52 USC § 20929 - Limitation on rulemaking authority

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title: "52 USC § 20929 - Limitation on rulemaking authority"
title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
section_number: "20929"
section_name: "Limitation on rulemaking authority"
chapter_number: 209
chapter_name: "ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "COMMISSION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Establishment and General Organization"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 209, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1678.)"
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# § 20929. Limitation on rulemaking authority

section 20508(a) of this title

The Commission shall not have any authority to issue any rule, promulgate any regulation, or take any other action which imposes any requirement on any State or unit of local government, except to the extent permitted under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 209, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1678.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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