<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id6c9408a6-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb" identifier="/us/usc/t20/s3447"><num value="3447">§ 3447.</num><heading> Effect of transfers</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The transfer of a function or office from an officer or agency to the Secretary or to the Department includes any aspects of such function or office vested in a subordinate of such officer or in a component of such agency.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id6c9408a7-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb">(<ref href="/us/pl/96/88/tIII/s306">Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 306</ref>, formerly § 307, <date date="1979-10-17">Oct. 17, 1979</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/93/681">93 Stat. 681</ref>; renumbered § 306, <ref href="/us/pl/103/382/tII/s271/a/2">Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(a)(2)</ref>, <date date="1994-10-20">Oct. 20, 1994</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/108/3929">108 Stat. 3929</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="priorProvisions" id="id6c9408a9-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">A prior <ref href="/us/pl/96/88/s306">section 306 of Pub. L. 96–88</ref> was renumbered section 305 and is classified to <ref href="/us/usc/t20/s3446">section 3446 of this title</ref>.</p>
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