§ 476. — Acreage reports.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC476]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 19--COTTON STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES
Sec. 476. Acreage reports
The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be issued a report on or
before the 12th day of July of each year showing by States and in toto
the estimated acreage of cotton planted, to be followed on or before the
12th day of August with an estimate of the acreage for harvest and on or
before the 12th day of December with an estimate of the harvested
acreage.
(May 27, 1912, ch. 135, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 118; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 337,
Sec. 6, 44 Stat. 1374; Pub. L. 85-430, Sec. 1, May 29, 1958, 72 Stat.
149; Pub. L. 92-331, Sec. 2, June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 400.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Cotton Statistics and
Estimates Act which enacted sections 471 to 474 of this title and
amended sections 475 and 476 of this title.
Section was formerly classified to section 412 of this title.
Amendments
1972--Pub. L. 92-331 substituted ``12th'' for ``10th'', ``on or
before the 12th day of August'' for ``on August 1'', and ``on or before
the 12th day of December'' for ``on December 1''.
1958--Pub. L. 85-430 substituted provisions requiring report to show
estimated acreage of cotton planted, to be followed with an estimate of
acreage for harvest and an estimate of harvested acreage for provisions
which required report to show number of acres of cotton in cultivation
on July 1 of each year, followed with an estimate of acreage of cotton
abandoned since July 1.
1927--Act Mar. 3, 1927, struck out ``Bureau of Statistics of the
Department of Agriculture'', substituted ``on or before the 10th day of
July'' for ``on or about the first Monday in July'' and inserted ``on
July 1, to be followed on September 1 and December 1 with an estimate of
the acreage of cotton abandoned since July 1'' after ``cultivation''.
