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[CITE: 40USC728]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                CHAPTER 15--GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT
 
Sec. 728. Rules and regulations

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall have power, with the approval of 
the President, to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary 
for the execution of the functions vested in him by this chapter, and 
may for such purpose require persons making shipment of valuables or 
making claims for replacement to make such declarations or to furnish 
him with such other information as he may deem necessary.

(July 8, 1937, ch. 444, Sec. 6, 50 Stat. 480.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 134e of Title 5 prior to 
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

                         Delegation of Functions

    For delegation to Secretary of the Treasury of authority vested in 
President by this section, 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.
