29 USC § 156 - Rules and regulations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s156"
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title: "29 USC § 156 - Rules and regulations"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "156"
section_name: "Rules and regulations"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 6, 49 Stat. 452; June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 140.)"
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# § 156. Rules and regulations

The Board shall have authority from time to time to make, amend, and rescind, in the manner prescribed by subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 6, 49 Stat. 452; June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 140.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5” substituted in text for “the Administrative Procedure Act” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

### Amendments

1947—Act , amended section generally to provide that the rules and regulations issued by the Board should be in the manner prescribed by the Administrative Procedure Act.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1947 Amendment

For effective date of amendment by act , see section 104 of act , set out as a note under .