12 USC § 1742 - Rules and regulations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1742"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 1742 - Rules and regulations"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1742"
section_name: "Rules and regulations"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "WAR HOUSING 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 VI, § 607, as added Mar. 28, 1941, ch. 31, § 1, 55 Stat. 61; 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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# § 1742. 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 VI, § 607, as added Mar. 28, 1941, ch. 31, § 1, 55 Stat. 61; 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”.