---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 778a"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "778a"
heading: "Acquisition of lands; construction of buildings; employment of personnel; cooperation with other agencies; publication of results"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/778a"
units:
  - "Chapter 10C — Fish Research and Experimentation Program"
---

# §778a. Acquisition of lands; construction of buildings; employment of personnel; cooperation with other agencies; publication of results


For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Agriculture is authorized (1) to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise such suitable lands, to construct such buildings, to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) such equipment and apparatus, and to employ such officers and employees as he deems necessary; (2) to cooperate with [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) and other institutions and agencies upon such terms and conditions as he determines to be appropriate; and (3) to make public the results of such research and experiments conducted pursuant to [section 778 of this title](/usc/16/778.md).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–342, § 2, Mar. 15, 1958, 72 Stat. 35; Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 889(a)(2), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1180.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–127 substituted “the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized” for “the Secretary of the Interior is authorized”.