40 USC § 17309 - Rules and regulations

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title: "40 USC § 17309 - Rules and regulations"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "17309"
section_name: "Rules and regulations"
chapter_number: 173
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1283.)"
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# § 17309. Rules and regulations

**(a)** **General Authority.—** With the approval of the President, the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations necessary to carry out the duties and powers vested in the Secretary under this chapter.

**(b)** **Providing Information.—** To carry out subsection (a), the Secretary may require a person making a shipment of valuables or a claim for replacement to make a declaration or to provide other information the Secretary considers necessary.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1283.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 17309(a) | 40:728 (words before 3d comma). | July 8, 1937, ch. 444, § 6, 50 Stat. 480. |
| 17309(b) | 40:728 (words after 3d comma). |  |

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

For delegation to Secretary of the Treasury of authority vested in President by section 728 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works (which was repealed and reenacted as this section by , §§ 1, 6(b), , , 1304), see section 2(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10289, eff. , 16 F.R. 9409, set out as a note under , The President.