---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 4247"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "4247"
heading: "Promulgation of regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/4247"
units:
  - "Chapter 43 — Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud Crimes"
  - "Subchapter III — Use of Private Legal Resources"
---

# §4247. Promulgation of regulations


The Attorney General may promulgate any rules, regulations, or guidelines that, in the Attorney General’s judgment, are necessary and appropriate to the effective administration of this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2594, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4906.)