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# 43 U.S.C. § 451j - Rules and regulations

## Text

The Secretary may perform any and all acts and make all rules and regulations necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.

(Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, § 12, 67 Stat. 568.)