 
                   CHAPTER 48--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part B--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 3474. Rules and regulations

    The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations 
as the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate to administer and 
manage the functions of the Secretary or the Department.

(Pub. L. 96-88, title IV, Sec. 414, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 685; Pub. L. 
99-145, title XII, Sec. 1204(a)(5), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 720; Pub. L. 
103-382, title II, Sec. 271(d)(1), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3930.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-382 struck out subsec. (a) designation and subsec. 
(b) which read as follows: ``The Secretary, in promulgating rules and 
regulations as authorized by statute, shall prescribe such rules and 
regulations in accordance with chapter 5 of title 5. Section 1232 of 
this title also shall apply to such rules and regulations to the extent 
applicable immediately prior to May 4, 1980, and to rules and 
regulations promulgated with respect to programs transferred under 
sections 3441(a)(1), (2), and (4), 3443, 3444, 3445, and 3446 of this 
title.''
    1985--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-145 struck out reference to section 
3442 of this title.
