Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-110
§17309 Rules and Regulations
Title 40 › SUBTITLE VI — MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 173 — GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT › § 17309
Summary
The Secretary of the Treasury can create rules to carry out duties under this chapter, but only if the President agrees. To enforce those rules, the Secretary can require someone shipping valuables or making a replacement claim to fill out a declaration or give other information the Secretary needs.
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Title 40, §17309
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(a)General Authority.—
With the approval of the President, the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations necessary to carry out the duties and powers vested in the Secretary under this chapter.
(b)Providing Information.—
To carry out subsection (a), the Secretary may require a person making a shipment of valuables or a claim for replacement to make a declaration or to provide other information the Secretary considers necessary.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 17309(a)40:728 (words before 3d comma).July 8, 1937, ch. 444, § 6, 50 Stat. 480. 17309(b)40:728 (words after 3d comma).
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions For delegation to Secretary of the Treasury of authority vested in President by section 728 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works (which was repealed and reenacted as this section by Pub. L. 107–217, §§ 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304), see section 2(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10289, eff. Sept. 17, 1951, 16 F.R. 9409, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
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40 U.S.C. § 17309
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110