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[CITE: 7USC55]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                       CHAPTER 2--COTTON STANDARDS
 
Sec. 55. Fees and charges for cotton classing and related 
        services; criteria; disposition of moneys and samples
        
    (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be collected such 
fees and charges for licenses issued to classifiers of cotton under 
section 53 of this title, for determinations made under section 54 of 
this title, and for the establishment of standards and sale of copies of 
standards under sections 56, 57, and 57a of this title, as will cover, 
as nearly as practicable, and after taking into consideration net 
proceeds from any sale of samples, the costs incident to providing 
services and standards under such sections, including administrative and 
supervisory costs. The Secretary may provide by regulation conditions 
under which cotton samples submitted or used in the performance of 
services authorized by this chapter shall become the property of the 
United States and may be sold with the proceeds credited to the 
foregoing account: Provided, That such cotton samples shall not be 
subject to the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.). Any fees or charges, late 
payment penalties, or proceeds from the sales of samples collected under 
this subsection, and any interest earned through the investment of such 
funds shall be credited to the current appropriation account that incurs 
the costs of the services provided under this chapter, and shall remain 
available without fiscal year limitation to pay the expenses of the 
Secretary incident to providing services and standards under this 
chapter and section 15b of this title. Such funds may be invested by the 
Secretary in insured or fully collateralized, interest-bearing accounts 
or, at the discretion of the Secretary, by the Secretary of the Treasury 
in United States Government debt instruments.
    (b) The price established by the Secretary of Agriculture under the 
foregoing provisions of this section for practical forms representing 
the official cotton standards of the United States shall cover, as 
nearly as practicable, the estimated actual cost to the Department of 
Agriculture for developing and preparing such practical forms.

(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, Sec. 5, 42 Stat. 1518; Pub. L. 97-35, title I, 
Sec. 156(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 373; Pub. L. 100-518, Sec. 4, Oct. 
24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2587.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 
referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 377, 
as amended. The provisions of that Act relating to management and 
disposal of government property are classified to chapter 10 (Sec. 471 
et seq.) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 471 of Title 40 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-518 included late payment penalties, 
proceeds, and interest within amounts to be credited to current 
appropriation account and remain available until expended, and 
authorized investment of such funds in certain interest-bearing accounts 
or debt instruments.
    1981--Pub. L. 97-35 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
substituted provisions requiring Secretary to cause to be collected fees 
and charges, for provisions authorizing Secretary to cause to be 
collected charges, and added subsec. (b).


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 
156(e) of Pub. L. 97-35, set out as an Effective Date note under section 
61a of this title.


                          Appropriation Account

    Effective July 1, 1935, the appropriation account for expenses 
provided for in this chapter was abolished by act June 26, 1934, ch. 
756, Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1228.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 15b of this title.
