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[CITE: 15USC1458]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
             CHAPTER 39--FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING PROGRAM
 
Sec. 1458. Cooperation with State authorities; transmittal of 
        regulations to States; noninterference with existing programs
        
    (a) A copy of each regulation promulgated under this chapter shall 
be transmitted promptly to the Secretary of Commerce, who shall (1) 
transmit copies thereof to all appropriate State officers and agencies, 
and (2) furnish to such State officers and agencies information and 
assistance to promote to the greatest practicable extent uniformity in 
State and Federal regulation of the labeling of consumer commodities.
    (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to impair 
or otherwise interfere with any program carried into effect by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services under other provisions of law in 
cooperation with State governments or agencies, instrumentalities, or 
political subdivisions thereof.

(Pub. L. 89-755, Sec. 9, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1301; Pub. L. 96-88, 
title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

                         Change of Name

    ``Secretary of Health and Human Services'' substituted for 
``Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare'' in subsec. (b) pursuant 
to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to section 
3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
