20 USC § 3474 - Rules and regulations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s3474"
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title: "20 USC § 3474 - Rules and regulations"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "3474"
section_name: "Rules and regulations"
chapter_number: 48
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "General Administrative Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 414, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 685; Pub. L. 99–145, title XII, § 1204(a)(5), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 720; Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(d)(1), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3930.)"
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# § 3474. Rules and regulations

The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate to administer and manage the functions of the Secretary or the Department.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 414, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 685; Pub. L. 99–145, title XII, § 1204(a)(5), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 720; Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(d)(1), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3930.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— struck out subsec. (a) designation and subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The Secretary, in promulgating rules and regulations as authorized by statute, shall prescribe such rules and regulations in accordance with chapter 5 of title 5.  also shall apply to such rules and regulations to the extent applicable immediately prior to , and to rules and regulations promulgated with respect to programs transferred under sections 3441(a)(1), (2), and (4), 3443, 3444, 3445, and 3446 of this title.”

1985—Subsec. (b).  struck out reference to .