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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 373

tee shall be appointed not later than thirty days after the date of enactment of this section. "0)) The advisory committee shall be governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 5 USC app. "(c) The Administrator shall provide the advisory committee with necessary clerical assistance and staff personnel. "(d) Members of the advisory committee shall serve without compensation, if not otherwise officers or employees of the United States, except that members shall, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services under this Act, be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.". COTTON CLASSING AND RELATED SERVICES

SEC. 156. (a) Section 5 of the United States Cotton Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 55) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be collected such fees and charges for licenses issued to classifiers of cotton under section 3 of this Act, for determinations made under section 4 of this Act, and for the establishment of standards and sale of copies of standards under section 6 of this Act, as will cover, as nearly as practicable, and after taking into consideration net proceeds from any sale of samples, the costs incident to providing services and standards under such sections, including administrative and supervisory costs. Such fees and charges shall be credited to the current appropriation account that incurs the cost and shall remain available until expended to pay the expenses of the Secretary incident to providing services and standards under this Act and the United States Cotton Futures Act (7 U.S.C. 15b). The Secretary may provide by regulation conditions under which cotton samples submitted or used in the performance of services authorized by this Act shall become the property of the United States and may be sold with the proceeds credited to the foregoing account: Provided, That such cotton samples shall not be subject to the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.). (b) The price established by the Secretary of Agriculture under the foregoing provisions of this section for practical forms representing the official cotton standards of the United States shall cover, as nearly as practicable, the estimated actual cost to the Department of Agriculture for developing and preparing such practical forms.". (b) Effective only for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982, September 30, 1983, and September 30, 1984, section 3a of the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act (7 U.S.C. 473a) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3a. Effective for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982, September 30, 1983, and September 30, 1984, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make cotton classification services available to producers of cotton. The Secretary shall further provide for appropriate agencies of the Department of Agriculture to collect directly from participating producers reasonable fees which, together with the proceeds of sales of samples submitted under this section, shall cover as nearly as practicable the cost of the services provided under this section, including administrative and supervisory costs: Provided, That the Secretary's net cost estimate (after taking into account the proceeds from the sale of samples) used to calculate the uniform per-bale fee to be collected from producers for such classification services shall not

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