---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 8208"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "8208"
heading: "Interagency operational plan"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/8208"
units:
  - "Chapter 101 — National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships"
---

# §8208. Interagency operational plan


Not later than 1 year after October 30, 2020, and every 5 years thereafter, the [Director](/usc/16/8202.md?p=3), in cooperation with the [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Assistant Administrator](/usc/16/8202.md?p=6), the [Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator](/usc/16/8202.md?p=4), the [Director](/usc/16/8202.md?p=3) of the United States Geological Survey, and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies (including, at a minimum, those agencies represented on the [Board](/usc/16/8202.md?p=2)) shall develop an interagency operational plan that describes—

- (1) the functional, operational, technical, scientific, and general staff, administrative, and material needs for the implementation of this chapter; and
- (2) any interagency agreements between or among Federal departments and agencies to address those needs.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–188, title II, § 208, Oct. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 935.)