20 U.S.C. § 3508 — Department of Health and Human Serv-

Page 1186 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 3508 Editorial Notes CODIFICATION ‘‘May 4, 1980’’ substituted in text for ‘‘the effective date of this chapter’’ pursuant to section 601 of Pub. L. 96–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3401 of this title. § 3508. Department of Health and Human Serv- ices (a) Redesignation of Department of Health, Edu- cation, and Welfare The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is hereby redesignated the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Sec- retary of Health, Education, and Welfare or any other official of the Department of Health, Edu- cation, and Welfare is hereby redesignated the Secretary or official, as appropriate, of Health and Human Services. (b) Reference to Department, Secretary, etc., of Health, Education, and Welfare deemed ref- erence to Department, Secretary, etc., of Health and Human Services Any reference to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, or any other official of the Department of Health, Education, and Wel- fare in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, di- rective, instruction, or other official paper in force on May 4, 1980, shall be deemed to refer and apply to the Department of Health and Human Services or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, respectively, except to the ex- tent such reference is to a function or office transferred to the Secretary or the Department under this chapter. (Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304; Pub. L. 108–178, § 2(b)(2), Dec. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 2640.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION In subsec. (b), ‘‘May 4, 1980’’ substituted for ‘‘the ef- fective date of this chapter’’ pursuant to section 601 of Pub. L. 96–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3401 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2003—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–178 amended Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b). See 2002 Amendment note below. 2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), which had re- pealed subsec. (b) of this section, was itself repealed by Pub. L. 108–178 insofar as it related to subsec. (b) of this section, and Pub. L. 108–178 further provided that sub- sec. (b) of this section was revived to read as if Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), had not been enacted. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2003 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 108–178 effective Aug. 21, 2002, see section 5 of Pub. L. 108–178, set out as a note under section 5334 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 3509. Coordination of programs for handi- capped The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall identify, assess, coordinate, and eliminate conflict, duplication, and inconsistencies among programs significantly affecting handicapped in- dividuals carried out by or under the Depart- ment of Health and Human Services, shall pro- mote efficiency among such programs, and shall seek to coordinate, to the maximum extent fea- sible, such programs with programs signifi- cantly affecting handicapped individuals carried out by or under the Department of Education. (Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 510, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.) § 3510. Transitional provisions With the consent of the appropriate depart- ment or agency head concerned, the Secretary is authorized to utilize the services of such offi- cers, employees, and other personnel of the de- partments and agencies from which functions or offices have been transferred to the Secretary or the Department, and funds appropriated to such functions or offices for such period of time as may reasonably be needed to facilitate the or- derly implementation of this chapter. (Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 511, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.) CHAPTER 49—ASBESTOS SCHOOL HAZARD DETECTION AND CONTROL Sec. 3601. Congressional statement of findings and pur- poses. 3602. Asbestos Hazards School Safety Task Force. 3603. State plan. 3604. Asbestos hazards detection program. 3605. Asbestos Hazards Control Loan Program. 3606. Standards and safety procedures. 3607. Recovery of costs by United States. 3608. Employee protection. 3609. Retained rights. 3610. Definitions. 3611. Authorization of appropriations. § 3601. Congressional statement of findings and purposes (a) The Congress finds that— (1) exposure to asbestos fibers has been iden- tified over a long period of time and by rep- utable medical and scientific evidence as sig- nificantly increasing the incidence of cancer and other severe or fatal diseases, such as as- bestosis; (2) medical evidence has suggested that chil- dren may be particularly vulnerable to envi- ronmentally induced cancers; (3) medical science has not established any minimum level of exposure to asbestos fibers which is considered to be safe to individuals exposed to the fibers; (4) substantial amounts of asbestos, particu- larly in sprayed form, have been used in school buildings, especially during the period 1946 through 1972; (5) partial surveys in some States have indi- cated that (A) in a number of school buildings materials containing asbestos fibers have be- come damaged or friable, causing asbestos fi- bers to be dislodged into the air, and (B) asbes- tos concentrations far exceeding normal ambi- ent air levels have been found in school build- ings containing such damaged materials;