21 USC § 360rr - Federal-State cooperation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s360rr"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 360rr - Federal-State cooperation"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "360rr"
section_name: "Federal-State cooperation"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "DRUGS AND DEVICES"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Electronic Product Radiation Control"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 541, formerly act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 541, formerly § 360E, as added Pub. L. 90–602, § 2(3), Oct. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 1186; renumbered § 541 and amended Pub. L. 101–629, § 19(a)(1)(B), (3), (4), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4529, 4530; Pub. L. 103–80, § 4(a)(2), Aug. 13, 1993, 107 Stat. 779.)"
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# § 360rr. Federal-State cooperation

The Secretary is authorized (1) to accept from State and local authorities engaged in activities related to health or safety or consumer protection, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, any assistance in the administration and enforcement of this part which he may request and which they may be able and willing to provide and, if so agreed, may pay in advance or otherwise for the reasonable cost of such assistance, and (2) he may, for the purpose of conducting examinations, investigations, and inspections, commission any officer or employee of any such authority as an officer of the Department.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 541, formerly act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 541, formerly § 360E, as added Pub. L. 90–602, § 2(3), Oct. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 1186; renumbered § 541 and amended Pub. L. 101–629, § 19(a)(1)(B), (3), (4), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4529, 4530; Pub. L. 103–80, § 4(a)(2), Aug. 13, 1993, 107 Stat. 779.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by .

### Amendments

1993— amended directory language of , which renumbered , The Public Health and Welfare, as this section.

1990—, substituted “this part” for “this subpart”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Noninterference With Other Federal Agencies

Enactment of this section not to be construed to supersede or limit the functions under any other provision of law of any officer or agency of the United States, see , set out as a note under .