Editorial Notes Codification Section, act July 31, 1956, ch. 802, § 2, 70 Stat. 733 , provided for the appointment and compensation of a General Counsel in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and has been omitted in view of section 3504 of this title , which abolished the office as it existed on July 31, 1956 , upon appointment and qualification of General Counsel provided for by section 3504(a) of this title , or Apr. 1, 1957 , whichever occurred earlier. See section 3504(b) of this title . Section was formerly classified to section 623b of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1 , Sept. 1, 1966 , 80 Stat. 378 .