42 USC § 405a - Regulations pertaining to frequency or due dates of payments and reports under voluntary agreements covering State and local employees; effective date

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title: "42 USC § 405a - Regulations pertaining to frequency or due dates of payments and reports under voluntary agreements covering State and local employees; effective date"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "405a"
section_name: "Regulations pertaining to frequency or due dates of payments and reports under voluntary agreements covering State and local employees; effective date"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–202, § 7, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1137; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)"
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# 1 Regulations pertaining to frequency or due dates of payments and reports under voluntary agreements covering State and local employees; effective date

See References in Text note below.

January 2, 1976[^1]

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no regulation and no modification of any regulation, promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after , shall become effective prior to the end of the eighteen-month period which begins with the first day of the first calendar month which begins after the date on which such regulation or modification of a regulation is published in the Federal Register, if and insofar as such regulation or modification of a regulation pertains, directly or indirectly, to the frequency or due dates for payments and reports required under section 418(e)  of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–202, § 7, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1137; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Subsec. (e) of , referred to in text, which related to payments and reports by States, was repealed, and subsec. (f) of  was redesignated as subsec. (e), by , , .

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Social Security Act which comprises this chapter.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to , which is classified to , Education.

### Time for Making Social Security Contributions With Respect to Covered State and Local Employees

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