---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 3811"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "3811"
heading: "Issuance of regulations; maintenance of rec­ords"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/3811"
units:
  - "Chapter 69 — Swine Health Protection"
---

# §3811. Issuance of regulations; maintenance of rec­ords


The [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1) is authorized to issue such regulations and to require the maintenance of such records as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–468, § 11, formerly § 12, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2233; renumbered § 11, Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 914(b)(2), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1186.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 11 of Pub. L. 96–468 was classified to section 3810 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–127.