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[H.R. 2051 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2051

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to extend the livestock 
     mandatory price reporting requirements, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture 
Reauthorizations Act of 2015''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

                   TITLE I--MANDATORY PRICE REPORTING

Sec. 101. Extension of livestock mandatory reporting.
Sec. 102. Swine reporting.
Sec. 103. Lamb reporting.
Sec. 104. Study on livestock mandatory reporting.

        TITLE II--NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION

Sec. 201. National Forest Foundation Act reauthorization.

      TITLE III--UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT REAUTHORIZATION

Sec. 301. Reauthorization of United States Grain Standards Act.
Sec. 302. Report on disruption in Federal inspection of grain exports.
Sec. 303. Report on policy barriers to grain producers.

                   TITLE I--MANDATORY PRICE REPORTING

    SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING.
    (a) Extension of Authority.--Section 260 of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking 
``September 30, 2015'' and inserting ``September 30, 2020''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory 
Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106-78) is 
amended by striking ``September 30, 2015'' and inserting ``September 
30, 2020''.
    SEC. 102. SWINE REPORTING.
    (a) Definitions.--Section 231 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635i) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (22) as paragraphs 
    (10) through (23), respectively;
        (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
        ``(9) Negotiated formula purchase.--The term `negotiated 
    formula purchase' means a swine or pork market formula purchase 
    under which--
            ``(A) the formula is determined by negotiation on a lot-by-
        lot basis; and
            ``(B) the swine are scheduled for delivery to the packer 
        not later than 14 days after the date on which the formula is 
        negotiated and swine are committed to the packer.'';
        (3) in paragraph (12)(A) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
    ``negotiated formula purchase,'' after ``pork market formula 
    purchase,''; and
        (4) in paragraph (23) (as so redesignated)--
            (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
        and
            (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
            ``(D) a negotiated formula purchase; and''.
    (b) Daily Reporting.--Section 232(c) of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635j(c)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking clause (ii) and inserting 
    the following:
                ``(ii) Price distributions.--The information published 
            by the Secretary under clause (i) shall include--

                    ``(I) a distribution of net prices in the range 
                between and including the lowest net price and the 
                highest net price reported;
                    ``(II) a delineation of the number of barrows and 
                gilts at each reported price level or, at the option of 
                the Secretary, the number of barrows and gilts within 
                each of a series of reasonable price bands within the 
                range of prices; and
                    ``(III) the total number and weighted average price 
                of barrows and gilts purchased through negotiated 
                purchases and negotiated formula purchases.''; and

        (2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(C) Late in the day report information.--The Secretary 
        shall include in the morning report and the afternoon report 
        for the following day any information required to be reported 
        under subparagraph (A) that is obtained after the time of the 
        reporting day specified in that subparagraph.''.
    SEC. 103. LAMB REPORTING.
    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise section 59.300 of title 7, 
Code of Federal Regulations, so that--
        (1) the definition of the term ``importer''--
            (A) includes only those importers that imported an average 
        of 1,000 metric tons of lamb meat products per year during the 
        immediately preceding 4 calendar years; and
            (B) may include any person that does not meet the 
        requirement referred to in subparagraph (A), if the Secretary 
        determines that the person should be considered an importer 
        based on their volume of lamb imports; and
        (2) the definition of the term ``packer''--
            (A) applies to any entity with 50 percent or more ownership 
        in a facility;
            (B) includes a federally inspected lamb processing plant 
        which slaughtered or processed the equivalent of an average of 
        35,000 head of lambs per year during the immediately preceding 
        5 calendar years; and
            (C) may include any other lamb processing plant that does 
        not meet the requirement referred to in subparagraph (B), if 
        the Secretary determines that the processing plant should be 
        considered a packer after considering the capacity of the 
        processing plant.
    SEC. 104. STUDY ON LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING.
    (a) Study Required.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 
    the Agricultural Marketing Service in conjunction with the Office 
    of the Chief Economist and in consultation with cattle, swine, and 
    lamb producers, packers, and other market participants, shall 
    conduct a study on the program of information regarding the 
    marketing of cattle, swine, lambs, and products of such livestock 
    under subtitle B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
    U.S.C. 1635 et seq.).
        (2) Requirements.--The study shall--
            (A) analyze current marketing practices in the cattle, 
        swine, and lamb markets;
            (B) identify legislative or regulatory recommendations made 
        by cattle, swine, and lamb producers, packers, and other market 
        participants to ensure that information provided under the 
        program--
                (i) can be readily understood by producers, packers, 
            and other market participants;
                (ii) reflects current marketing practices; and
                (iii) is relevant and useful to producers, packers, and 
            other market participants;
            (C) analyze the price and supply information reporting 
        services of the Department of Agriculture related to cattle, 
        swine, and lamb; and
            (D) address any other issues that the Secretary considers 
        appropriate.
    (b) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2018, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate a report containing the findings of the study 
conducted under subsection (a).

