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title: "12 U.S.C. § 3344"
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title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 3344 - Time for proposal and adoption of rules

## Text

As appropriate, rules issued under sections 3342 and 3343 of this title shall be proposed not later than 6 months and shall be effective upon adoption in final form not later than 12 months after August 9, 1989.

(Pub. L. 101–73, title XI, § 1115, Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 515.)