---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 178l"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "178l"
heading: "Rules and regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/178l"
units:
  - "Chapter 8A — Rubber and Other Critical Agricultural Materials"
  - "Subchapter II — Critical Agricultural Materials"
---

# §178l. Rules and regulations


The [Secretaries](/usc/7/178a.md?p=b) may issue rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–592, § 14, Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2533; Pub. L. 98–284, § 13, May 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 184.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–284 substituted “The Secretaries” for “The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce”.