10 USC § 8736 - Regulations

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title: "10 USC § 8736 - Regulations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8736"
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chapter_number: 869
chapter_name: "NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES"
part_number: "IV"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 461, § 7436; Pub. L. 94–258, title II, § 201(18), Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 313; renumbered § 8736, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8736. Regulations

**(a)** The Secretary may prescribe regulations and take any proper action to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

**(b)** All statements, reports, and representations required by the regulations shall be under oath, unless otherwise specified, and in such form as the Secretary requires.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 461, § 7436; Pub. L. 94–258, title II, § 201(18), Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 313; renumbered § 8736, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7436 | 34 U.S.C. 524 (9th par.). | June 4, 1920, ch. 228 (9th par. of amended 3d and 4th provisos), 41 Stat. 813; June 30, 1938, ch. 851, § 1, 52 Stat. 1254; June 17, 1944, ch. 262, 58 Stat. 281. |

In subsection (a) the words “necessary rules and” are omitted as surplusage, and the words “to take any proper action” are substituted for the words “to do any and all things necessary or proper” for brevity.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1976—Subsec. (a).  struck out “of the Navy, subject to approval by the President,” after “Secretary”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .