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title: "30 U.S.C. § 1515"
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# 30 U.S.C. § 1515 - Regulations

## Text

The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this subchapter no later than six months after June 30, 1980.

(Pub. L. 96–294, title VI, § 615, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 764.)