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# 46 U.S.C. § 56504 - Changes in adjustments and arrangements

## Text

The Secretary of Transportation may change an adjustment or arrangement made under this chapter as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out this chapter.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1658.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5650446 App.:1242a(d).June 29, 1940, ch. 442, subdiv. (d), 54 Stat. 686; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(132), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 165.