Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§473d Quality tests and analyses by Secretary for breeders and others; fees
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - COTTON STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES › § 473d
Summary
The Secretary may test cotton samples from breeders and others, such as fiber analyses and spinning tests. Tests follow rules the Secretary makes, and people who send samples must pay reasonable fees that, as far as possible, cover the testing costs.
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Title 7, §473d
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make analyses of fiber properties, spinning tests, and other tests of the quality of cotton samples submitted to him by cotton breeders and other persons, subject to such terms and conditions and to the payment by such cotton breeders and other persons of such fees as he may prescribe by regulations under this chapter. The fees to be assessed hereunder shall be reasonable, and, as nearly as may be, to cover the cost of the service rendered.
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7 U.S.C. § 473d
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73