Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legal/us/code/title-42/chapter-9/section-1592.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "42 U.S.C. § 1592"
+description: "Authority of Secretary"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 42
+title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
+chapter_number: "9"
+chapter_name: "HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE"
+section: "1592"
+citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1592"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s1592"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 42 U.S.C. § 1592 - Authority of Secretary
+
+## Text
+
+Subject to the provisions and limitations of this subchapter and subchapter VIII of this chapter, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized to provide housing in any areas (subject to the provisions of section 1591 of this title) needed for defense workers or military personnel or to extend assistance for the provision of, or to provide, community facilities or services required in connection with national defense activities in any area which the President, pursuant to the authority contained in said section, has determined to be a critical defense housing area.
+
+(Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 378, title III, § 301, 65 Stat. 303; Pub. L. 89–174, § 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Transfer of Functions For transfer of functions to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see note set out under section 1581 of this title.