# § 3056c. Interagency cooperation
**(a)** **Consultation with the Assistant Secretary** The Secretary shall consult with and obtain the written views of the Assistant Secretary before issuing rules and before establishing general policy in the administration of this subchapter.
**(b)** **Consultation with heads of other agencies** The Secretary shall consult and cooperate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through officers including the Director of the Office of Community Services), and the heads of other Federal agencies that carry out programs related to the program carried out under this subchapter, in order to achieve optimal coordination of the program carried out under this subchapter with such related programs. Each head of a Federal agency shall cooperate with the Secretary in disseminating information relating to the availability of assistance under this subchapter and in promoting the identification and interests of individuals eligible for employment in projects assisted under this subchapter.
**(c)** **Coordination**
**(1)** **In general** 29 U.S.C. 3151(e)
The Secretary shall promote and coordinate efforts to carry out projects under this subchapter jointly with programs, projects, or activities carried out under other Acts, especially activities provided under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, including activities provided through one-stop delivery systems established under section 121(e) of such Act [], that provide training and employment opportunities to eligible individuals.
**(2)** **Coordination with certain activities** 20 U.S.C. 2301
The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Education to promote and coordinate efforts to carry out projects under this subchapter jointly with activities in which eligible individuals may participate that are carried out under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( et seq.).
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–73, title V, § 505, as added Pub. L. 109–365, title V, § 501, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2575; amended Pub. L. 113–128, title V, § 512(w)(5), July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1715.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is , , , which enacted chapter 32 (§ 3101 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor, repealed chapter 30 (§ 2801 et seq.) of Title 29 and chapter 73 (§ 9201 et seq.) of Title 20, Education, and made amendments to numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is , , , as amended generally by , , , which is classified generally to chapter 44 (§ 2301 et seq.) of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 3056c, , as added , , ; amended , , , related to interagency cooperation, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by .
Another prior section 3056c, , formerly title IX, § 905, as added , , ; renumbered title V, § 505, and amended , (d), , , 1548; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to interagency cooperation, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by .
Another prior was classified to , prior to repeal by .
### Amendments
2014—Subsec. (c)(1). substituted “activities carried out under other Acts, especially activities provided under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, including activities provided through one-stop delivery systems established under section 121(e) of such Act,” for “activities carried out under other Acts, especially activities provided under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 ( et seq.), including activities provided through one-stop delivery systems established under section 134(c)) of such Act (),”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2014 Amendment
Amendment by effective on the first day of the first full program year after (), see , set out as an Effective Date note under , Labor.