---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2667"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2667"
heading: "Regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2667"
units:
  - "Chapter 59 — Rural Fire Protection, Development, and Small Farm Research and Education"
  - "Subchapter II — Rural Development and Small Farm Research and Education"
---

# §2667. Regulations


The [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) may issue such regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 507, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6101(a)(3)(B), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4727.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2667, Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 507, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 674; Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1442, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1006; Pub. L. 96–355, § 4(4), Sept. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 1174, set forth definitions for purposes of this subchapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326.

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in former section 2668 of this title, which was omitted from the Code.

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “The Secretary may issue” for “The Secretary of Agriculture may issue”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.