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Calendar No. 231 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2051 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 10, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 

Reported by Mr. ROBERTS, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to extend 

the livestock mandatory price reporting requirements, 

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 ‘‘Mandatory Price Re5 porting Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORT2 ING. 

3 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 260 of the 

4 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

7 (b) EMERGENCY AUTHORITY.—Section 212(12)(C) 

8 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 

9 1635a(12)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including any 

10 day on which any Department employee is on shutdown 

11 or emergency furlough as a result of a lapse in appropria12 tions’’ after ‘‘conduct business’’. 

13 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 942 of the 

14 Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 

15 1635 note; Public Law 106–78) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

17 2020’’. 

18 SEC. 3. SWINE REPORTING. 

19 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 231 of the Agricultural 

20 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635i) is amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through 

22 (22) as paragraphs (10) through (23), respectively; 

23 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol24 lowing new paragraph: 

25 ‘‘(9) NEGOTIATED FORMULA PURCHASE.—The 

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1 chase of swine by a packer from a producer under 

2 which— 

3 ‘‘(A) the pricing mechanism is a formula 

4 price for which the formula is determined by 

5 negotiation on a lot-by-lot basis; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the swine are scheduled for delivery 

7 to the packer not later than 14 days after the 

8 date on which the formula is negotiated and 

9 swine are committed to the packer.’’; 

10 (3) in paragraph (12)(A) (as so redesignated), 

11 by inserting ‘‘negotiated formula purchase,’’ after 

12 ‘‘pork market formula purchase,’’; and 

13 (4) in paragraph (23) (as so redesignated)— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

17 subparagraph (E); and 

18 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

19 the following new subparagraph: 

20 ‘‘(D) a negotiated formula purchase; and’’. 

21 (b) DAILY REPORTING.—Section 232(c) of the Agri22 cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635j(c)) is 

23 amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking clause (ii) 

25 and inserting the following new clause: 


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1 ‘‘(ii) PRICE DISTRIBUTIONS.—The in2 formation published by the Secretary 

3 under clause (i) shall include— 

4 ‘‘(I) a distribution of net prices 

5 in the range between and including 

6 the lowest net price and the highest 

7 net price reported; 

8 ‘‘(II) a delineation of the number 

9 of barrows and gilts at each reported 

10 price level or, at the option of the Sec11 retary, the number of barrows and 

12 gilts within each of a series of reason13 able price bands within the range of 

14 prices; and 

15 ‘‘(III) the total number and 

16 weighted average price of barrows and 

17 gilts purchased through negotiated 

18 purchases and negotiated formula 

19 purchases.’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 

21 following new subparagraph: 

22 ‘‘(C) LATE IN THE DAY REPORT INFORMA23 TION.—The Secretary shall include in the 

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1 ported under subparagraph (A) that is obtained 

2 after the time of the reporting day specified in 

3 such subparagraph.’’. 

4 SEC. 4. LAMB REPORTING. 

5 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise 

7 section 59.300 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, so 

8 that— 

9 (1) the definition of the term ‘‘importer’’— 

10 (A) includes only those importers that im11 ported an average of 1,000 metric tons of lamb 

12 meat products per year during the immediately 

13 preceding 4 calendar years; and 

14 (B) may include any person that does not 

15 meet the requirement referred to in subpara16 graph (A), if the Secretary determines that the 

17 person should be considered an importer based 

18 on their volume of lamb imports; and 

19 (2) the definition of the term ‘‘packer’’— 

20 (A) applies to any entity with 50 percent 

21 or more ownership in a facility; 

22 (B) includes a federally inspected lamb 

23 processing plant which slaughtered or processed 

24 the equivalent of an average of 35,000 head of 


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1 lambs per year during the immediately pre2 ceding 5 calendar years; and 

3 (C) may include any other lamb processing 

4 plant that did not meet the requirement re5 ferred to in subparagraph (B), if the Secretary 

6 determines that the processing plant should be 

7 considered a packer after considering its capac8 ity. 

