---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 565a"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "565a"
heading: "Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/565a"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Forests; Forest Service; Reforestation; Management"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §565a. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories


The [Secretary](/usc/16/580p.md?p=3) of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the Territories of the United States on the same terms and conditions as with [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) under sections 564 and [565](/usc/16/565.md)[^1] of this title.


## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Feb. 20, 1931, ch. 249, 46 Stat. 1200.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 564 and 565 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 13(a)(1), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374.
