Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§2121 Cotton ginning investigations; publication of results; cooperation with Federal and State departments and agencies
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - COTTON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION › § 2121
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture can study how cotton is ginned. He can run test gins and labs, do experiments, share the findings to improve ginning machines and methods, and work with government bodies or people as needed.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2121
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to investigate the ginning of cotton; to establish and maintain experimental ginning plants and laboratories; and to make such tests, demonstrations, and experiments, and such technical and scientific studies in relation to cotton ginning as he shall deem necessary and to publish the results thereof, with a view to developing improved ginning equipment and encouraging the use of improved methods, and he may cooperate with any department or agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District, or possession, or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, or any person, as he shall find to be necessary.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 424 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section was enacted as part of act Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 203, and not as part of the Cotton Research and Promotion Act which comprises this chapter.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2121
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73