9 SEC. 5. STUDY ON LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, act11 ing through the Agricultural Marketing Service in con12 junction with the Office of the Chief Economist and in 

13 consultation with cattle, swine, and lamb producers, pack14 ers, and other market participants, shall conduct a study 

15 on the program of information regarding the marketing 

16 of cattle, swine, lambs, and products of such livestock 

17 under subtitle B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

18 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635 et seq.). Such study shall— 

19 (1) analyze current marketing practices in the 

20 cattle, swine, and lamb markets; 

21 (2) identify legislative or regulatory rec22 ommendations made by cattle, swine, and lamb pro23 ducers, packers, and other market participants to 

24 ensure that information provided under such pro25 gram— 


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1 (A) can be readily understood by pro2 ducers, packers, and other market participants; 

3 (B) reflects current marketing practices; 

4 and 

5 (C) is relevant and useful to producers, 

6 packers, and other market participants; 

7 (3) analyze the price and supply information re8 porting services of the Department of Agriculture re9 lated to cattle, swine, and lamb; and 

10 (4) address any other issues that the Secretary 

11 considers appropriate. 

12 (b) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2020, the 

13 Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on 

14 Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Com15 mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 


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1 Senate a report containing the findings of the study con2 ducted under subsection (a). 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ag5 riculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 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. 

8 TITLE I—MANDATORY PRICE 

9 REPORTING 

10 SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORT11 ING. 

12 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 260 of the 

13 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 942 of the 

17 Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 


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1 note; Public Law 106–78) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep2 tember 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

3 SEC. 102. SWINE REPORTING. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 231 of the Agricultural 

5 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635i) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (22) 

7 as paragraphs (10) through (23), respectively; 

8 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(9) NEGOTIATED FORMULA PURCHASE.—The 

11 term ‘negotiated formula purchase’ means a swine or 

12 pork market formula purchase under which— 

13 ‘‘(A) the formula is determined by negotia14 tion on a lot-by-lot basis; and 

15 ‘‘(B) the swine are scheduled for delivery to 

16 the packer not later than 14 days after the date 

17 on which the formula is negotiated and swine 

18 are committed to the packer.’’; 

19 (3) in paragraph (12)(A) (as so redesignated), 

20 by inserting ‘‘negotiated formula purchase,’’ after 

21 ‘‘pork market formula purchase,’’; and 

22 (4) in paragraph (23) (as so redesignated)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

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1 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

2 subparagraph (E); and 

3 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(D) a negotiated formula purchase; and’’. 

6 (b) DAILY REPORTING.—Section 232(c) of the Agricul7 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635j(c)) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking clause (ii) 

10 and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(ii) PRICE DISTRIBUTIONS.—The in12 formation published by the Secretary under 

13 clause (i) shall include— 

14 ‘‘(I) a distribution of net prices in 

15 the range between and including the 

16 lowest net price and the highest net 

17 price reported; 

18 ‘‘(II) a delineation of the number 

19 of barrows and gilts at each reported 

20 price level or, at the option of the Sec21 retary, the number of barrows and gilts 

22 within each of a series of reasonable 

23 price bands within the range of prices; 

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1 ‘‘(III) the total number and 

2 weighted average price of barrows and 

3 gilts purchased through negotiated pur4 chases and negotiated formula pur5 chases.’’; and 

6 (2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(C) LATE IN THE DAY REPORT INFORMA9 TION.—The Secretary shall include in the morn10 ing report and the afternoon report for the fol11 lowing day any information required to be re12 ported under subparagraph (A) that is obtained 

13 after the time of the reporting day specified in 

14 that subparagraph.’’. 

15 SEC. 103. LAMB REPORTING. 

16 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

17 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise section 

18 59.300 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, so that— 

19 (1) the definition of the term ‘‘importer’’— 

20 (A) includes only those importers that im21 ported an average of 1,000 metric tons of lamb 

22 meat products per year during the immediately 

23 preceding 4 calendar years; and 

24 (B) may include any person that does not 

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1 graph (A), if the Secretary determines that the 

2 person should be considered an importer based 

3 on their volume of lamb imports; and 

4 (2) the definition of the term ‘‘packer’’— 

5 (A) applies to any entity with 50 percent or 

6 more ownership in a facility; 

7 (B) includes a federally inspected lamb 

8 processing plant which slaughtered or processed 

9 the equivalent of an average of 35,000 head of 

10 lambs per year during the immediately pre11 ceding 5 calendar years; and 

12 (C) may include any other lamb processing 

13 plant that does not meet the requirement referred 

14 to in subparagraph (B), if the Secretary deter15 mines that the processing plant should be consid16 ered a packer after considering the capacity of 

17 the processing plant. 

18 SEC. 104. STUDY ON LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING. 

19 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, 

21 acting through the Agricultural Marketing Service in 

22 conjunction with the Office of the Chief Economist 

23 and in consultation with cattle, swine, and lamb pro24 ducers, packers, and other market participants, shall 

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1 garding the marketing of cattle, swine, lambs, and 

2 products of such livestock under subtitle B of the Ag3 ricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635 et 

4 seq.). 

