7 U.S.C. § 57a — Agreements with cotton associations, etc., in foreign countries to establish cotton standards

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The Secretary of Agriculture can make agreements with foreign cotton associations and exchanges. These agreements can set shared cotton grading standards, settle disputes about them, and manage the official copies of those standards.

This section lets the Secretary of Agriculture make agreements with cotton associations, cotton exchanges, and other cotton organizations in foreign countries. Through these agreements, the Secretary can work with foreign groups to: (1) adopt, use, and follow universal standards for classifying cotton; (2) arbitrate or settle disagreements about those standards; and (3) prepare, distribute, inspect, and protect the physical copies or forms of those standards.

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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.

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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1923Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288 · 58 Stat. 738

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