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12 USC § 4526 - Regulations and orders 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s4526"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 4526 - Regulations and orders"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "4526"
section_name: "Regulations and orders"
chapter_number: 46
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF ENTERPRISES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Financial Safety and Soundness Regulator"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1319G, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3952; Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1107, July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2672.)"
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# § 4526. Regulations and orders

**(a)** **Authority** The Director shall issue any regulations, guidelines, or orders necessary to carry out the duties of the Director under this chapter or the authorizing statutes, and to ensure that the purposes of this chapter and the authorizing statutes are accomplished.

**(b)** **Notice and comment** section 553 of title 5

Any regulations issued by the Director under this section shall be issued after notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the provisions of .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1319G, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3952; Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1107, July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2672.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this title”, meaning title XIII of , , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title XIII to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a). , added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Director shall issue any regulations and orders necessary to carry out the duties of the Director and to carry out this chapter before the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the appointment of the Director under . Such regulations and orders shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary only to the extent provided in subsections (b) and (c) of .”

Subsec. (c). , struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “The Director may not publish any regulation for comment under subsection (b) of this section unless, not less than 15 days before it is published for comment, the Director has submitted a copy of the regulation, in the form it is intended to be proposed, to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.”