5 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The study shall— 

6 (A) analyze current marketing practices in 

7 the cattle, swine, and lamb markets; 

8 (B) identify legislative or regulatory rec9 ommendations made by cattle, swine, and lamb 

10 producers, packers, and other market partici11 pants to ensure that information provided under 

12 the program— 

13 (i) can be readily understood by pro14 ducers, packers, and other market partici15 pants; 

16 (ii) reflects current marketing prac17 tices; and 

18 (iii) is relevant and useful to pro19 ducers, packers, and other market partici20 pants; 

21 (C) analyze the price and supply informa22 tion reporting services of the Department of Ag23 riculture related to cattle, swine, and lamb; and 

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1 (b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2018, the Sec2 retary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Ag3 riculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

4 on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a re5 port containing the findings of the study conducted under 

6 subsection (a). 

7 TITLE II—NATIONAL FOREST 

8 FOUNDATION ACT REAU9 THORIZATION 

10 SEC. 201. NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ACT REAUTHOR11 IZATION. 

12 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE MATCH13 ING FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROJECT EX14 PENSES.—Section 405(b) of the National Forest Founda15 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 583j–3(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘for 

16 a period of five years beginning October 1, 1992’’ and in17 serting ‘‘during fiscal years 2016 through 2018’’. 

18 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

19 410(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 

20 583j–8(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘during the five-year pe21 riod’’ and all that follows through ‘‘$1,000,000 annually’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘there are authorized to be appropriated 

23 $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2018’’. 

24 (c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 


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1 (1) AGENT.—Section 404 of the National Forest 

2 Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j–2) is amended— 

3 (A) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting ‘‘no4 tice or’’ after ‘‘authorized to accept’’; and 

5 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘under 

6 this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘by subsection 

7 (a)(4)’’. 

8 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 407(b) of the Na9 tional Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j–5(b)) is 

10 amended by striking the comma after ‘‘The Founda11 tion shall’’. 

12 TITLE III—UNITED STATES 

13 GRAIN STANDARDS ACT RE14 AUTHORIZATION 

15 SEC. 301. REAUTHORIZATION OF UNITED STATES GRAIN 

16 STANDARDS ACT. 

17 (a) OFFICIAL INSPECTION AND WEIGHING REQUIRE18 MENTS.— 

19 (1) DISCRETIONARY WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Sec20 tion 5(a)(1) of the United States Grain Standards 

21 Act (7 U.S.C. 77(a)(1)) is amended in the first pro22 viso by striking ‘‘may waive the foregoing require23 ment in emergency or other circumstances which 

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1 emergency or other circumstances that would not im2 pair the objectives of this Act whenever the parties to 

3 a contract for such shipment mutually agree to the 

4 waiver and documentation of such agreement is pro5 vided to the Secretary prior to shipment’’. 

6 (2) WEIGHING REQUIREMENTS AT EXPORT ELE7 VATORS.—Section 5(a)(2) of the United States Grain 

8 Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 77(a)(2)) is amended in the 

9 proviso by striking ‘‘intracompany shipments of 

10 grain into an export elevator by any mode of trans11 portation, grain transferred into an export elevator 

12 by transportation modes other than barge,’’ and in13 serting ‘‘shipments of grain into an export elevator by 

14 any mode of transportation’’. 

15 (3) DISRUPTION IN GRAIN INSPECTION OR

16 WEIGHING.—Section 5 of the United States Grain 

17 Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 77) is amended by adding 

18 at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(d) DISRUPTION IN GRAIN INSPECTION OR WEIGH20 ING.—In the case of a disruption in official grain inspec21 tions or weighings, including if the Secretary waives the 

22 requirement for official inspection due to an emergency 

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1 ‘‘(1) immediately take such actions as are nec2 essary to address the disruption and resume inspec3 tions or weighings; 

4 ‘‘(2) not later than 24 hours after the start of the 

5 disruption in inspection or weighing, submit to the 

6 Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representa7 tives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

8 and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes— 

9 ‘‘(A) the disruption; and 

10 ‘‘(B) any actions necessary to address the 

11 concerns of the Secretary relating to the disrup12 tion so that inspections or weighings may re13 sume; and 

14 ‘‘(3) once the initial report in paragraph (2) has 

15 been made, provide daily updates until official in16 spection or weighing services at the site of disruption 

17 have resumed.’’. 

