Pub. L. 91-524, tit. VI, sec. 610

Sec. 610. The Commodity Credit Corporation, in furtherance of its powers and duties under subsections (e) and (i) of section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, shall, through the Cotton Board established under the Cotton Research and Promotion Act, and upon approval of the Secretary, enter into agreements with the contracting organization specified pursuant to section 7(g) of that Act for the conduct, in domestic and foreign markets, of market develop-84 Stat. 1379ment, research or sales promotion programs and programs to aid in the development of new and additional markets, marketing facilities and uses for cot ton and cotton products, including programs to facilitate the utilization and commercial application of research findings. Each rear the amount available for such agreements shall be that portion of the funds (not exceeding $10,000,000) authorized to be made available to cooperators under the cotton program for such year but which is not paid to producers because of a statutory limitation on the amounts of such funds payable 10 any producer. The Secretary is authorized to deduct from funds available for payments to producers under section 103 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, on each of the 1972 and 1973 crops of upland cotton such additional sums for use as specified above (not exceeding $10,000,000 for each such crop) as he determines desirable; and the final rate of payment provided in section 103 if higher than the rate of the preliminary payment provided in such section shall be reduced to the extent necessary to defray such costs. No funds made available under this section shall be used for the purpose of influencing legislative action or general farm policy with respect to cotton.