        TITLE II--NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION

    SEC. 201. NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION.
    (a) Extension of Authority To Provide Matching Funds for 
Administrative and Project Expenses.--Section 405(b) of the National 
Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j-3(b)) is amended by striking 
``for a period of five years beginning October 1, 1992'' and inserting 
``during fiscal years 2016 through 2018''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 410(b) of the 
National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j-8(b)) is amended by 
striking ``during the five-year period'' and all that follows through 
``$1,000,000 annually'' and inserting ``there are authorized to be 
appropriated $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2018''.
    (c) Technical Corrections.--
        (1) Agent.--Section 404 of the National Forest Foundation Act 
    (16 U.S.C. 583j-2) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting ``notice or'' after 
        ``authorized to accept''; and
            (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``under this paragraph'' 
        and inserting ``by subsection (a)(4)''.
        (2) Annual report.--Section 407(b) of the National Forest 
    Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j-5(b)) is amended by striking the 
    comma after ``The Foundation shall''.

      TITLE III--UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT REAUTHORIZATION

    SEC. 301. REAUTHORIZATION OF UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT.
    (a) Official Inspection and Weighing Requirements.--
        (1) Discretionary waiver authority.--Section 5(a)(1) of the 
    United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 77(a)(1)) is amended in 
    the first proviso by striking ``may waive the foregoing requirement 
    in emergency or other circumstances which would not impair the 
    objectives of this Act'' and inserting ``shall waive the foregoing 
    requirement in emergency or other circumstances that would not 
    impair the objectives of this Act whenever the parties to a 
    contract for such shipment mutually agree to the waiver and 
    documentation of such agreement is provided to the Secretary prior 
    to shipment''.
        (2) Weighing requirements at export elevators.--Section 5(a)(2) 
    of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 77(a)(2)) is 
    amended in the proviso by striking ``intracompany shipments of 
    grain into an export elevator by any mode of transportation, grain 
    transferred into an export elevator by transportation modes other 
    than barge,'' and inserting ``shipments of grain into an export 
    elevator by any mode of transportation''.
        (3) Disruption in grain inspection or weighing.--Section 5 of 
    the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 77) is amended by 
    adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Disruption in Grain Inspection or Weighing.--In the case of a 
disruption in official grain inspections or weighings, including if the 
Secretary waives the requirement for official inspection due to an 
emergency under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall--
        ``(1) immediately take such actions as are necessary to address 
    the disruption and resume inspections or weighings;
        ``(2) not later than 24 hours after the start of the disruption 
    in inspection or weighing, submit to the Committee on Agriculture 
    of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
    Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes--
            ``(A) the disruption; and
            ``(B) any actions necessary to address the concerns of the 
        Secretary relating to the disruption so that inspections or 
        weighings may resume; and
        ``(3) once the initial report in paragraph (2) has been made, 
    provide daily updates until official inspection or weighing 
    services at the site of disruption have resumed.''.
    (b) Official Inspection Authority and Funding.--
        (1) Delegation of official inspection authority.--Section 
    7(e)(2) of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 
    79(e)(2)) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``(2) If the Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
        ``(2) Delegation of authority to state agencies.--
            ``(A) In general.--If the Secretary'';
            (B) in the first sentence--
                (i) by striking ``and (A)'' and inserting ``and (i)'';
                (ii) by striking ``or (B)(i)'' and inserting ``or 
            (ii)(I)'';
                (iii) by striking ``(ii)'' and inserting ``(II)''; and
                (iv) by striking ``(iii)'' and inserting ``(III)''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) Certification.--
                ``(i) In general.--Every 5 years, the Secretary shall 
            certify that each State agency with a delegation of 
            authority is meeting the criteria described in subsection 
            (f)(1)(A).
                ``(ii) Process.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
            of enactment of the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 
            2015, the Secretary shall establish a process for 
            certification under which the Secretary shall--

