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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 61a. Annual review meetings with cotton industry representatives; purposes, etc.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall hold annual meetings with
representatives of the cotton industry to review (1) activities and
operations under the Cotton Standards Act [7 U.S.C. 51 et seq.],
and the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act [7 U.S.C. 471 et seq.],
(2) activities and operations relating to cotton under the United
States Warehouse Act [7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.], and (3) the effect of
such activities and operations on prices received by producers and
sales to domestic and foreign users, for the purpose of improving
procedures for financing and administering such activities and
operations for the benefit of the industry and the Government.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall
take such action as may be necessary to insure that the universal
cotton standards system and the licensing and inspection procedures
for cotton warehouses are preserved and that the Government cotton
classification system continues to operate so that the United
States cotton crop is provided an official quality description.
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