[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4788 Introduced in House (IH)]
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4788
To amend the United States Grain Standards Act to extend the authority
of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees to cover the cost of
services performed under the Act, to extend the authorization of
appropriations for the Act, and to improve the administration of the
Act.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 29, 2000
Mr. Barrett of Nebraska (for himself and Mr. Minge) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the United States Grain Standards Act to extend the authority
of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees to cover the cost of
services performed under the Act, to extend the authorization of
appropriations for the Act, and to improve the administration of the
Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``United States
Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2000''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
TITLE I--EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES AND AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Collection of certain fees.
Sec. 102. Limitation on administrative and supervisory costs.
Sec. 103. Advisory committee.
Sec. 104. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE II--ADMINISTRATION OF ACT
Sec. 201. Increased flexibility in obtaining sample of export grain for
inspection and weighing.
Sec. 202. Geographic boundaries for official agencies.
Sec. 203. Elimination of annual requirement regarding testing of
equipment.
Sec. 204. Prohibition on use of grain additives to disguise quality of
grain.
TITLE III--REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. United States Grain Standards Act of 1976.
TITLE I--EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES AND AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 101. COLLECTION OF CERTAIN FEES.
(a) Inspection and Supervisory Fees.--Section 7(j)(4) of the United
States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(j)(4)) is amended by striking
``2000'' and inserting ``2005''.
(b) Weighing and Supervisory Fees.--Section 7A(l)(3) of the United
States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79a(l)(3)) is amended by striking
``2000'' and inserting ``2005''.
SEC. 102. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY COSTS.
Section 7D of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79d)
is amended by striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2005''.
SEC. 103. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Section 21(e) of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C.
87j(e)) is amended by striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2005''.
SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 19 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 87h)
is amended by striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2005''.
TITLE II--ADMINISTRATION OF ACT
SEC. 201. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN OBTAINING SAMPLE OF EXPORT GRAIN FOR
INSPECTION AND WEIGHING.
Section 5(a)(1) of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C.
77(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``(on the basis'' and all that follows
through ``United States)''.
SEC. 202. GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR OFFICIAL AGENCIES.
(a) Inspection Authority.--Section 7(f) of the United States Grain
Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)) is amended by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following:
``(2) Not more than one official agency designated under paragraph
(1) or State delegated authority under subsection (e)(2) to carry out
the inspection provisions of this Act shall be operative at the same
time in any geographic area defined by the Secretary, except that the
Secretary--
``(A) may implement a pilot program (or continue an
existing pilot program) to allow more than one official agency
designated under paragraph (1) to carry out inspections within
the same geographical area without undermining the policy
stated in section 2; and
``(B) may allow an official agency designated under
paragraph (1) or State agency delegated authority pursuant to
subsection (e)(2) to cross boundary lines to carry out
inspections in another geographic area if the Secretary
determines, after consultation with the current designated
official agency or delegated State agency for that geographic
area, that the presence of more than one designated official
agency or delegated State agency in that geographic area will
maintain the integrity and viability of the official grain
inspection system and that--
``(i) the current designated official agency or
delegated State agency for that geographic area is
unable to provide inspection services in a timely
manner;
``(ii) a person requesting inspection services in
that geographic area has not been receiving official
inspection services from the current designated
official agency or delegated State agency for that
geographic area; or
``(iii) a person requesting inspection services in
that geographic area requests a probe inspection on a
barge-lot basis.''.
(b) Weighing Authority.--Section 7A(i) of the United States Grain
Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79a(i)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(i)'';
(2) by striking the second sentence; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Not more than one designated official agency referred to in
paragraph (1) or State agency delegated authority pursuant to
subsection (c)(2) to carry out the weighing provisions of this Act
shall be operative at the same time in any geographic area defined by
the Secretary, except that the Secretary--
``(A) may implement a pilot program (or continue an
existing pilot program) to allow more than one official agency
to carry out the weighing provisions within the same
geographical area without undermining the policy stated in
section 2; and
``(B) may allow a designated official agency or State
agency delegated authority pursuant to subsection (c)(2) to
cross boundary lines to carry out the weighing provisions in
another geographic area if the Secretary determines, after
consultation with the current designated official agency or
delegated State agency for that geographic area, that the
presence of more than one designated official agency or
delegated State agency in that geographic area will maintain
the integrity and viability of the official grain inspection
system and that--
``(i) the current designated official agency or
delegated State agency for that geographic area is
unable to provide the weighing services in a timely
manner; or
``(ii) a person requesting weighing services in
that geographic area has not been receiving official
weighing services from the current designated official
agency or delegated State agency for that geographic
area.''.
SEC. 203. ELIMINATION OF ANNUAL REQUIREMENT REGARDING TESTING OF
EQUIPMENT.
Section 7B(a) of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C.
79b(a)) is amended by striking ``but at least annually and''.
SEC. 204. PROHIBITION ON USE OF GRAIN ADDITIVES TO DISGUISE QUALITY OF
GRAIN.
Section 13(e)(1) of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C.
87b(e)(1)) is amended by inserting ``, or prohibit disguising the
quality of grain,'' after ``sound and pure grain''.
TITLE III--REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT OF 1976.
The following provisions of the United States Grain Standards Act
of 1976 (Public Law 94-582) are repealed:
(1) Section 8(b) (7 U.S.C. 79 note).
(2) Section 23 (7 U.S.C. 87e-1).
(3) Section 24 (7 U.S.C. 76 note).
(4) Section 25.
(5) Section 27 (7 U.S.C. 74 note).
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