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# 42 U.S.C. § 2003 - Regulations

## Text

The Secretary of Health and Human Services is also authorized to make such other regulations as he deems desirable to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

(Aug. 5, 1954, ch. 658, § 3, 68 Stat. 674; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name “Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Effective DateSection effective July 1, 1959, see section 6 of act Aug. 5, 1954, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.