Title 29, LaborRelease 119-102
§1138 Appropriations
Title 29 › CHAPTER 18 — EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM › SUBCHAPTER I — PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RIGHTS › Subtitle B — Regulatory Provisions › part 5 — administration and enforcement › § 1138
Summary
Congress can provide whatever money is needed so the Secretary can carry out the duties required by this chapter.
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Title 29, §1138
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There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out his functions and duties under this chapter.
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References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–406, known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Titles I, III, and IV of such Act are classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 1001 of this title and Tables.
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Secretary authorized, effective Sept. 2, 1974, to promulgate
Regulations
wherever provisions of this subchapter call for the promulgation of
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, see section 1031 of this title.
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Citation
29 U.S.C. § 1138
Title 29, Labor
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102