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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 69 — Swine Health Protection

§ 3808. Cooperation with States

Statutory text

In order to avoid duplication of functions, facilities, and personnel, and to attain closer coordination and greater effectiveness and economy in administration of this chapter and State laws and regulations relating to the feeding of garbage to swine, the Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements 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 this chapter and regulations hereunder. The Secretary is further authorized to coordinate the administration of this chapter and regulations with such State laws and regulations whenever feasible: Provided, That nothing herein shall affect the jurisdiction of the Secretary under any other Federal law, or any authority to cooperate with State agencies or other agencies or persons under existing provisions of law, or affect any restrictions upon such cooperation.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Swine Health Protection Act

    Pub. L. 96–468 § 9 · 94 Stat. 2229

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 3808

    (Pub. L. 96–468, § 9, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2232.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 96–468, § 9, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2232.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 9. cooperation with states In order to avoid duplication of functions, facilities, and personnel, and to attain closer coordination and greater effectiveness and economy in administration of this Act and State laws and regulations relating to the feeding of garbage to swine, the Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements 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 this Act and regulations hereunder. The Secretary is further authorized to coordinate the administration of this Act and regulations with such State laws and regulations whenever feasible: Provided, That nothing herein shall affect the jurisdiction of the Secretary under any other Federal law, or any authority to cooperate with State agencies or other agencies or persons under existing provisions of law, or affect any restrictions upon such cooperation.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 96–468, § 9, , 94 Stat. 2232.)

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