15 USC § 1718 - Rules, regulations, and orders

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title: "15 USC § 1718 - Rules, regulations, and orders"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1718"
section_name: "Rules, regulations, and orders"
chapter_number: 42
chapter_name: "INTERSTATE LAND SALES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1419, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 598; Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1098A(1), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2105.)"
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# § 1718. Rules, regulations, and orders

The Director shall have authority from time to time to make, issue, amend, and rescind such rules and regulations and such orders as are necessary or appropriate to the exercise of the functions and powers conferred upon him elsewhere in this chapter. For the purpose of his rules and regulations, the Director may classify persons and matters within his jurisdiction and prescribe different requirements for different classes of persons or matters.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1419, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 598; Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1098A(1), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2105.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010— substituted “Director” for “Secretary” in two places.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the designated transfer date, see , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.

### Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of two hundred and seventy days after , see , set out as a note under .