---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 121"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "121"
heading: "Regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/121"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part I — Organization and General Military Powers"
  - "Chapter 3 — General Powers and Functions"
---

# §121. Regulations


The President may prescribe regulations to carry out his [functions](/usc/10/467.md?p=1), powers, and duties under this title.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 6.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 121 | [No source]. | [No source]. |

The revised section is inserted to make express the President’s general authority to issue regulations, which has been expressly reflected in many laws and left to inference in the remainder.