Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 19 — Cotton Statistics and Estimates
§ 476. Acreage reports
Statutory text
The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be issued a report on or before the 12th day of July of each year showing by States and in toto the estimated acreage of cotton planted, to be followed on or before the 12th day of August with an estimate of the acreage for harvest and on or before the 12th day of December with an estimate of the harvested acreage.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 62–135 § 1 · 37 Stat. 118
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 476
May 27, 1912, ch. 135, § 1, 37 Stat. 118
Source evidence
Code source credit
May 27, 1912, ch. 135, § 1, 37 Stat. 118Pub. L. 85–430 § 1 · 72 Stat. 149
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 476
Pub. L. 85–430 substituted provisions requiring report to show estimated acreage of cotton planted, to be followed with an estimate of acreage for harvest and an estimate of harvested acreage for provisions which required report to show number of acres of cotton in cultivation on July 1 of each year, followed with an estimate of acreage of cotton abandoned since July 1
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 85–430 substituted provisions requiring report to show estimated acreage of cotton planted, to be followed with an estimate of acreage for harvest and an estimate of harvested acreage for provisions which required report to show number of acres of cotton in cultivation on July 1 of each year, followed with an estimate of acreage of cotton abandoned since July 1.Pub. L. 92–331 § 2 · 86 Stat. 400
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 476
Pub. L. 92–331 substituted “12th” for “10th”
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 476
Pub. L. 92–331 substituted “on or before the 12th day of August” for “on August 1”
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 476
Pub. L. 92–331 substituted “on or before the 12th day of December” for “on December 1”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 92–331 substituted “12th” for “10th”, “on or before the 12th day of August” for “on August 1”, and “on or before the 12th day of December” for “on December 1”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. Section 1 of the Act of May 27, 1912, as amended (37 Stat. 118, 44 Stat. 1374, 72 Stat. 149; 7 U.S.C. 476), is amended by striking out “10th” and inserting in lieu thereof “12th” by deleting “August 1” and inserting in lieu thereof “or before the 12th day of August”, and by deleting “December 1” and inserting in lieu thereof “on or before the 12th day of December”.
3 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act which enacted sections 471 to 474 of this title and amended sections 475 and 476 of this title.
Section was formerly classified to section 412 of this title.
Amendments1927–1972 · 3 rounds
1972
Pub. L. 92–331 substituted “12th” for “10th”, “on or before the 12th day of August” for “on August 1”, and “on or before the 12th day of December” for “on December 1”.
1958
Pub. L. 85–430 substituted provisions requiring report to show estimated acreage of cotton planted, to be followed with an estimate of acreage for harvest and an estimate of harvested acreage for provisions which required report to show number of acres of cotton in cultivation on July 1 of each year, followed with an estimate of acreage of cotton abandoned since July 1.
1927
Act , struck out “Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture”, substituted “on or before the 10th day of July” for “on or about the first Monday in July” and inserted “on July 1, to be followed on September 1 and December 1 with an estimate of the acreage of cotton abandoned since July 1” after “cultivation”.
Credits
1912–1972 · 4 acts
- 1912May 27, 1912, ch. 135, § 1, 37 Stat. 118
- 1927Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 337, § 6, 44 Stat. 1374
- 1958Pub. L. 85–430, § 1, , 72 Stat. 149
- 1972Pub. L. 92–331, § 2, , 86 Stat. 400.
Show as published
(May 27, 1912, ch. 135, § 1, 37 Stat. 118; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 337, § 6, 44 Stat. 1374; Pub. L. 85–430, § 1, , 72 Stat. 149; Pub. L. 92–331, § 2, , 86 Stat. 400.)