116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4054 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Grain 

3 Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICES 

5 BY STATE AGENCIES. 

6 Section 7 of the United States Grain Standards Act 

7 (7 U.S.C. 79) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (e)(2)(C)(i), by inserting ‘‘and 

9 affected customers or applicants for service of offi10 cial inspection or weighing services provided by the 

11 State agency’’ after ‘‘notify the Secretary’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (j)(5), in the first sentence, by 

13 striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

14 SEC. 3. WEIGHING AUTHORITY. 

15 Section 7A(l)(4) of the United States Grain Stand16 ards Act (7 U.S.C. 79a(l)(4)) is amended in the first sen17 tence by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

18 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPER19 VISORY COSTS. 

20 Section 7D of the United States Grain Standards Act 

21 (7 U.S.C. 79d) is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘2025’’. 

23 SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

24 Section 17B of the United States Grain Standards 

25 Act (7 U.S.C. 87f–2) is amended by adding at the end 

26 the following: 
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1 ‘‘(d) ENHANCEMENT OF CURRENT REPORTING.— 

2 ‘‘(1) INCREASED FREQUENCY OF INSPECTION

3 PROGRAM DATA REPORTING.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later 

5 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

6 subsection, the Secretary shall publish quarterly 

7 reports describing data from the tests and in8 spections for intrinsic quality factors (including 

9 protein, oil, and starch) and food safety factors, 

10 as reported, in the aggregate, for fiscal years 

11 2014 through 2018 in the tables in section V 

12 (relating to providing official grain inspection 

13 and weighing services) of the 2016 through 

14 2018 annual reports to Congress by the Federal 

15 Grain Inspection Service. 

16 ‘‘(B) DELINEATION.—The data from the 

17 tests and inspections under subparagraph (A) 

18 shall be delineated to reflect whether the tests 

19 and inspections were requested of or performed 

20 by— 

21 ‘‘(i) the Secretary; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) a State agency delegated author23 ity under section 7 or 7A or an official 

24 agency. 
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1 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVERS.—Beginning 

2 not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

3 this subsection, the Secretary shall publish quarterly 

4 reports describing— 

5 ‘‘(A) the number of exceptions requested 

6 under section 7(f)(2)(B); 

7 ‘‘(B) the number of exceptions granted 

8 under section 7(f)(2)(B); 

9 ‘‘(C) the number of waivers requested 

10 under section 5(a)(1); and 

11 ‘‘(D) the number of waivers granted under 

12 section 5(a)(1). 

13 ‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL REPORTING; CONSULTATION.— 

14 The Secretary may, to the extent determined appropriate 

15 by the Secretary, in consultation with State agencies dele16 gated authority under sections 7 and 7A, official agencies, 

17 and the grain industries described in the second sentence 

18 of section 21(a), publish— 

19 ‘‘(1) data relating to testing for other intrinsic 

20 quality or food safety factors; and 

21 ‘‘(2) other data collected from inspection and 

22 weighing activities conducted under this Act. 

23 ‘‘(f) PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS IN24 FORMATION.—Any trade secrets or information described 

25 in section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, that 
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1 is provided to or collected by the Secretary in carrying 

2 out subsection (d) or (e) shall not be included in a report 

3 under subsection (d) or (e) or otherwise publicly dis4 closed.’’. 

5 SEC. 6. APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 Section 19 of the United States Grain Standards Act 

7 (7 U.S.C. 87h) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking the section heading and designa9 tion and all that follows through ‘‘There are hereby’’ 

10 and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 19. FUNDING. 

12 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 are’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (a) (as so designated)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘such sums as are nec16 essary’’ and inserting ‘‘$23,000,000’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘1988 through 2020’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘2021 through 2025’’; and 

19 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON USES OF USER FEES.— 

21 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

22 ‘‘(A) OFFICIAL INSPECTION OR WEIGHING

23 SERVICE.—The term ‘official inspection or 

24 weighing service’ means official inspection, offi25 cial weighing, supervision of weighing, super-
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1 vision of agency personnel, supervision of the 

2 field office personnel of the Secretary, testing of 

3 equipment or instruments, other services, or 

4 registration, the cost to the Secretary of which 

5 is authorized to be covered by the collection of 

6 a user fee pursuant to section 7, 7A, 7B, 16, 

7 or 17A, as applicable. 

