5 USC § 3406 - Regulations

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title: "5 USC § 3406 - Regulations"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3406"
section_name: "Regulations"
chapter_number: 34
chapter_name: "PART-TIME CAREER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 95–437, § 3(a), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1057, § 3396; renumbered § 3406 and amended Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(c)(1)(B), (2)(C), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1226, 1227.)"
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# § 3406. Regulations

Before any regulation is prescribed under this chapter, a copy of the proposed regulation shall be published in the Federal Register and an opportunity provided to interested parties to present written comment and, where practicable, oral comment. Initial regulations shall be prescribed not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–437, § 3(a), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1057, § 3396; renumbered § 3406 and amended Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(c)(1)(B), (2)(C), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1226, 1227.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of the enactment of this chapter, referred to in text, is the date of the enactment of , which was approved .

### Amendments

1978—, renumbered  as this section.

, substituted “chapter” for “subchapter” wherever appearing.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 90 days after , see , set out as a note under .