---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 778b"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "778b"
heading: "Cooperation with Secretary of the Interior"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/778b"
units:
  - "Chapter 10C — Fish Research and Experimentation Program"
---

# §778b. Cooperation with Secretary of the Interior


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized to cooperate in carrying out the provisions of this chapter by furnishing such information and assistance as may be requested by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Agriculture.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–342, § 3, Mar. 15, 1958, 72 Stat. 35; Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 889(a)(3), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1180.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–127 substituted “the Secretary of the Interior” for “The Department of Agriculture” and “requested by the Secretary of Agriculture” for “requested by the Secretary of the Interior”.