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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 450. Cooperation with State agencies in administration and enforcement of laws relating to marketing of agricultural products and control or eradication of plant and animal diseases and pests; coordination of administration of Federal and State laws
In order to avoid duplication of functions, facilities, and
personnel, and to attain closer coordination and greater
effectiveness and economy in administration of Federal and State
laws and regulations relating to the marketing of agricultural
products and to the control or eradication of plant and animal
diseases and pests, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in
the administration and enforcement of such Federal laws within his
area of responsibility, whenever he deems it feasible and in the
public interest, to enter into cooperative arrangements with State
departments of agriculture and other State agencies charged with
the administration and enforcement of such State laws and
regulations and to provide that any such State agency which has
adequate facilities, personnel, and procedures, as determined by
the Secretary, may assist the Secretary in the administration and
enforcement of such Federal laws and regulations to the extent and
in the manner he deems appropriate in the public interest.
Further, the Secretary is authorized to coordinate the
administration of such Federal laws and regulations with such State
laws and regulations wherever feasible. However, nothing herein
shall affect the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture under
any Federal law, or any authority to cooperate with State agencies
or other agencies or persons under existing provisions of law, or
affect any restrictions of law upon such cooperation.
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