---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 136t"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "136t"
heading: "Delegation and cooperation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/136t"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control"
  - "Subchapter II — Environmental Pesticide Control"
---

# §136t. Delegation and cooperation

- (a) **Delegation—** All authority vested in the [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b) by virtue of the provisions of this subchapter may with like force and effect be executed by such employees of the Environmental Protection Agency as the [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b) may designate for the purpose.
- (b) **Cooperation—** The [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b) shall cooperate with Department of Agriculture, any other Federal agency, and any appropriate agency of any [State](/usc/7/136.md?p=aa) or any political subdivision thereof, in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, and in securing uniformity of regulations.

## Source credit

(June 25, 1947, ch. 125, § 22, as added Pub. L. 92–516, § 2, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 996.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

For effective date of section, see section 4 of Pub. L. 92–516, set out as a note under section 136 of this title.