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[CITE: 15USC1827]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                    CHAPTER 44--PROTECTION OF HORSES
 
Sec. 1827. Utilization of personnel of Department of Agriculture 
        and officers and employees of consenting States; technical and 
        other nonfinancial assistance to State
        

(a) Assistance from Department of Agriculture and States

    The Secretary, in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, shall 
utilize, to the maximum extent practicable, the existing personnel and 
facilities of the Department of Agriculture. The Secretary is further 
authorized to utilize the officers and employees of any State, with its 
consent, and with or without reimbursement, to assist him in carrying 
out the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Assistance to States

    The Secretary may, upon request, provide technical and other 
nonfinancial assistance (including the lending of equipment on such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary determines is appropriate) to any 
State to assist it in administering and enforcing any law of such State 
designed to prohibit conduct described in section 1824 of this title.

(Pub. L. 91-540, Sec. 8, Dec. 9, 1970, 84 Stat. 1406; Pub. L. 94-360, 
Sec. 8, July 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 920.)


                               Amendments

    1976--Pub. L. 94-360 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).
