2012 U.S. Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 31 - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (§§ 1451 - 1475b)
Section 1457b - Use of cooperative agreements
For fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with a State or political subdivision (including any agency thereof), or any not-for-profit organization if the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs administered by the Department of the Interior; and (2) all parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives. At the discretion of the Secretary, such agreements shall not be subject to a competitive process.
(Pub. L. 111–88, div. A, title I, §112, Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2928.)
CodificationSection is from the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.