Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§1592 Rules and Regulations
Title 7 › CHAPTER 37 — SEEDS › SUBCHAPTER IV — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1592
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Secretary of Agriculture must make rules to enforce chapter, except as this section allows. For subchapter III, the Treasury and Agriculture Secretaries must make rules jointly or separately. They must publish a Federal Register notice with hearing details and hold hearing first. Rules take effect on stated date, at least 30 days after publication, and can be changed or revoked 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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7 U.S.C. § 1592
Title 7, Agriculture
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102