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title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
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chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT"
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# 40 U.S.C. § 17309 - Rules and regulations
## Text
(a) General Authority.— With the approval of the President, the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations necessary to carry out the duties and powers vested in the Secretary under this chapter.
(b) Providing Information.— To carry out subsection (a), the Secretary may require a person making a shipment of valuables or a claim for replacement to make a declaration or to provide other information the Secretary considers necessary.
(Pub. L. 107217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1283.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 17309(a)40:728 (words before 3d comma).July 8, 1937, ch. 444, § 6, 50 Stat. 480. 17309(b)40:728 (words after 3d comma).
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions For delegation to Secretary of the Treasury of authority vested in President by section 728 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works (which was repealed and reenacted as this section by Pub. L. 107217, §§ 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304), see section 2(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10289, eff. Sept. 17, 1951, 16 F.R. 9409, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.