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title: "15 U.S.C. § 1676"
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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section: "1676"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1676"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 1676 - Enforcement by Secretary of Labor

## Text

The Secretary of Labor, acting through the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor, shall enforce the provisions of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 90–321, title III, § 306, May 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 164.)