[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3154 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3154

 To require official inspection and testing of all grain imported into 
                           the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 1993

Mr. Peterson of Minnesota (for himself, and Mr. Pomeroy) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require official inspection and testing of all grain imported into 
                           the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    Section 5 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 77) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Inspection of Imported Grain.--The Administrator shall 
require that all grain imported into the United States be accompanied 
by a valid certification of the grade designation and level of 
vomitoxin of the grain. The Administrator may, upon request, perform 
weighing or inspection on a fee basis of any such grain that is not 
accompanied by such certification prior to the transfer of the grain 
into an elevator, warehouse, or other storage facility in the United 
States.''.

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