18 (b) OFFICIAL INSPECTION AUTHORITY AND FUND19 ING.— 

20 (1) DELEGATION OF OFFICIAL INSPECTION AU21 THORITY.—Section 7(e)(2) of the United States Grain 

22 Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(e)(2)) is amended— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘(2) If the Secretary’’ and 

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1 ‘‘(2) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO STATE

2 AGENCIES.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary’’; 

4 (B) in the first sentence— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘and (A)’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘and (i)’’; 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘or (B)(i)’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘or (ii)(I)’’; 

9 (iii) by striking ‘‘(ii)’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘(II)’’; and 

11 (iv) by striking ‘‘(iii)’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘(III)’’; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Every 5 years, the 

16 Secretary shall certify that each State agen17 cy with a delegation of authority is meeting 

18 the criteria described in subsection 

19 (f)(1)(A). 

20 ‘‘(ii) PROCESS.—Not later than 1 year 

21 after the date of enactment of the Agri22 culture Reauthorizations Act of 2015, the 

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1 ‘‘(I) publish in the Federal Reg2 ister notice of intent to certify a State 

3 agency and provide a 30-day period 

4 for public comment; 

5 ‘‘(II) evaluate the public com6 ments received and, in accordance with 

7 paragraph (3), conduct an investiga8 tion to determine whether the State 

9 agency is qualified; 

10 ‘‘(III) make findings based on the 

11 public comments received and inves12 tigation conducted; and 

13 ‘‘(IV) publish in the Federal Reg14 ister a notice announcing whether the 

15 certification has been granted and de16 scribing the basis on which the Sec17 retary made the decision. 

18 ‘‘(C) STATE AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.— 

19 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a State agency 

20 that has been delegated authority under this 

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1 tion of the State agency to do so at least 72 

2 hours in advance of the discontinuation 

3 date. 

4 ‘‘(ii) SECRETARIAL CONSIDERATION.— 

5 The Secretary shall consider receipt of a no6 tice described in clause (i) as a factor in 

7 administering the delegation of authority 

8 under this paragraph.’’. 

9 (2) CONSULTATION.—Section 7(f)(1) of the 

10 United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 

11 79(f)(1)) is amended— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (A)(xi), by striking 

13 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

15 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(C) the Secretary— 

18 ‘‘(i) periodically conducts a consulta19 tion with the customers of the applicant, in 

20 a manner that provides opportunity for 

21 protection of the identity of the customer if 

22 desired by the customer, to review the per23 formance of the applicant with regard to the 

24 provision of official inspection services and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) works with the applicant to ad2 dress any concerns identified during the 

3 consultation process.’’. 

4 (3) GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR OFFICIAL

5 AGENCIES.— 

6 (A) OFFICIAL INSPECTION AUTHORITY.— 

7 Section 7(f)(2) of the United States Grain 

8 Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)) is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘the Secretary may’’ and all that fol10 lows through the end of the paragraph and in11 serting the following: ‘‘the Secretary shall allow 

12 a designated official agency to cross boundary 

13 lines to carry out inspections in another geo14 graphic area if— 

15 ‘‘(A) the current designated official agency 

16 for that geographic area is unable to provide in17 spection services in a timely manner; 

18 ‘‘(B) a person requesting inspection services 

19 in that geographic area requests a probe inspec20 tion on a barge-lot basis; or 

21 ‘‘(C) the current official agency for that geo22 graphic area agrees in writing with the adjacent 

23 official agency to waive the current geographic 

24 area restriction at the request of the applicant 

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1 (B) WEIGHING AUTHORITY.—Section 

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

3 Act (7 U.S.C. 79a(i)(2)) is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘the Secretary may’’ and all that follows through 

5 the end of the paragraph and inserting the fol6 lowing: ‘‘the Secretary shall allow a designated 

7 official agency to cross boundary lines to carry 

8 out weighing in another geographic area if— 

9 ‘‘(A) the current designated official agency 

10 for that geographic area is unable to provide 

11 weighing services in a timely manner; or 

12 ‘‘(B) the current official agency for that geo13 graphic area agrees in writing with the adjacent 

14 official agency to waive the current geographic 

15 area restriction at the request of the applicant 

16 for service.’’. 

17 (4) DURATION OF DESIGNATION AUTHORITY.— 

18 Section 7(g)(1) of the United States Grain Standards 

19 Act (7 U.S.C. 79(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘tri20 ennially’’ and inserting ‘‘every 5 years’’. 

