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Calendar No. 484 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4054 

To reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2020 

Mr. ROBERTS, from the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 

reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on 

the calendar 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICES 

2 BY STATE AGENCIES. 

3 Section 7 of the United States Grain Standards Act 

4 (7 U.S.C. 79) is amended— 

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

6 affected customers or applicants for service of offi7 cial inspection or weighing services provided by the 

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

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

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

11 SEC. 3. WEIGHING AUTHORITY. 

12 Section 7A(l)(4) of the United States Grain Stand13 ards Act (7 U.S.C. 79a(l)(4)) is amended in the first sen14 tence by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

15 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPER16 VISORY COSTS. 

17 Section 7D of the United States Grain Standards Act 

18 (7 U.S.C. 79d) is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘2025’’. 

20 SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

21 Section 17B of the United States Grain Standards 

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

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(d) ENHANCEMENT OF CURRENT REPORTING.— 

25 ‘‘(1) INCREASED FREQUENCY OF INSPECTION

26 PROGRAM DATA REPORTING.— 


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

2 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

3 subsection, the Secretary shall publish quarterly 

4 reports describing data from the tests and in5 spections for intrinsic quality factors (including 

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

7 as reported, in the aggregate, for fiscal years 

8 2014 through 2018 in the tables in section V 

9 (relating to providing official grain inspection 

10 and weighing services) of the 2016 through 

11 2018 annual reports to Congress by the Federal 

12 Grain Inspection Service. 

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

14 tests and inspections under subparagraph (A) 

15 shall be delineated to reflect whether the tests 

16 and inspections were requested of or performed 

17 by— 

18 ‘‘(i) the Secretary; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) a State agency delegated author20 ity under section 7 or 7A or an official 

21 agency. 

22 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVERS.—Beginning 

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

24 this subsection, the Secretary shall publish quarterly 

25 reports describing— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the number of exceptions requested 

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

3 ‘‘(B) the number of exceptions granted 

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

5 ‘‘(C) the number of waivers requested 

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

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

8 section 5(a)(1). 

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

10 The Secretary may, to the extent determined appropriate 

11 by the Secretary, in consultation with State agencies dele12 gated authority under sections 7 and 7A, official agencies, 

13 and the grain industries described in the second sentence 

14 of section 21(a), publish— 

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

16 quality or food safety factors; and 

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

18 weighing activities conducted under this Act. 

19 ‘‘(f) PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS IN20 FORMATION.—Any trade secrets or information described 

21 in section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, that 

22 is provided to or collected by the Secretary in carrying 

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

24 under subsection (d) or (e) or otherwise publicly dis25 closed.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 19 of the United States Grain Standards Act 

3 (7 U.S.C. 87h) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking the section heading and designa5 tion and all that follows through ‘‘There are hereby’’ 

6 and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 19. FUNDING. 

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

9 are’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (a) (as so designated), by 

11 striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’; and 

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

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

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

15 ‘‘(A) OFFICIAL INSPECTION OR WEIGHING

16 SERVICE.—The term ‘official inspection or 

17 weighing service’ means official inspection, offi18 cial weighing, supervision of weighing, super19 vision of agency personnel, supervision of the 

20 field office personnel of the Secretary, testing of 

21 equipment or instruments, other services, or 

22 registration, the cost to the Secretary of which 

23 is authorized to be covered by the collection of 

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

25 or 17A, as applicable. 


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

2 means a fee collected by the Secretary under 

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

4 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—A user fee— 

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

6 ‘‘(i) the cost to the Secretary for car7 rying out official inspection or weighing 

8 services; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) administrative costs to the Sec10 retary directly relating to official inspec11 tion or weighing services; and 

12 ‘‘(B) shall not be used for— 

13 ‘‘(i) activities relating to the develop14 ment or maintenance of grain standards; 

15 or 

16 ‘‘(ii) any other activity that is not di17 rectly related to the performance of official 

18 inspection or weighing services.’’. 

19 SEC. 7. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

20 Section 21 of the United States Grain Standards Act 

21 (7 U.S.C. 87j) is amended— 

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

23 striking ‘‘successive terms’’ and inserting ‘‘succes24 sively for more than 2 terms’’; and 


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

2 inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

3 SEC. 8. REVIEW OF GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR OFFI4 CIAL AGENCIES. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) GRAIN HANDLING FACILITY.—The term 

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

8 warehouse, or other storage or handling facility. 

9 (2) OFFICIAL AGENCY GEOGRAPHIC AREA.— 

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

11 geographic area for an official agency, as defined by 

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

13 7A(i)(2)(A) of the United States Grain Standards 

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

15 (3) UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT

16 TERMS.—The terms ‘‘grain’’, ‘‘official agency’’, ‘‘of17 ficial inspection’’, ‘‘officially inspected’’, ‘‘official 

18 weighing’’, ‘‘supervision of weighing’’, and ‘‘Sec19 retary’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 

20 3 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 

21 U.S.C. 75). 

22 (b) REVIEW.— 

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

24 a comprehensive nationwide review of the official 

25 agency geographic areas. 


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1 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the re2 view under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take 

3 into consideration— 

4 (A) the number of grain handling facilities, 

5 both within the official agency geographic areas 

6 and in areas that are not official agency geo7 graphic areas, that currently use, or, during the 

8 5-year period preceding the date of submission 

9 of the report under subsection (c), received 

10 service from, an official agency that provides of11 ficial inspection, official weighing, supervision of 

12 weighing, or other services under the United 

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

14 seq.); 

15 (B) the volume of grain for which official 

16 agencies provide services at grain handling fa17 cilities within the official agency geographic 

18 areas; 

19 (C) the number of official inspections of 

20 vessels and other carriers within the official 

21 agency geographic areas; 

22 (D) other related services performed by of23 ficial agencies at grain handling facilities within 

24 the official agency geographic areas; 


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1 (E) the timeliness, accuracy, and appro2 priateness of services performed by official 

3 agencies at grain handling facilities within the 

4 official agency geographic areas; 

5 (F) fees charged by official agencies for 

6 services performed under the United States 

7 Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.), in8 cluding grading, weighing, sampling, stowage 

9 examination, and certification; and 

10 (G) any implications of modifications to 

11 the official agency geographic areas on enhanc12 ing official inspection, official weighing, and su13 pervision of weighing in the domestic market. 

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

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

16 to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

18 and Forestry of the Senate a report containing— 

19 (1) the results of the review completed under 

20 subsection (b); and 

21 (2) any recommendations with respect to those 

22 results that the Secretary determines appropriate. 


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1 SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

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

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

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


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Calendar No. 484 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4054 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the United States Grain Standards 

Act, and for other purposes. 

JUNE 24, 2020 

Read twice and placed on the calendar 


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