---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 3634"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "3634"
heading: "Interagency cooperation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/3634"
units:
  - "Chapter 56A — Pacific Salmon Fishing"
---

# §3634. Interagency cooperation

- (a) **States, United States agencies, treaty Indian tribes, private institutions and organizations—** In carrying out the provisions of the [Treaty](/usc/16/3631.md?p=h) and this chapter, the [Secretary](/usc/16/3631.md?p=g), in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/16/3631.md?p=g) of the Interior, may arrange for cooperation with agencies of the United States, the [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r), [treaty Indian tribes](/usc/16/3631.md?p=i), private institutions and organizations, and may execute such memoranda as may be necessary to reflect such agreements.
- (b) **United States agencies; facilities and personnel—** Agencies of the United States may cooperate in the conduct of scientific and other programs, and may furnish facilities and personnel, for the purposes of assisting the [Commission](/usc/16/3631.md?p=a) and [Panels](/usc/16/3631.md?p=d) in carrying out their responsibilities under the [Treaty](/usc/16/3631.md?p=h). Such agencies may accept reimbursement from the [Commission](/usc/16/3631.md?p=a) for providing such services, facilities, and personnel.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–5, § 5, Mar. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 11.)