---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2009l"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2009l"
heading: "Duties of Rural Economic and Community Development State Offices"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2009l"
units:
  - "Chapter 50 — Agricultural Credit"
  - "Subchapter V — Rural Community Advancement Program"
---

# §2009l. Duties of Rural Economic and Community Development State Offices


In carrying out this subchapter, the Director of a [Rural](/usc/7/1991.md?p=a-13-A) Economic and Community Development [State](/usc/7/2009.md?p=1) Office shall—

- (1) to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the [State](/usc/7/2009.md?p=1) strategic plan referred to in [section 2009c of this title](/usc/7/2009c.md) is implemented;
- (2) coordinate community development objectives within the [State](/usc/7/2009.md?p=1);
- (3) establish links between local, [State](/usc/7/2009.md?p=1), and field office program administrators of the Department of Agriculture;
- (4) ensure that recipient communities comply with applicable Federal and [State](/usc/7/2009.md?p=1) laws and requirements; and
- (5) integrate [State](/usc/7/2009.md?p=1) development programs with assistance under this subchapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 381M, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1146.)