21 (5) FEES.—Section 7(j) of the United States 

22 Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(j)(1)) is amend23 ed— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘(j)(1) The Secretary’’ and 

25 inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(j) FEES.— 

2 ‘‘(1) INSPECTION FEES.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) the second sentence, by striking 

6 ‘‘The fees’’ and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF FEES.—The fees’’; 

8 (ii) in the third sentence, by striking 

9 ‘‘Such fees’’ and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(C) USE OF FEES.—Fees described in this 

11 paragraph’’; and 

12 (iii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(D) EXPORT TONNAGE FEES.—For an offi15 cial inspection at an export facility performed 

16 by the Secretary, the portion of the fees based on 

17 export tonnage shall be based on the rolling 5- 

18 year average of export tonnage volumes.’’; 

19 (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

20 paragraph (5); 

21 (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(4) ADJUSTMENT OF FEES.—In order to main24 tain an operating reserve of not less than 3 and not 

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1 fees described in paragraphs (1) and (2) not less fre2 quently than annually.’’; and 

3 (E) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by 

4 subparagraph (C)), in the first sentence, by 

5 striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

6 (c) WEIGHING AUTHORITY.—Section 7A of the United 

7 States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79a) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (c)(2), in the last sentence, by 

9 striking ‘‘subsection (g) of section 7’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘subsections (e) and (g) of section 7’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (l)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘(l)(1) The Secretary’’ and 

13 inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(l) FEES.— 

15 ‘‘(1) WEIGHING FEES.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

17 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) the second sentence, by striking 

19 ‘‘The fees’’ and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF FEES.—The fees’’; 

21 (ii) in the third sentence, by striking 

22 ‘‘Such fees’’ and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(C) USE OF FEES.—Fees described in this 

24 paragraph’’; and 


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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(D) EXPORT TONNAGE FEES.—For an offi4 cial weighing at an export facility performed by 

5 the Secretary, the portion of the fees based on ex6 port tonnage shall be based on the rolling 5-year 

7 average of export tonnage volumes.’’; 

8 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

9 paragraph (4); 

10 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENT OF FEES.—In order to main13 tain an operating reserve of not less than 3 and not 

14 more than 6 months, the Secretary shall adjust the 

15 fees described in paragraphs (1) and (2) not less fre16 quently than annually.’’; and 

17 (E) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 

18 subparagraph (C)), in the first sentence, by 

19 striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

20 (d) LIMITATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPER21 VISORY COSTS.—Section 7D of the United States Grain 

22 Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79d) is amended by striking 

23 ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

24 (e) ISSUANCE OF AUTHORIZATION.—Section 8(b) of 

25 the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 84(b)) 


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1 is amended by striking ‘‘triennially’’ and inserting ‘‘every 

2 5 years’’. 

3 (f) APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 19 of the United States 

4 Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 87h) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

6 (g) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 21(e) of the 

7 United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 87j(e)) is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

9 SEC. 302. REPORT ON DISRUPTION IN FEDERAL INSPEC10 TION OF GRAIN EXPORTS. 

11 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

12 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the 

13 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 

14 Senate, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep15 resentatives, the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Devel16 opment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen17 cies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and 

18 the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

19 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies of the 

20 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa21 tives a report that describes— 

22 (1) the specific factors that led to disruption in 

23 Federal inspection of grain exports at the Port of 

24 Vancouver in the summer of 2014; 


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1 (2) any factors that contributed to the disruption 

2 referred to in paragraph (1) that were unique to the 

3 Port of Vancouver, including a description of the port 

4 facility, security needs and available resources for 

5 that purpose, and any other significant factors as de6 termined by the Secretary; and 

7 (3) any changes in policy that the Secretary has 

8 implemented to ensure that a similar disruption in 

9 Federal inspection of grain exports at the Port of 

10 Vancouver or any other location does not occur in the 

11 future. 

12 SEC. 303. REPORT ON POLICY BARRIERS TO GRAIN PRO13 DUCERS. 

14 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

15 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation 

16 with the United States Trade Representative, shall submit 

17 to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

18 of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 

19 House of Representatives a report that describes— 

20 (1) the policy barriers to United States grain 

21 producers in countries the grain of which receives offi22 cial grading in the United States but which do not 

23 offer official grading for United States grain or pro24 vide only the lowest designation for United States 


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1 grain, including an analysis of possible inconsist2 encies with trade obligations; and 

3 (2) any actions the Executive Branch is taking 

4 to remedy the policy barriers so as to put United 

5 States grain producers on equal footing with grain 

6 producers in countries imposing the barriers. 


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Calendar No. 231 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2051 

AN ACT 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 

requirements, and for other purposes. to extend the livestock mandatory price reporting 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 

Reported with an amendment 


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