---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 5605"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "5605"
heading: "Independence of authorities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/5605"
units:
  - "Chapter 87 — Export Promotion"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §5605. Independence of authorities


Each authority granted under this chapter shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any authority granted to the [Secretary](/usc/7/5602.md?p=3) or the Commodity Credit Corporation under any other provision of law.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–501, title I, § 105, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3672.)