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# 7 U.S.C. § 51 - Short title

## Text

This chapter shall be known by the short title of “United States Cotton Standards Act.”

(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, § 1, 42 Stat. 1517.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateAct Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, § 14, 42 Stat. 1520, provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter] shall become effective on and after August 1, 1923.”