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[CITE: 7USC2273]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                  CHAPTER 55--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
Sec. 2273. Local search and rescue operations

    The Secretary of Agriculture may assist, through the use of Soil 
Conservation Service personnel, vehicles, communication equipment, and 
other equipment or materials available to the Secretary, in local search 
and rescue operations when requested by responsible local public 
authorities. Such assistance may be provided in emergencies caused by 
tornadoes, fires, floods, snowstorms, earthquakes, and similar 
disasters.

(Pub. L. 97-98, title XV, Sec. 1550, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1344.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97-98, 
set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.
