7 U.S.C. § 2204a : US Code - Section 2204A: Rural development; utilization of non-Federal offices; location of field units; interchange of personnel and facilities

Search 7 U.S.C. § 2204a : US Code - Section 2204A: Rural development; utilization of non-Federal offices; location of field units; interchange of personnel and facilities

The Secretary of Agriculture shall utilize to the maximum extent
practicable State, regional, district, county, local, or other
Department of Agriculture offices to enhance rural development, and
shall to the maximum extent practicable provide directly, or, in
the case of agencies outside of the Department of Agriculture,
through arrangements with the heads of such agencies, for - 
(1) the location of all field units of the Federal Government
concerned with rural development in the appropriate Department of
Agriculture offices covering the geographical areas most similar
to those covered by such field units, and
(2) the interchange of personnel and facilities in each such
office to the extent necessary or desirable to achieve the most
efficient utilization of such personnel and facilities and
provide the most effective assistance in the development of rural
areas in accordance with State rural development plans.