Collapse to view only § 3506. Separability
- § 3501. Transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel
- § 3502. Effect on personnel
- § 3503. Agency terminations
- § 3504. Incidental transfers
- § 3505. Savings provisions
- § 3506. Separability
- § 3507. Existing references to transferor officials or bodies deemed references to transferee officials or bodies
- § 3508. Department of Health and Human Services
- § 3509. Coordination of programs for handicapped
- § 3510. Transitional provisions
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, neither the remainder of this chapter nor the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall be affected thereby.
With respect to any function transferred by this chapter and exercised on or after May 4, 1980, reference in any other Federal law to any department, commission, or agency or any officer or office the functions of which are so transferred shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary, other official, or component of the Department to which this chapter transfers such functions.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall identify, assess, coordinate, and eliminate conflict, duplication, and inconsistencies among programs significantly affecting handicapped individuals carried out by or under the Department of Health and Human Services, shall promote efficiency among such programs, and shall seek to coordinate, to the maximum extent feasible, such programs with programs significantly affecting handicapped individuals carried out by or under the Department of Education.
With the consent of the appropriate department or agency head concerned, the Secretary is authorized to utilize the services of such officers, employees, and other personnel of the departments 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 orderly implementation of this chapter.