8 ‘‘(B) USER FEE.—The term ‘user fee’ 

9 means a fee collected by the Secretary under 

10 section 7, 7A, 7B, 16, or 17A. 

11 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—A user fee— 

12 ‘‘(A) shall be used solely to cover— 

13 ‘‘(i) the cost to the Secretary for car14 rying out official inspection or weighing 

15 services; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) administrative costs to the Sec17 retary directly relating to official inspec18 tion or weighing services; and 

19 ‘‘(B) shall not be used for— 

20 ‘‘(i) activities relating to the develop21 ment or maintenance of grain standards; 

22 or 

23 ‘‘(ii) any other activity that is not di24 rectly related to the performance of official 

25 inspection or weighing services.’’. 
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1 SEC. 7. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

2 Section 21 of the United States Grain Standards Act 

3 (7 U.S.C. 87j) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a), in the last sentence, by 

5 striking ‘‘successive terms’’ and inserting ‘‘succes6 sively for more than 2 terms’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

9 SEC. 8. REVIEW OF GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR OFFI10 CIAL AGENCIES. 

11 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) GRAIN HANDLING FACILITY.—The term 

13 ‘‘grain handling facility’’ means a grain elevator, 

14 warehouse, or other storage or handling facility. 

15 (2) OFFICIAL AGENCY GEOGRAPHIC AREA.— 

16 The term ‘‘official agency geographic area’’ means a 

17 geographic area for an official agency, as defined by 

18 the Secretary under section 7(f)(2)(A) or 

19 7A(i)(2)(A) of the United States Grain Standards 

20 Act (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)(A), 79a(i)(2)(A)). 

21 (3) UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT

22 TERMS.—The terms ‘‘grain’’, ‘‘official agency’’, ‘‘of23 ficial inspection’’, ‘‘officially inspected’’, ‘‘official 

24 weighing’’, ‘‘supervision of weighing’’, and ‘‘Sec25 retary’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 
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1 3 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 

2 U.S.C. 75). 

3 (b) REVIEW.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 

5 a comprehensive nationwide review of the official 

6 agency geographic areas. 

7 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the re8 view under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take 

9 into consideration— 

10 (A) the number of grain handling facilities, 

11 both within the official agency geographic areas 

12 and in areas that are not official agency geo13 graphic areas, that currently use, or, during the 

14 5-year period preceding the date of submission 

15 of the report under subsection (c), received 

16 service from, an official agency that provides of17 ficial inspection, official weighing, supervision of 

18 weighing, or other services under the United 

19 States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 71 et 

20 seq.); 

21 (B) the volume of grain for which official 

22 agencies provide services at grain handling fa23 cilities within the official agency geographic 

24 areas; 
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1 (C) the number of official inspections of 

2 vessels and other carriers within the official 

3 agency geographic areas; 

4 (D) other related services performed by of5 ficial agencies at grain handling facilities within 

6 the official agency geographic areas; 

7 (E) the timeliness, accuracy, and appro8 priateness of services performed by official 

9 agencies at grain handling facilities within the 

10 official agency geographic areas; 

11 (F) fees charged by official agencies for 

12 services performed under the United States 

13 Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.), in14 cluding grading, weighing, sampling, stowage 

15 examination, and certification; and 

16 (G) any implications of modifications to 

17 the official agency geographic areas on enhanc18 ing official inspection, official weighing, and su19 pervision of weighing in the domestic market. 

20 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

21 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

22 to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

24 and Forestry of the Senate a report containing— 
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1 (1) the results of the review completed under 

2 subsection (b); and 

3 (2) any recommendations with respect to those 

4 results that the Secretary determines appropriate. 

5 SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

6 Section 4(a)(1) of the United States Grain Standards 

7 Act (7 U.S.C. 76(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘soybeans 

8 mixed’’ and inserting ‘‘soybeans, mixed’’. 

Passed the Senate November 16, 2020. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4054 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the United States Grain Standards 

Act, and for other purposes.