---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 715p"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "715p"
heading: "Cooperation of State in enforcement of provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/715p"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Protection of Migratory Game and Insectivorous Birds"
  - "Subchapter III — Migratory Bird Conservation"
---

# §715p. Cooperation of State in enforcement of provisions


When any [State](/usc/16/718j.md?p=b-4) shall, by suitable legislation, make provision adequately to enforce the provisions of this subchapter and all regulations promulgated thereunder, the [Secretary](/usc/16/718j.md?p=b-3) of the Interior may so certify, and then and thereafter said [State](/usc/16/718j.md?p=b-4) may cooperate with the [Secretary](/usc/16/718j.md?p=b-3) of the Interior in the enforcement of this subchapter and the regulations thereunder.


## Source credit

(Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 17, 45 Stat. 1225; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

## Notes

### Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 715a of this title.