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title: "43 U.S.C. § 1457b"
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# 43 U.S.C. § 1457b - Use of cooperative agreements

## Text

For fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with a State or political subdivision (including any agency thereof), or any not-for-profit organization if the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs administered by the Department of the Interior; and (2) all parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives. At the discretion of the Secretary, such agreements shall not be subject to a competitive process.

(Pub. L. 111–88, div. A, title I, § 112, Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2928.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is from the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.