Assistant Secretary for Legislation of Health, Education, and Welfare

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The Assistant Secretary for Legislation of Health, Education, and Welfare was a senior U.S. federal government official responsible for developing and coordinating the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare’s legislative agenda and relations with Congress.

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instanceOf United States federal government position
executive branch position
abolishedBy reorganization that created the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education
appointedBy President of the United States
associatedWith United States Congress NERFINISHED
congressional committees on health, education, and welfare
federal social policy development
category United States Assistant Secretaries NERFINISHED
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare officials NERFINISHED
confirmedBy United States Senate
country United States of America
fieldOfWork education policy
health policy
social welfare policy
hasDomain federal education programs
federal health programs
federal welfare programs
hasFunction intergovernmental relations with the legislative branch
policy coordination across health, education, and welfare legislative initiatives
hasScope legislation affecting health, education, and welfare functions of the federal government
hasTitle Assistant Secretary for Legislation NERFINISHED
hierarchicalLevel assistant secretary level
historicalPeriod Cold War era United States government NERFINISHED
inception 20th century
isPositionIn cabinet-level department
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C.
officeHeldBy political appointee
partOf United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare NERFINISHED
executive branch of the United States government NERFINISHED
replacedBy Assistant Secretary for Legislation of Health and Human Services
legislative affairs positions in the Department of Education
reportsTo Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare NERFINISHED
Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare NERFINISHED
responsibleFor advising the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on legislative strategy
coordinating congressional liaison activities for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
coordinating responses to congressional inquiries
coordinating the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare legislative program
developing the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare legislative agenda
managing relations with the United States Congress
preparing departmental testimony for congressional hearings
reviewing proposed legislation affecting health, education, and welfare programs
typeOfPosition senior leadership role in a cabinet department
usedFor negotiating legislative provisions with congressional committees
representing the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare before Congress on legislative matters

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Wilbur J. Cohen positionHeld Assistant Secretary for Legislation of Health, Education, and Welfare