---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 57"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "57"
heading: "Disposition of proceeds of sale of cotton and of copies of standards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/57"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — Cotton Standards"
---

# §57. Disposition of proceeds of sale of cotton and of copies of standards


Any moneys received from or in connection with the sale of cotton purchased for the preparation of the copies mentioned in [section 56 of this title](/usc/7/56.md) and condemned as unsuitable for such use or with the sale of such copies may be expended for the purchase of other cotton for such use.


## Source credit

(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, § 6(a), formerly § 6, 42 Stat. 1518; renumbered § 6(a), Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, § 401(b), 58 Stat. 738.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is composed of the last sentence of subsec. (a) of section 6 of act Mar. 4, 1923, as renumbered by section 401(b) of act Sept. 21, 1944. First five sentences of subsec. (a) of section 6 is classified to section 56 of this title. Subsec. (b) of section 6 is classified to section 57a of this title.