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Title 34 of the U.S. Code § 10388 - General regulatory authority

Full text of § 10388 from Title 34 of the United States Code.

§ 10388. General regulatory authority

The Attorney General may promulgate regulations and guidelines to carry out this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, §1708, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title I, §10003(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1813.)


Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3796dd–7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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