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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "7 U.S.C. § 57a"
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description: "Agreements with cotton associations, etc., in foreign countries to establish cotton standards"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 7
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title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_number: "2"
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chapter_name: "COTTON STANDARDS"
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section: "57a"
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citation: "7 U.S.C. § 57a"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 57a - Agreements with cotton associations, etc., in foreign countries to establish cotton standards
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## Text
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to effectuate agreements with cotton associations, cotton exchanges, and other cotton organizations in foreign countries, for (1) the adoption, use, and observance of universal standards of cotton classification, (2) the arbitration or settlement of disputes with respect thereto, and (3) the preparation, distribution, inspection, and protection of the practical forms or copies thereof under such agreements.
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(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, § 6(b), as added Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title IV, § 401(b), 58 Stat. 738.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was enacted as subsec. (b) of section 6 of act Mar. 4, 1923, by act Sept. 21, 1944, § 401(b). Subsec. (a) of section 6 is classified to sections 56 and 57 of this title.
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