---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 2428"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "2428"
heading: "Interagency coordination and cooperation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/2428"
units:
  - "Chapter 42 — Rural Water Supply"
  - "Subchapter II — Twenty-First Century Water Works"
---

# §2428. Interagency coordination and cooperation

- (a) **Consultation—** The [Secretary](/usc/43/2401.md?p=10) shall consult with the [Secretary](/usc/43/2401.md?p=10) of Agriculture before promulgating criteria with respect to financial appraisal functions and [loan guarantee](/usc/43/2421.md?p=3) administration for activities carried out under this subchapter.
- (b) **Memorandum of agreement—** The [Secretary](/usc/43/2401.md?p=10) and the [Secretary](/usc/43/2401.md?p=10) of Agriculture shall enter into a memorandum of agreement providing for Department of Agriculture financial appraisal functions and [loan guarantee](/usc/43/2421.md?p=3) administration for activities carried out under this subchapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–451, title II, § 209, Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3360.)