§8310 Cooperation

Summary

The Secretary may work with other federal agencies, states, foreign governments, local foreign authorities, tribes, organizations, associations, and other people to carry out this law. Anyone who helps must have the legal authority to act on land in a foreign country, on land under a tribe’s control, or on other facilities the Secretary approves. The Secretary may make and sell sterile screwworms to foreign governments or international groups if doing so will not hurt the U.S. livestock industry. If the Secretary makes and sells them alone, the money must go into the Treasury of the United States and be put back into the account that pays the facility’s operating costs. If the Secretary makes them with a foreign government or international group, the money is split as the Secretary decides, and the U.S. share goes into the Treasury and is put back into the same operating account. The Secretary may also help state officials, tribe officials, or others run rules that improve livestock and livestock products. The Secretary must talk with and coordinate with the head of any federal agency that has authority over an activity. After that consultation, the Department of Agriculture is the lead agency for issues about livestock pests and diseases.