SEC. 102. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPER-
VISORY COSTS.
Section 7D of the United States Grain Standards Act
(7 U.S.C. 79d) is amended by striking ‘‘2000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2005’’.
SEC. 103. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Section 21(e) of the United States Grain Standards
Act (7 U.S.C. 87j(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2000’’ and
inserting ‘‘2005’’.
SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 19 of the United States Grain Standards Act
(7 U.S.C. 87h) is amended by striking ‘‘2000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2005’’.
TITLE II—ADMINISTRATION OF
ACT
SEC. 201. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN OBTAINING SAMPLE
OF EXPORT GRAIN FOR INSPECTION AND
WEIGHING.
Section 5(a)(1) of the United States Grain Standards
Act (7 U.S.C. 77(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘(on the
basis’’ and all that follows through ‘‘United States)’’.
SEC. 202. GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR OFFICIAL AGEN-
CIES.
(a) INSPECTION AUTHORITY.—Section 7(f) of the
United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2))
is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(2) Not more than one official agency designated
under paragraph (1) or State delegated authority under
subsection (e)(2) to carry out the inspection provisions of
this Act shall be operative at the same time in any geo-
graphic area defined by the Secretary, except that the
Secretary—
‘‘(A) may implement a pilot program (or con-
tinue an existing pilot program) to allow more than
one official agency designated under paragraph (1)
to carry out inspections within the same geo-
graphical area without undermining the policy stated
in section 2; and
‘‘(B) may allow an official agency designated
under paragraph (1) or State agency delegated au-
thority pursuant to subsection (e)(2) to cross bound-
ary lines to carry out inspections in another geo-
graphic area if the Secretary determines, after con-
sultation with the current designated official agency
or delegated State agency for that geographic area,
that the presence of more than one designated offi-
cial agency or delegated State agency in that geo-
graphic area will maintain the integrity and viability
of the official grain inspection system and that—
‘‘(i) the current designated official agency
or delegated State agency for that geographic
area is unable to provide inspection services in
a timely manner;
‘‘(ii) a person requesting inspection serv-
ices in that geographic area has not been re-
ceiving official inspection services from the cur-
rent designated official agency or delegated
State agency for that geographic area; or
‘‘(iii) a person requesting inspection serv-
ices in that geographic area requests a probe
inspection on a barge-lot basis.’’.
(b) WEIGHING AUTHORITY.—Section 7A(i) of the
United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79a(i)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(i)’’;
(2) by striking the second sentence; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) Not more than one designated official agency re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) or State agency delegated au-
thority pursuant to subsection (c)(2) to carry out the
weighing provisions of this Act shall be operative at the
same time in any geographic area defined by the Sec-
retary, except that the Secretary—
‘‘(A) may implement a pilot program (or con-
tinue an existing pilot program) to allow more than
one official agency to carry out the weighing provi-
sions within the same geographical area without un-
dermining the policy stated in section 2; and
‘‘(B) may allow a designated official agency or
State agency delegated authority pursuant to sub-
section (c)(2) to cross boundary lines to carry out
the weighing provisions in another geographic area
if the Secretary determines, after consultation with
the current designated official agency or delegated
State agency for that geographic area, that the pres-
ence of more than one designated official agency or
delegated State agency in that geographic area will
maintain the integrity and viability of the official
grain inspection system and that—
‘‘(i) the current designated official agency
or delegated State agency for that geographic
area is unable to provide the weighing services
in a timely manner; or
‘‘(ii) a person requesting weighing services
in that geographic area has not been receiving
official weighing services from the current des-
ignated official agency or delegated State agen-
cy for that geographic area.’’.
SEC. 203. ELIMINATION OF ANNUAL REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING TESTING OF EQUIPMENT.
Section 7B(a) of the United States Grain Standards
Act (7 U.S.C. 79b(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘but at least
annually and’’.
SEC. 204. PROHIBITION ON USE OF GRAIN ADDITIVES TO
DISGUISE QUALITY OF GRAIN.
Section 13(e)(1) of the United States Grain Stand-
ards Act (7 U.S.C. 87b(e)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘,
or prohibit disguising the quality of grain,’’ after ‘‘sound
and pure grain’’.
TITLE III—REPEAL OF
OBSOLETE PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT OF 1976.
The following provisions of the United States Grain
Standards Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–582) are repealed:
(1) Section 8(b) (7 U.S.C. 79 note).
(2) Section 23 (7 U.S.C. 87e–1).
(3) Section 24 (7 U.S.C. 76 note).
(4) Section 25.
(5) Section 27 (7 U.S.C. 74 note).
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