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[CITE: 7USC471]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
               CHAPTER 19--COTTON STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES
 
Sec. 471. Statistics and estimates of grades and staple length 
        of cotton; collection and publication
        
    The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to collect 
and publish annually, on dates to be announced by him, statistics or 
estimates concerning the grades and staple length of stocks of cotton, 
known as the carry-over, on hand on the 1st of August of each year in 
warehouses and other establishments of every character in the 
continental United States; and following such publication each year, to 
publish, at intervals in his discretion, his estimate of the grades and 
staple length of cotton of the then current crop: Provided, That not 
less than three such estimates shall be published with respect to each 
crop. In any such statistics or estimates published, the cotton which on 
the date for which such statistics are published may be recognized as 
tenderable on contracts of sale of cotton for future delivery under the 
United States Cotton Futures Act, shall be stated separately from that 
which may be untenderable under said Act.

(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 337, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 1372.)

                       References in Text

    The United States Cotton Futures Act, referred to in text, is part A 
of act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 476, which was repealed by 
section 4 of act Feb. 10, 1939, ch. 2, 53 Stat. 1. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code prior to its repeal, see Tables.


                      Short Title of 1987 Amendment

    Pub. L. 100-108, Sec. 1, Aug. 20, 1987, 101 Stat. 728, provided: 
``That this Act [amending section 473a of this title and enacting 
provisions set out as notes under section 473a of this title] may be 
cited as the `Uniform Cotton Classing Fees Act of 1987'.''


                               Short Title

    Act Mar. 3, 1927, which enacted sections 471 to 474 and amended 
sections 475 and 476 of this title, is popularly known as the ``Cotton 
Statistics and Estimates Act''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2276 of this title.
