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[CITE: 42USC1490n]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
       CHAPTER 8A--SLUM CLEARANCE, URBAN RENEWAL, AND FARM HOUSING
 
                      SUBCHAPTER III--FARM HOUSING
 
Sec. 1490n. Review of rules and regulations


(a) Publication for public comment in Federal Register

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no rule or regulation 
pursuant to this subchapter may become effective unless it has first 
been published for public comment in the Federal Register for at least 
60 days, and published in final form for at least 30 days.

(b) Transmittal to Congressional committee members prior to publication 
        in Federal Register

    The Secretary shall transmit to the chairman and ranking Member of 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House, all 
rules and regulations at least 15 days before they are sent to the 
Federal Register for purposes of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Rules and regulations issued on emergency basis

    The provisions of this section shall not apply to a rule or 
regulation which the Secretary certifies is issued on an emergency 
basis.

(d) Regulatory authority

    The Secretary shall include with each rule or regulation required to 
be transmitted to the Committees under this section a detailed summary 
of all changes required by the Office of Management and Budget that 
prohibit, modify, postpone, or disapprove such rule or regulation in 
whole or part.

(July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, Sec. 534, as added Pub. L. 98-181, 
title V, Sec. 523, Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1254; amended Pub. L. 100-
242, title V, Sec. 563(b), Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1944.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100-242 added subsec. (d).

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Banking and 
Financial Services of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. 
L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The 
Congress.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1472 of this title.
