§ 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.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC450]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 17--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Sec. 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.
(Pub. L. 87-718, Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 663.)
