Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 2 — Cotton Standards
§ 57a. Agreements with cotton associations, etc., in foreign countries to establish cotton standards
Statutory text
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to effectuate agreements with cotton associations, cotton exchanges, and other cotton organizations in foreign countries, for (1) the adoption, use, and observance of universal standards of cotton classification, (2) the arbitration or settlement of disputes with respect thereto, and (3) the preparation, distribution, inspection, and protection of the practical forms or copies thereof under such agreements.
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. 78–288 § 6(b) · 58 Stat. 392
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 57a
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, § 6(b), as added Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title IV, § 401(b), 58 Stat. 738.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, § 6(b), as added Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title IV, § 401(b), 58 Stat. 738.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as subsec. (b) of section 6 of act , by act , § 401(b). Subsec. (a) of section 6 is classified to sections 56 and 57 of this title.
Credits
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, § 6(b), as added Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title IV, § 401(b), 58 Stat. 738.)