---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1633"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "1633"
heading: "Cooperation with State agencies in administration and enforcement of laws relating to marketing of agricultural products and control or eradication of plant and animal diseases and pests; coordination of administration of Federal and State laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/1633"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Distribution and Marketing of Agricultural Products"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §1633. Cooperation with State agencies in administration and enforcement of laws relating to marketing of agricultural products and control or eradication of plant and animal diseases and pests; coordination of administration of Federal and State laws


In order to avoid duplication of functions, facilities, and personnel, and to attain closer coordination and greater effectiveness and economy in administration of Federal and [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5) laws and regulations relating to the marketing of agricultural products and to the control or eradication of plant and animal diseases and pests, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture is authorized, in the administration and enforcement of such Federal laws within his area of responsibility, whenever he deems it feasible and in the public interest, to enter into cooperative arrangements with State departments of agriculture and other [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5) agencies charged with the administration and enforcement of such [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5) laws and regulations and to provide that any such [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5) agency which has adequate facilities, personnel, and procedures, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2), may assist the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) in the administration and enforcement of such Federal laws and regulations to the extent and in the manner he deems appropriate in the public interest.

Further, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) is authorized to coordinate the administration of such Federal laws and regulations with such [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5) laws and regulations wherever feasible. However, nothing herein shall affect the jurisdiction of the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture under any Federal law, or any authority to cooperate with [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5) agencies or other agencies or [persons](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) under existing provisions of law, or affect any restrictions of law upon such cooperation.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–718, Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 663.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 450 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section was enacted as Pub. L. 87–718, popularly known as the Talmadge-Aiken Act, and not as part of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 which comprises this chapter.