---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 U.S.C. § 665"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
number: "665"
heading: "Utilization of services and facilities of Federal departments and agencies; reimbursement; consultation with Board; coordination of activities with Federal departments and agencies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/665"
units:
  - "Chapter 15 — Emergency Rail Services"
---

# §665. Utilization of services and facilities of Federal departments and agencies; reimbursement; consultation with Board; coordination of activities with Federal departments and agencies

- (a) In carrying out the provisions of this chapter the [Secretary](/usc/45/661.md?p=1) may use available services and facilities of other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government with their consent and on a reimbursable basis, and shall consult with the [Board](/usc/45/661.md?p=2) in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
- (b) Departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government shall exercise their powers, duties, and functions in such manner as will assist in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–663, § 6, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1977; Pub. L. 104–88, title III, § 325(3), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 951.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1995—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–88 substituted “Board” for “Interstate Commerce Commission”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1995 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 104–88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1301 of Title 49, Transportation.