Title 45 of the U.S. Code § 160a - Rules and regulations
Full text of § 160a from Title 45 of the United States Code.
§ 160a. Rules and regulations
(a) In general
The Mediation Board shall have the authority from time to time to make, amend, and rescind, in the manner prescribed by section 553 of title 5, and after opportunity for a public hearing, such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Application
The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to any rule or proposed rule to which the third sentence of section 553(b) of title 5 applies.
(May 20, 1926, ch. 347, §10A, as added Pub. L. 112–95, title X, §1001, Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 146.)
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