Uniform regulations still authorize a web belt for wear for Marines that have not qualified in MCMAP; however, the Commandant of the Marine Corps directed in 2008 that all Marines will qualify.

"Because U.S.D.A. regulations authorize urinalysis testing of ordinary employees who are not suspected of on-duty drug use or impairment," the court said, "and because those regulations mandate needlessly intrusive testing procedures, we find them unconstitutional."

The regulations issued in March by the General Services Administration authorize the executive branch to permit private sponsorship of Government travel by both employees and their spouses, even when the sponsor has "interests that may be substantially affected" by the traveling employee's actions.

That was not unusual, Mr. Lynn contends; he says that regulations authorize the ombudsman to suspend a license summarily pending a hearing, and that the ombudsman has "pre-suspended" at least 30 licenses based on telephone or written complaints to him or to the chairman.

Various statutory provisions and regulations, described below, authorize FDA to require recalls of certain products in particular circumstances.

The GLB Act and the Agencies' implementing regulations do not authorize a financial institution to disclose nonpublic personal information in a way that is prohibited by some other law.

Religious Standards In its ruling today, the court found that the state's regulations "impose substantial religious standards for the kosher products industry and authorize civil enforcement of those religious standards with the assistance of clergy, directly and substantially entangling government with religious matters."

But federal regulations authorize public housing agencies to evict tenants who have drugs on the property.

In his ruling, Judge Walls noted that prior court precedents dating back to the 1950's had dealt narrowly with the issue of whether Federal immigration laws and regulations authorized the use of classified information that can be kept secret in determining detention, exclusion, deportation or change in immigrant status.

The regulation authorized a Major General in the Air National Guard for the position of Deputy Chief.