12 USC § 1715b - Rules and regulations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1715b"
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title: "12 USC § 1715b - Rules and regulations"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1715b"
section_name: "Rules and regulations"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MORTGAGE INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title II, § 211, as added Feb. 3, 1938, ch. 13, § 3, 52 Stat. 23; amended Apr. 20, 1950, ch. 94, title I, § 122, 64 Stat. 59; Pub. L. 90–19, § 1(a)(3), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 17.)"
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# § 1715b. Rules and regulations

The Secretary is authorized and directed to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title II, § 211, as added Feb. 3, 1938, ch. 13, § 3, 52 Stat. 23; amended Apr. 20, 1950, ch. 94, title I, § 122, 64 Stat. 59; Pub. L. 90–19, § 1(a)(3), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 17.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1967— substituted “Secretary” for “Commissioner”.

1950—Act , substituted “Commissioner” for “Administrator”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Regulations

, , , required Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, not later than , to issue regulations to carry out amendments made to  by section 436 of Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983,  [titles I–V].