Title 7AgricultureRelease 119-73

§1592 Rules and regulations

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 37— - SEEDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1592

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Agriculture Secretary must make rules to enforce this chapter. The Treasury and Agriculture Secretaries must make rules for subchapter III, together or alone. They must publish a notice in the Federal Register, hold a hearing, and wait at least 30 days after publication before a rule starts. Rules can be changed or canceled the same way.

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Title 7, §1592

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(a)The Secretary of Agriculture shall make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the effective enforcement of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(b)The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Agriculture shall make, jointly or severally, such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary for the effective enforcement of subchapter III of this chapter.
(c)Prior to the promulgation of any rule or regulation under this chapter, due notice shall be given by publication in the Federal Register of intention to promulgate and the time and place of a public hearing to be held with reference thereto, and no rule or regulation may be promulgated until after such hearing. Any rule or regulation shall become effective on the date fixed in the promulgation, which date shall be not less than thirty days after publication in the Federal Register and may be amended or revoked in the manner provided for its promulgation.

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Effective Date

See section 1610 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1592

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73