                    ``(I) publish in the Federal Register notice of 
                intent to certify a State agency and provide a 30-day 
                period for public comment;
                    ``(II) evaluate the public comments received and, 
                in accordance with paragraph (3), conduct an 
                investigation to determine whether the State agency is 
                qualified;
                    ``(III) make findings based on the public comments 
                received and investigation conducted; and
                    ``(IV) publish in the Federal Register a notice 
                announcing whether the certification has been granted 
                and describing the basis on which the Secretary made 
                the decision.

            ``(C) State agency requirements.--
                ``(i) In general.--If a State agency that has been 
            delegated authority under this paragraph intends to 
            temporarily discontinue official inspection or weighing 
            services for any reason, except in the case of a major 
            disaster, the State agency shall notify the Secretary in 
            writing of the intention of the State agency to do so at 
            least 72 hours in advance of the discontinuation date.
                ``(ii) Secretarial consideration.--The Secretary shall 
            consider receipt of a notice described in clause (i) as a 
            factor in administering the delegation of authority under 
            this paragraph.''.
        (2) Consultation.--Section 7(f)(1) of the United States Grain 
    Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(1)) is amended--
            (A) in subparagraph (A)(xi), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;
            (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(C) the Secretary--
                ``(i) periodically conducts a consultation with the 
            customers of the applicant, in a manner that provides 
            opportunity for protection of the identity of the customer 
            if desired by the customer, to review the performance of 
            the applicant with regard to the provision of official 
            inspection services and other requirements of this Act; and
                ``(ii) works with the applicant to address any concerns 
            identified during the consultation process.''.
        (3) Geographic boundaries for official agencies.--
            (A) Official inspection authority.--Section 7(f)(2) of the 
        United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)) is 
        amended by striking ``the Secretary may'' and all that follows 
        through the end of the paragraph and inserting the following: 
        ``the Secretary shall allow a designated official agency to 
        cross boundary lines to carry out inspections in another 
        geographic area if--
            ``(A) the current designated official agency for that 
        geographic area is unable to provide inspection services in a 
        timely manner;
            ``(B) a person requesting inspection services in that 
        geographic area requests a probe inspection on a barge-lot 
        basis; or
            ``(C) the current official agency for that geographic area 
        agrees in writing with the adjacent official agency to waive 
        the current geographic area restriction at the request of the 
        applicant for service.''.
            (B) Weighing authority.--Section 7A(i)(2) of the United 
        States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79a(i)(2)) is amended by 
        striking ``the Secretary may'' and all that follows through the 
        end of the paragraph and inserting the following: ``the 
        Secretary shall allow a designated official agency to cross 
        boundary lines to carry out weighing in another geographic area 
        if--
            ``(A) the current designated official agency for that 
        geographic area is unable to provide weighing services in a 
        timely manner; or
            ``(B) the current official agency for that geographic area 
        agrees in writing with the adjacent official agency to waive 
        the current geographic area restriction at the request of the 
        applicant for service.''.
        (4) Duration of designation authority.--Section 7(g)(1) of the 
    United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(g)(1)) is amended by 
    striking ``triennially'' and inserting ``every 5 years''.
        (5) Fees.--Section 7(j) of the United States Grain Standards 
    Act (7 U.S.C. 79(j)(1)) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``(j)(1) The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(j) Fees.--
        ``(1) Inspection fees.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Secretary'';
            (B) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) the second sentence, by striking ``The fees'' and 
            inserting the following:
            ``(B) Amount of fees.--The fees'';
                (ii) in the third sentence, by striking ``Such fees'' 
            and inserting the following:
            ``(C) Use of fees.--Fees described in this paragraph''; and
                (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) Export tonnage fees.--For an official inspection at 
