29 USC § 49k - Rules and regulations

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s49k"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "29 USC § 49k - Rules and regulations"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "49k"
section_name: "Rules and regulations"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 12, 48 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 105–220, title III, § 308, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1082.)"
---


# § 49k. Rules and regulations

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

---

**Source Credit**: (June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 12, 48 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 105–220, title III, § 308, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1082.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998—, which directed the substitution of “The Secretary” for “The Director, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor,”, was executed by making the substitution for text which read in part “director” rather than “Director”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , formerly set out as a note under .