--- type: "LegalText" title: "7 U.S.C. § 2009aa–9" description: "Consent of States" jurisdiction: "us" corpus: "united_states_code" kind: "code_section" title_number: 7 title_name: "AGRICULTURE" chapter_number: "50" chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL CREDIT" section: "2009aa–9" citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2009aa–9" status: "current" release_point: "119-100" release_date: "2026-06-26" source: "official" source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc07@119-100.zip" source_identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2009aa–9" source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-07/usc07.xml" source_hash: "31838344d782c073a821675c04b1a85ab7eed41837e670dfaf33190e03564790" raw_snapshot_hash: "50edab1679a711653797362c0aeb8f2273303fe473fb7fa16df1ee76bdd6e984" text_hash: "78d862f23d23a7deb555d54047be26bdf2d0af91618731324ca5c55b2f610761" retrieved_at: "2026-07-04" confidence: "official" tags: ["legal", "us-code"] --- # 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa–9 - Consent of States ## Text Nothing in this subchapter requires any State to engage in or accept any program under this subchapter without the consent of the State. (Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 382J, as added Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(4) [div. B, title V, § 503], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–280.)