13 U.S.C. § 42 — Contents of reports; number of bales of linter; distribution; publication by Department of Agriculture

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This law tells the Census Bureau how to report cotton statistics. Reports cover ginning dates, mill use, warehouse stock, and trade data. The Secretary shares the newest numbers with the Department of Agriculture before each cotton report.

(a) Reports on how much cotton has been ginned must show the amount ginned before each of these dates: August 1, September 1, September 15, October 1, October 15, November 1, November 15, December 1, December 15, January 1, January 15, February 1, and March 1. The Secretary can limit the August 1 and September 1 counts to areas of the cotton-growing states where ginning has actually started. (b) Statistics on cotton used by manufacturing mills, baled cotton held in storage, the number of active spinning machines ("spindles"), their active running hours, and cotton imports and exports must each cover a single month. They must be published as soon as possible after that month ends. (c) When collecting and publishing statistics on cotton held in warehouses and other storage, and on the leftover "carry-over" cotton in the United States, the Secretary must separately report the number of bales of "linters" — a cotton byproduct — apart from the regular count of cotton bales. (d) Right before the Department of Agriculture publishes each of its reports on the cotton crop, the Secretary must give that Department the latest available statistics described above. The Department of Agriculture must then publish those numbers together with its own cotton reports.

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(a)

The statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned shall show the quantity ginned from each crop prior to August 1, September 1, September 15, October 1, October 15, November 1, November 15, December 1, December 15, January 1, January 15, February 1, and March 1; but the Secretary may limit the canvasses of August 1 and September 1 to those sections of the cotton-growing States in which cotton has been ginned.

(b)

The quantity of cotton consumed in manufacturing establishments, the quantity of baled cotton on hand, the number of active consuming cotton spindles, the number of active spindle-hours, and the statistics of cotton imported and exported shall relate to each month, and shall be published as soon as possible after the close of the month.

(c)

In collecting and publishing statistics of cotton on hand in warehouses and other storage establishments, and of cotton known as the “carry-over” in the United States, the Secretary shall ascertain and publish as a separate item in the report of cotton statistics the number of bales of linters as distinguished from the number of bales of cotton.

(d)

The Secretary shall furnish to the Department of Agriculture, immediately prior to the publication of each report of that Department regarding the cotton crop, the latest available statistics hereinbefore mentioned, and the Department of Agriculture shall publish the same in connection with each of its reports concerning cotton.

Source credit: (Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1016; Pub. L. 92–331, § 4, June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 400.)

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1954Enacted · Act of Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158 · 68 Stat. 1016
1972Amended · Pub. L. 92-331 · 86 Stat. 400

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