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# 5 U.S.C. § 5553 - Regulations

## Text

The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of this subchapter.

(Added Pub. L. 102–378, § 2(45)(A), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1353.)