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title: "49 U.S.C. § 31317"
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 31317 - Procedure for prescribing regulations

## Text

Regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation to carry out this chapter (except section 31307) shall be prescribed under section 553 of title 5 without regard to sections 556 and 557 of title 5.

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1029.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3131749 App.:2715.Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, § 12018, 100 Stat. 3207–187. The text of 49 App.:2715(a) is omitted as surplus because of 49:322(a). The words “(except section 31307)” are added because the source provisions restated in this section do not apply to the source provisions restated in section 31307 of the revised title.