        an export facility performed by the Secretary, the portion of 
        the fees based on export tonnage shall be based on the rolling 
        5-year average of export tonnage volumes.'';
            (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);
            (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
        ``(4) Adjustment of fees.--In order to maintain an operating 
    reserve of not less than 3 and not more than 6 months, the 
    Secretary shall adjust the fees described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 
    not less frequently than annually.''; and
            (E) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by subparagraph (C)), 
        in the first sentence, by striking ``2015'' and inserting 
        ``2020''.
    (c) Weighing Authority.--Section 7A of the United States Grain 
Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79a) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (c)(2), in the last sentence, by striking 
    ``subsection (g) of section 7'' and inserting ``subsections (e) and 
    (g) of section 7''; and
        (2) in subsection (l)--
            (A) by striking ``(l)(1) The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(l) Fees.--
        ``(1) Weighing fees.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Secretary'';
            (B) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) the second sentence, by striking ``The fees'' and 
            inserting the following:
            ``(B) Amount of fees.--The fees'';
                (ii) in the third sentence, by striking ``Such fees'' 
            and inserting the following:
            ``(C) Use of fees.--Fees described in this paragraph''; and
                (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) Export tonnage fees.--For an official weighing at an 
        export facility performed by the Secretary, the portion of the 
        fees based on export tonnage shall be based on the rolling 5-
        year average of export tonnage volumes.'';
            (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);
            (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
        ``(3) Adjustment of fees.--In order to maintain an operating 
    reserve of not less than 3 and not more than 6 months, the 
    Secretary shall adjust the fees described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 
    not less frequently than annually.''; and
            (E) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by subparagraph (C)), 
        in the first sentence, by striking ``2015'' and inserting 
        ``2020''.
    (d) Limitation and Administrative and Supervisory Costs.--Section 
7D of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79d) is amended 
by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2020''.
    (e) Issuance of Authorization.--Section 8(b) of the United States 
Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 84(b)) is amended by striking 
``triennially'' and inserting ``every 5 years''.
    (f) Appropriations.--Section 19 of the United States Grain 
Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 87h) is amended by striking ``2015'' and 
inserting ``2020''.
    (g) Advisory Committee.--Section 21(e) of the United States Grain 
Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 87j(e)) is amended by striking ``2015'' and 
inserting ``2020''.
    SEC. 302. REPORT ON DISRUPTION IN FEDERAL INSPECTION OF GRAIN 
      EXPORTS.
    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives, the Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and 
the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives a report that describes--
        (1) the specific factors that led to disruption in Federal 
    inspection of grain exports at the Port of Vancouver in the summer 
    of 2014;
        (2) any factors that contributed to the disruption referred to 
    in paragraph (1) that were unique to the Port of Vancouver, 
    including a description of the port facility, security needs and 
    available resources for that purpose, and any other significant 
    factors as determined by the Secretary; and
        (3) any changes in policy that the Secretary has implemented to 
    ensure that a similar disruption in Federal inspection of grain 
    exports at the Port of Vancouver or any other location does not 
    occur in the future.
    SEC. 303. REPORT ON POLICY BARRIERS TO GRAIN PRODUCERS.
    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the United States 
Trade Representative, shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture 
of the House of Representatives a report that describes--
        (1) the policy barriers to United States grain producers in 
    countries the grain of which receives official grading in the 
    United States but which do not offer official grading for United 
    States grain or provide only the lowest designation for United 
    States grain, including an analysis of possible inconsistencies 
    with trade obligations; and
        (2) any actions the Executive Branch is taking to remedy the 
    policy barriers so as to put United States grain producers on equal 
    footing with grain producers in countries imposing the barriers.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.