant officers of the armed forces are assigned, by the warrant officer grade in which serving, to the following pay grades: Pay Grade:Warrant Officer Grade: W–5 Chief Warrant Officer, W–5. W–4 Chief Warrant Officer, W–4. W–3 Chief Warrant Officer, W–3. W–2 Chief Warrant Officer, W–2. W–1 Warrant Officer, W–1.
**(c)** Unless entitled to the basic pay of a higher pay grade, an aviation cadet of the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard is entitled to monthly basic pay at the lowest rate prescribed for pay grade E–4.
**(d)** Unless he is entitled to the basic pay of a higher pay grade, an aviation pilot of the Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve is entitled to monthly basic pay at the rate prescribed for pay grade E–5.
**(e)** Except as provided by s
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### Statutory Notes
Section 28, acts July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 3, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309; July 9, 1918, ch. 143, ch. XV, § 3, 40 Stat. 886, provided divisions under Assistant Surgeons General and the rank, pay, and allowances of said Assistants. See sections 206, 207, and 210 of this title.
Section 28a, act Apr. 9, 1930, ch. 125, § 10(c), 46 Stat. 152, provided for a chief of the narcotics division. See [section 206 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section206&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 29, acts July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 7, 32 Stat. 713; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided for conferences with State and Territorial boards of health. See [section 242n of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section242n&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 30, acts July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 8, 32 Stat. 714; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided for compilation of mortality, morbidity, and vital statistics. See [section 242k(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section242k/g&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 31, act June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 883, provided that officers of Service could make allotments of their pay. See [section 704 of Title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section704&num=0&edition=prelim), Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.
Section 32, act Mar. 6, 1920, ch. 94, § 1, 41 Stat. 507, provided for purchase of quartermaster supplies by officers of Service. See [section 210 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section210&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 33, act Mar. 4,
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 207
1979—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–76, § 302(b), inserted pro-
visions relating to assignment of Chief Nurse Officer
and Chief Pharmacist Officer, and substituted ‘‘eight’’
for ‘‘six’’.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–76, § 303, designated existing
provisions as par. (1), struck out provisions relating to
maximum number of special temporary positions, and
added par. (2).
1948—Subsec. (b). Act June 16, 1948, substituted ‘‘Na-
tional Institutes of Health’’ for ‘‘National Institute of
Health’’.
Subsecs. (c), (d). Act Feb. 28, 1948, added subsec. (c)
and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub-
stituted for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare’’ in subsec. (c)(1) pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub.
L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20,
Education.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1979 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 96–76, title III, § 314, Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 587,
provided that: ‘‘The amendments made by sections 303,
304, 305, 306, 307, and 313 [amending this section, sec-
tions 207, 209, 210b, and 211 of this title, and sections
201, 415, and 1006 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the
Uniformed Services] shall take effect on October 1,
1979.’’
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and
assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities
and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat-
ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections
468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu-
rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor-
ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
ou
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