---
kind: "unit"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
key: "ch2"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 2"
heading: "Cotton Standards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/ch2"
sections_count: 20
---

# Chapter 2 — Cotton Standards

Title 7 — Agriculture

## Sections

- [§51. Short title](/usc/7/51.md)
- [§51a. Extension of classification facilities to cotton growers](/usc/7/51a.md)
- [§51a–1. Contracts with cooperatives furnishing classers; amount and type of payment](/usc/7/51a-1.md)
- [§51b. Licensing samplers; revocation and suspension of license](/usc/7/51b.md)
- [§52. Use of nonofficial standards prohibited; sales by sample excepted](/usc/7/52.md)
- [§53. Licensing classifiers; revocation and suspension of license](/usc/7/53.md)
- [§54. Classification by Department of Agriculture; certification thereof; effect of certificate; regulations for classification](/usc/7/54.md)
- [§55. Fees and charges for cotton classing and related services; criteria; disposition of moneys and samples](/usc/7/55.md)
- [§56. Establishment of cotton standards; furnishing copies of established standards sold](/usc/7/56.md)
- [§57. Disposition of proceeds of sale of cotton and of copies of standards](/usc/7/57.md)
- [§57a. Agreements with cotton associations, etc., in foreign countries to establish cotton standards](/usc/7/57a.md)
- [§58. General inspection and sampling of cotton](/usc/7/58.md)
- [§59. Offenses in relation to cotton standards](/usc/7/59.md)
- [§60. Penalties for violations](/usc/7/60.md)
- [§61. General regulations, investigations, tests, etc., by Secretary](/usc/7/61.md)
- [§61a. Annual review meetings with cotton industry representatives; purposes, etc.](/usc/7/61a.md)
- [§62. Definitions](/usc/7/62.md)
- [§63. Liability of principal for act of agent](/usc/7/63.md)
- [§64. Appropriation for expenses; appointment by Secretary of officers and agents; compensation](/usc/7/64.md)
- [§65. Separability](/usc/7/65.md)