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title: "16 U.S.C. § 917b"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 917b - Cooperation of other Federal agencies

## Text

All Federal agencies shall cooperate, to the fullest extent possible, with the Secretary of Commerce in preparing the study and recommendations required by section 917a of this title.

(Pub. L. 94–532, § 4, Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2492.)