S. 4054 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 

An Act 

To reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, 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. 

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

Reauthorization Act of 2020’’. 

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICES BY STATE 

AGENCIES. 

Section 7 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 

79) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (e)(2)(C)(i), by inserting ‘‘and affected customers or applicants for service of official inspection or weighing 

services provided by the State agency’’ after ‘‘notify the Secretary’’; and 

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

‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

SEC. 3. WEIGHING AUTHORITY. 

Section 7A(l)(4) of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 

U.S.C. 79a(l)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2020’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY COSTS. 

Section 7D of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 

79d) is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

Section 17B of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 

87f–2) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(d) ENHANCEMENT OF CURRENT REPORTING.— 

‘‘(1) INCREASED FREQUENCY OF INSPECTION PROGRAM DATA

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

after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 

shall publish quarterly reports describing data from the 

tests and inspections for intrinsic quality factors (including 

protein, oil, and starch) and food safety factors, as reported, 

in the aggregate, for fiscal years 2014 through 2018 in 

the tables in section V (relating to providing official grain 

inspection and weighing services) of the 2016 through 2018 

annual reports to Congress by the Federal Grain Inspection 

Service. 
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‘‘(B) DELINEATION.—The data from the tests and 

inspections under subparagraph (A) shall be delineated 

to reflect whether the tests and inspections were requested 

of or performed by— 

‘‘(i) the Secretary; or 

‘‘(ii) a State agency delegated authority under section 7 or 7A or an official agency. 

‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVERS.—Beginning not later than 

1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 

Secretary shall publish quarterly reports describing— 

‘‘(A) the number of exceptions requested under section 

7(f)(2)(B); 

‘‘(B) the number of exceptions granted under section 

7(f)(2)(B); 

‘‘(C) the number of waivers requested under section 

5(a)(1); and 

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

5(a)(1). 

‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL REPORTING; CONSULTATION.—The Secretary 

may, to the extent determined appropriate by the Secretary, in 

consultation with State agencies delegated authority under sections 

7 and 7A, official agencies, and the grain industries described 

in the second sentence of section 21(a), publish— 

‘‘(1) data relating to testing for other intrinsic quality or 

food safety factors; and 

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

activities conducted under this Act. 

‘‘(f) PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION.— Any trade secrets or information described in section 552(b)(4) 

of title 5, United States Code, that is provided to or collected 

by the Secretary in carrying out subsection (d) or (e) shall not 

be included in a report under subsection (d) or (e) or otherwise 

publicly disclosed.’’. 

SEC. 6. APPROPRIATIONS. 

Section 19 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 

87h) is amended— 

(1) by striking the section heading and designation and 

all that follows through ‘‘There are hereby’’ and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘SEC. 19. FUNDING. 

‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are’’; 

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

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

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

‘‘2021 through 2025’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

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

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

‘‘(A) OFFICIAL INSPECTION OR WEIGHING SERVICE.—The 

term ‘official inspection or weighing service’ means official 

inspection, official weighing, supervision of weighing, 

supervision of agency personnel, supervision of the field 

office personnel of the Secretary, testing of equipment or 

instruments, other services, or registration, the cost to 

the Secretary of which is authorized to be covered by the 
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collection of a user fee pursuant to section 7, 7A, 7B, 

16, or 17A, as applicable. 

‘‘(B) USER FEE.—The term ‘user fee’ means a fee collected by the Secretary under section 7, 7A, 7B, 16, or 

17A. 

‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—A user fee— 

‘‘(A) shall be used solely to cover— 

‘‘(i) the cost to the Secretary for carrying out official 

inspection or weighing services; and 

‘‘(ii) administrative costs to the Secretary directly 

relating to official inspection or weighing services; and 

‘‘(B) shall not be used for— 

‘‘(i) activities relating to the development or 

maintenance of grain standards; or 

‘‘(ii) any other activity that is not directly related 

to the performance of official inspection or weighing 

services.’’. 

SEC. 7. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

Section 21 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 

87j) is amended— 

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

‘‘successive terms’’ and inserting ‘‘successively for more than 

2 terms’’; and 

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

‘‘2025’’. 

SEC. 8. REVIEW OF GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR OFFICIAL AGENCIES. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) GRAIN HANDLING FACILITY.—The term ‘‘grain handling 

facility’’ means a grain elevator, warehouse, or other storage 

or handling facility. 

(2) OFFICIAL AGENCY GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—The term ‘‘official 

agency geographic area’’ means a geographic area for an official 

agency, as defined by the Secretary under section 7(f)(2)(A) 

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

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

(3) UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT TERMS.—The 

terms ‘‘grain’’, ‘‘official agency’’, ‘‘official inspection’’, ‘‘officially 

inspected’’, ‘‘official weighing’’, ‘‘supervision of weighing’’, and 

‘‘Secretary’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 3 

of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 75). 

(b) REVIEW.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive nationwide review of the official agency geographic areas. 

(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the review under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into consideration— 

(A) the number of grain handling facilities, both within 

the official agency geographic areas and in areas that are 

not official agency geographic areas, that currently use, 

or, during the 5-year period preceding the date of submission of the report under subsection (c), received service 

from, an official agency that provides official inspection, 

official weighing, supervision of weighing, or other services 

under the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 

71 et seq.); 
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(B) the volume of grain for which official agencies 

provide services at grain handling facilities within the official agency geographic areas; 

(C) the number of official inspections of vessels and 

other carriers within the official agency geographic areas; 

(D) other related services performed by official agencies 

at grain handling facilities within the official agency 

geographic areas; 

(E) the timeliness, accuracy, and appropriateness of 

services performed by official agencies at grain handling 

facilities within the official agency geographic areas; 

(F) fees charged by official agencies for services performed under the United States Grain Standards Act (7 

U.S.C. 71 et seq.), including grading, weighing, sampling, 

stowage examination, and certification; and 

(G) any implications of modifications to the official 

agency geographic areas on enhancing official inspection, 

official weighing, and supervision of weighing in the 

domestic market. 

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 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— 

(1) the results of the review completed under subsection 

(b); and 

(2) any recommendations with respect to those results that 

the Secretary determines appropriate. 

SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

Section 4(a)(1) of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 

U.S.C. 76(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘soybeans mixed’’ and 

inserting ‘‘soybeans, mixed’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.