§ 423. — Cotton; investigation of new uses; cooperation with State and other agencies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC423]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 17--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Sec. 423. Cotton; investigation of new uses; cooperation with
State and other agencies
The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce are
authorized to engage in technical and scientific research in American-
grown cotton and its byproducts and their present and potential uses,
including new and additional commercial and scientific uses for cotton
and its byproducts, and to diffuse such information among the people of
the United States; and the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of
Commerce or their duly authorized representatives may cooperate with any
department or agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District,
or possession or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof,
or any person in carrying out the purposes of this section in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere.
(Apr. 12, 1928, ch. 362, 45 Stat. 426.)
