---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 2909"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "2909"
heading: "General provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/2909"
units:
  - "Chapter 42 — Estuary Restoration"
---

# §2909. General provisions

- (a) **Agency consultation and coordination—** In carrying out this chapter, the [Secretary](/usc/33/2902.md?p=9) shall, as necessary, consult with, cooperate with, and coordinate its activities with the activities of other Federal departments and agencies.
- (b) **Cooperative agreements; memoranda of understanding—** In carrying out this chapter, the [Secretary](/usc/33/2902.md?p=9) may—
  - (1) enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with Federal, [State](/usc/33/2902.md?p=10), and local government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other entities; and
  - (2) execute such memoranda of understanding as are necessary to reflect the agreements.
- (c) **Federal agency facilities and personnel—** Federal agencies may cooperate in carrying out scientific and other programs necessary to carry out this chapter, and may provide facilities and personnel, for the purpose of assisting the [Council](/usc/33/2902.md?p=1) in carrying out its duties under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–457, title I, § 110, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1966; Pub. L. 110–114, title V, § 5017(h), Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1199.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2007—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 110–114, § 5017(h)(1), inserted “or contracts” after “agreements” and “, nongovernmental organizations,” after “agencies”.

Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 110–114, § 5017(h)(2), struck out subsecs. (d) and (e) which related to identification and mapping of dredged material disposal sites and study of bioremediation technology, respectively.