---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 870.5"
title: "7"
number: "870.5"
heading: "Eligible upland cotton."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/870.5"
---

# §870.5. Eligible upland cotton.

- (a) Upland cotton eligible for payment under this part must be cotton that is consumed by the domestic user in the United States on or after the effective date of a signed Upland Cotton Domestic User Agreement, but not later than such date as may be set by the Agricultural Marketing Service.
- (b) **The following are not eligible for payment under this part—**
  - (1) Cotton for which a payment under the provisions of this part has already been claimed or made available;
  - (2) Raw (unprocessed) motes, pills, linters, or other derivatives of the lint cleaning process; or
  - (3) **Textile mill wastes.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 9037(c).

### Source

Source: 88 FR 74333, Oct. 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.