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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2689
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 29 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 27), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry
AN ACT
To amend the United States Grain Standards Act to extend
the authority of the Federal Grain Inspection Service
to collect fees to cover administrative and supervisory
costs, to extend the authorization of appropriations for
such Act, and to improve administration of such Act,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘United States Grain Standards Act Amendments of
1993’’.
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Limitation on administrative and supervisory costs.
Sec. 3. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 4. Inspection and weighing fees; inspection and weighing in Canadian
ports.
Sec. 5. Inspection and weighing pilot program.
Sec. 6. Licensing of inspectors.
Sec. 7. Prohibited acts.
Sec. 8. Criminal penalties.
Sec. 9. Equipment testing and other services.
Sec. 10. Violation of subpoena.
Sec. 11. Standardizing commercial inspections.
Sec. 12. Elimination of gender references.
Sec. 13. Repeal of temporary amendment language; technical amendments.
Sec. 14. Authority to collect fees; termination of advisory committee.
Sec. 15. Effective dates.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPER-
VISORY COSTS.
Section 7D of the United States Grain Standards Act
(7 U.S.C. 79d) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘inspection and weighing’’ and
inserting ‘‘services performed’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 19 of the United
States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 87h) is amended
by striking ‘‘during the period beginning October 1, 1988,
and ending September 30, 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1988
through 1998’’.
(b) LIMITATION.—Such section is further amended
by striking ‘‘and 17A of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘7B, 16,
and 17A’’.
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SEC. 4. INSPECTION AND WEIGHING FEES; INSPECTION
AND WEIGHING IN CANADIAN PORTS.
(a) INSPECTION
AUTHORITY.—Section 7 of the
United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(vi), by striking ‘‘or
other agricultural programs operated by’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘of’’; and
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (i), by
inserting before the period at the end ‘‘or as other-
wise provided by agreement with the Canadian Gov-
ernment’’.
(b) WEIGHING AUTHORITY.—Section 7A of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 79a) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (c)(2),
by inserting after ‘‘shall be deemed to refer to’’ the
following: ‘‘ ‘official weighing’ or’’;
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (d), by
inserting before the period at the end ‘‘or as other-
wise provided by agreement with the Canadian Gov-
ernment’’; and
(3) in the first sentence of subsection (i), by in-
serting before the period at the end ‘‘or as otherwise
provided in section 7(i) and subsection (d)’’.
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SEC. 5. INSPECTION AND WEIGHING PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) INSPECTION AUTHORITY.—Section 7(f)(2) of the
United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2))
is amended by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ‘‘, except that the Administrator may conduct
pilot programs to allow more than one official agency to
carry out inspections within a single geographical area
without undermining such objectives’’.
(b) WEIGHING AUTHORITY.—The second sentence of
section 7A(i) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 79a(i)) is amended
by inserting before the period at the end the following:
‘‘, except that the Administrator may conduct pilot pro-
grams to allow more than one official agency to carry out
the weighing provisions within a single geographic area
without undermining such objectives’’.
SEC. 6. LICENSING OF INSPECTORS.
Section 8 of the United States Grain Standards Act
(7 U.S.C. 84) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1) of the first sentence,
by inserting after ‘‘and is employed’’ the follow-
ing: ‘‘(or is supervised under a contractual ar-
rangement)’’; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘No person’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as other-