§ 502. — Standards for classification; returns and blanks.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC502]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 21--TOBACCO STATISTICS
Sec. 502. Standards for classification; returns and blanks
The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish standards for the
classification of leaf tobacco, and he is authorized to demonstrate such
standards, to prepare and distribute samples thereof, and to make
reasonable charges therefor. He shall specify the types, groups of
grades, qualities, colors, and/or grades, which shall be included in the
returns required by this chapter. The Secretary of Agriculture shall
prepare appropriate blanks upon which the returns shall be made, shall,
upon request, furnish copies to persons who are required by this chapter
to make returns, and such returns shall show the types, groups of
grades, qualities, colors, and/or grades and such other information as
the Secretary may require.
(Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, Sec. 2, 45 Stat. 1079; Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 749,
Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 894.)
Amendments
1935--Act Aug. 27, 1935, inserted ``and such returns shall show the
types, groups of grades, qualities, colors, and/or grades and such other
information as the Secretary may require'' in last sentence.
