Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§502 Standards for Classification; Returns and Blanks
Title 7 › CHAPTER 21 — TOBACCO STATISTICS › § 502
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture must set rules for how leaf tobacco is classified. He may show how to use the rules, provide sample leaves, and charge reasonable fees. He must say what must be on required reports — like types, grade groups, quality, color, and other details — make the report forms, and give copies to filers who ask.
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Title 7, §502
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish standards for the classification of leaf tobacco, and he is authorized to demonstrate such standards, to prepare and distribute samples thereof, and to make reasonable charges therefor. He shall specify the types, groups of grades, qualities, colors, and/or grades, which shall be included in the returns required by this chapter. The Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare appropriate blanks upon which the returns shall be made, shall, upon request, furnish copies to persons who are required by this chapter to make returns, and such returns shall show the types, groups of grades, qualities, colors, and/or grades and such other information as the Secretary may require.
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1935—Act Aug. 27, 1935, inserted “and such returns shall show the types, groups of grades, qualities, colors, and/or grades and such other information as the Secretary may require” in last sentence.
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7 U.S.C. § 502
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102