49 USC § 31317 - Procedure for prescribing regulations

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title: "49 USC § 31317 - Procedure for prescribing regulations"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "31317"
section_name: "Procedure for prescribing regulations"
chapter_number: 313
chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "COMMERCIAL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1029.)"
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# § 31317. Procedure for prescribing regulations

section 553 of title 5

Regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation to carry out this chapter (except section 31307) shall be prescribed under  without regard to sections 556 and 557 of title 5.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1029.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 31317 | 49 App.:2715. | Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, § 12018, 100 Stat. 3207–187. |

The text of 49 App.:2715(a) is omitted as surplus because of 49:322(a). The words “(except section 31307)” are added because the source provisions restated in this section do not apply to the source provisions restated in section 31307 of the revised title.