---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 40b"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "40b"
heading: "Cooperative agreements with States or local agencies; expansion; Federal contributions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/40b"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter V — Yellowstone National Park"
---

# §40b. Cooperative agreements with States or local agencies; expansion; Federal contributions


If in the opinion of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, the aforesaid educational facilities cannot be provided adequately and payment made therefor on a pro rata basis, as prescribed in [section 40a of this title](/usc/16/40a.md), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, in his discretion, may enter into cooperative agreements with [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) or local agencies for (a) the operation of school facilities, (b) for the construction and expansion of local facilities at Federal expense, and (c) for contribution by the Federal Government, on an equitable basis satisfactory to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), to cover the increased cost to local agencies for providing the educational services required for the purposes of sections [40a](/usc/16/40a.md) to [40c](/usc/16/40c.md) of this title.


## Source credit

(June 4, 1948, ch. 417, § 2, 62 Stat. 339.)