---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 568a"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "568a"
heading: "Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories and other possessions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/568a"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Forests; Forest Service; Reforestation; Management"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §568a. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with Territories and other possessions


The [Secretary](/usc/16/580p.md?p=3) of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with Territories and other possessions of the United States on the same terms and conditions as with [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) under sections 566, 567,[^1] and 568 of this title.


## Footnotes

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

## Source credit

(Apr. 13, 1926, ch. 134, 44 Stat. 250.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 566 and 567 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 13(a)(1), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374.