34 USC § 10388 - General regulatory authority

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s10388"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 10388 - General regulatory authority"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10388"
section_name: "General regulatory authority"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "XVI"
subchapter_name: "PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING; “COPS ON THE BEAT”"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1708, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title I, § 10003(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1813.)"
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# § 10388. General regulatory authority

The Attorney General may promulgate regulations and guidelines to carry out this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1708, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title I, § 10003(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1813.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.