<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="ida285191e-c0af-11e6-bb1b-dd768f7348e8" identifier="/us/usc/t5/s3397"><num value="3397">§ 3397.</num><heading> Regulations</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to carry out the purpose of this subchapter.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="ida285191f-c0af-11e6-bb1b-dd768f7348e8">(Added <ref href="/us/pl/95/454/tIV">Pub. L. 95–454, title IV</ref>, § 403(a), <date date="1978-10-13">Oct. 13, 1978</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/92/1164">92 Stat. 1164</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="priorProvisions" id="ida2851921-c0af-11e6-bb1b-dd768f7348e8"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">A prior section 3397, added <ref href="/us/pl/95/437">Pub. L. 95–437</ref>, § 3(a), <date date="1978-10-10">Oct. 10, 1978</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/92/1058">92 Stat. 1058</ref>, which related to reports, was renumbered as <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3407">section 3407 of this title</ref> by <ref href="/us/pl/95/454/tIX">Pub. L. 95–454, title IX</ref>, § 906(c)(1)(B), <date date="1978-10-13">Oct. 13, 1978</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/92/1226">92 Stat. 1226</ref>.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">A prior section 3398, added <ref href="/us/pl/95/437">Pub. L. 95–437</ref>, § 3(a), <date date="1978-10-10">Oct. 10, 1978</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/92/1058">92 Stat. 1058</ref>, which related to representation by employee organizations of employees employed on a part-time career employment basis, was renumbered as <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3408">section 3408 of this title</ref> by <ref href="/us/pl/95/454/tIX">Pub. L. 95–454, title IX</ref>, § 906(c)(1)(B), <date date="1978-10-13">Oct. 13, 1978</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/92/1226">92 Stat. 1226</ref>.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDate" id="ida2851922-c0af-11e6-bb1b-dd768f7348e8"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section effective 9 months after <date date="1978-10-13">Oct. 13, 1978</date>, and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of <ref href="/us/pl/95/454">Pub. L. 95–454</ref>, see section 415(a)(1), (b) of <ref href="/us/pl/95/454">Pub. L. 95–454</ref>, set out as an Effective Date note under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3131">section 3131 of this title</ref>.</p>
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