---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1309"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1309"
heading: "Consultation with Secretary of the Interior; conformity of program with wetlands programs administered by Secretary of the Interior; consultation with and utilization of technical services of appropriate local, State, Federal, and private conservation agencies; coordination of programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1309"
units:
  - "Chapter 29 — Water Bank Program for Wetlands Preservation"
---

# §1309. Consultation with Secretary of the Interior; conformity of program with wetlands programs administered by Secretary of the Interior; consultation with and utilization of technical services of appropriate local, State, Federal, and private conservation agencies; coordination of programs


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall consult with the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior and [take](/usc/16/3102.md?p=18) appropriate measures to insure that the program carried out pursuant to this chapter is in harmony with wetlands programs administered by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior. He shall also, insofar as practicable, consult with and utilize the technical and related services of appropriate local, [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), Federal, and private conservation agencies to assure coordination of the program with programs of such agencies and a solid technical [foundation](/usc/16/450ss–1.md?p=1) for the program.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–559, § 10, Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1471.)