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[CITE: 23USC315]

 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
                      CHAPTER 3--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 315. Rules, regulations, and recommendations

    Except as provided in sections 204(f) and 205(a) of this title, the 
Secretary is authorized to prescribe and promulgate all needful rules 
and regulations for the carrying out of the provisions of this title. 
The Secretary may make such recommendations to the Congress and State 
transportation departments as he deems necessary for preserving and 
protecting the highways and insuring the safety of traffic thereon.

(Pub. L. 85-767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 915; Pub. L. 100-17, title I, 
Sec. 133(b)(18), Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 172; Pub. L. 105-178, title I, 
Sec. 1212(a)(2)(A)(ii), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 193.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-178 substituted ``State transportation 
departments'' for ``State highway departments''.
    1987--Pub. L. 100-17 which directed that this section be amended by 
substituting ``204(f) and 205(a)'' for ``204(d), 205(a), 207(b), and 
208(c)'' was executed by substituting ``204(f) and 205(a)'' for 
``204(d), 205(a), 206(b), 207(b), and 208(c)'', to reflect the probable 
intent of Congress.