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§1490n Review of Rules and Regulations

Title 42 › CHAPTER 8A — SLUM CLEARANCE, URBAN RENEWAL, AND FARM HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER III — FARM HOUSING › § 1490n

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Rules under this subchapter cannot go into effect until they are put in the Federal Register for public comment for at least 60 days, and the final rule is posted there at least 30 days before it starts. The Secretary must send each rule to the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs at least 15 days before sending it to the Federal Register. The timing rules do not apply if the Secretary certifies the rule is an emergency. With each rule sent to the committees, the Secretary must include a detailed summary of any changes the Office of Management and Budget requires that block, change, delay, or reject the rule, in whole or in part.

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Title 42, §1490n

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(a)Publication for public comment in Federal Register
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no rule or regulation pursuant to this subchapter may become effective unless it has first been published for public comment in the Federal Register for at least 60 days, and published in final form for at least 30 days.
(b)Transmittal to Congressional committee members prior to publication in Federal Register
The Secretary shall transmit to the chairman and ranking Member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House, all rules and regulations at least 15 days before they are sent to the Federal Register for purposes of subsection (a).
(c)Rules and regulations issued on emergency basis
The provisions of this section shall not apply to a rule or regulation which the Secretary certifies is issued on an emergency basis.
(d)Regulatory authority
The Secretary shall include with each rule or regulation required to be transmitted to the Committees under this section a detailed summary of all changes required by the Office of Management and Budget that prohibit, modify, postpone, or disapprove such rule or regulation in whole or part.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1988—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–242 added subsec. (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Banking and Financial Services of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Banking and Financial Services of House of Representatives abolished and replaced by Committee on Financial Services of House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters relating to securities and exchanges and insurance generally transferred from Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 2001.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1490n

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110