---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2009bb–9"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2009bb–9"
heading: "Consent of States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2009bb-9"
units:
  - "Chapter 50 — Agricultural Credit"
  - "Subchapter VII — Northern Great Plains Regional Authority"
---

# §2009bb–9. Consent of States


Nothing in this subchapter requires any [State](/usc/7/2009.md?p=1) to engage in or accept any program under this subchapter without the consent of the [State](/usc/7/2009.md?p=1).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 383K, formerly § 383J, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6028, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 386; renumbered § 383K, Pub. L. 110–234, title VI, § 6026(c)(1)(A), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1178, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VI, § 6026(c)(1)(A), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1940.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 383K of Pub. L. 87–128, title III, was renumbered section 383L and is classified to section 2009bb–10 of this title.