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7 U.S.C. 51a–1: Contracts with cooperatives furnishing classers; amount and type of paymentText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 2-COTTON STANDARDS

§51a–1. Contracts with cooperatives furnishing classers; amount and type of payment

On and after July 5, 1952, the Secretary may contract with cooperatives furnishing classers and other facilities for classing cotton and may pay for such services an amount, some part of which may be in kind, not in excess of the value of the samples.

( July 5, 1952, ch. 574 , title I, § 101, 66 Stat. 349 .)

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Section was enacted as part of the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1953, and not as part of the United States Cotton Standards Act which comprises this chapter.