42 U.S.C. § 616 : US Code - Section 616: Administration

Search 42 U.S.C. § 616 : US Code - Section 616: Administration

The programs under this part and part D of this subchapter shall
be administered by an Assistant Secretary for Family Support within
the Department of Health and Human Services, who shall be appointed
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
and who shall be in addition to any other Assistant Secretary of
Health and Human Services provided for by law, and the Secretary
shall reduce the Federal workforce within the Department of Health
and Human Services by an amount equal to the sum of 75 percent of
the full-time equivalent positions at such Department that relate
to any direct spending program, or any program funded through
discretionary spending, that has been converted into a block grant
program under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 and the amendments made by such Act, and
by an amount equal to 75 percent of that portion of the total full-
time equivalent departmental management positions at such
Department that bears the same relationship to the amount
appropriated for any direct spending program, or any program funded
through discretionary spending, that has been converted into a
block grant program under the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and the amendments made by
such Act, as such amount relates to the total amount appropriated
for use by such Department, and, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary shall take such actions as may be
necessary, including reductions in force actions, consistent with
sections 3502 and 3595 of title 5, to reduce the full-time
equivalent positions within the Department of Health and Human
Services by 245 full-time equivalent positions related to the
program converted into a block grant under the amendments made by
section 103 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996, and by 60 full-time equivalent
managerial positions in the Department.