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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-
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wise provided in sections 7(i) and 7A(d), no
person’’;
(2) in the first proviso of subsection (b), by
striking ‘‘independently under the terms of a con-
tract for the conduct of any functions involved in of-
ficial inspection’’ and inserting ‘‘under the terms of
a contract for the conduct of any functions’’; and
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘Persons employed’’
the following: ‘‘or supervised under a contrac-
tual arrangement’’; and
(B) by inserting after ‘‘including persons
employed’’ the following: ‘‘or supervised under a
contractual arrangement’’.
SEC. 7. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Section 13(a)(11) of the United States Grain Stand-
ards Act (7 U.S.C. 87b(a)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(11) violate section 5, 6, 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 11, 12, 16,
or 17A;’’.
SEC. 8. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Section 14(a) of the United States Grain Standards
Act (7 U.S.C. 87c(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on conviction thereof,
be subject to imprisonment for not more than twelve
months, or a fine of not more than $10,000, or both such
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imprisonment and fine; but, for each subsequent offense
subject to this subsection, such person’’.
SEC. 9. EQUIPMENT TESTING AND OTHER SERVICES.
Section 16 of the United States Grain Standards Act
(7 U.S.C. 87e) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking the third sen-
tence; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections:
‘‘(g) TESTING
OF
CERTAIN
WEIGHING
EQUIP-
MENT.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator
may provide for the testing of weighing equipment used
for purposes other than weighing grain. The testing shall
be performed—
‘‘(A) in accordance with such regulations as the
Administrator may prescribe; and
‘‘(B) for a reasonable fee established by regula-
tion or contractual agreement and sufficient to
cover, as nearly as practicable, the estimated costs
of the testing performed.
‘‘(2) Testing performed under paragraph (1) may not
conflict with or impede the objectives specified in section
2.
‘‘(h) TESTING
OF
GRAIN
INSPECTION
INSTRU-
MENTS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator
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may provide for the testing of grain inspection instru-
ments used for commercial inspection. The testing shall
be performed—
‘‘(A) in accordance with such regulations as the
Administrator may prescribe; and
‘‘(B) for a reasonable fee that is established by
regulation or contractual agreement and is sufficient
to cover, as nearly as practicable, the estimated
costs of the testing performed.
‘‘(2) Testing performed under paragraph (1) may not
conflict with or impede the objectives specified in section
2.
‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL FOR FEE SERVICES.—(1) In ac-
cordance with such regulations as the Administrator may
provide, the Administrator may perform such other serv-
ices as the Administrator considers to be appropriate.
‘‘(2) In addition to the fees authorized by sections
7, 7A, 7B, 17A, and this section, the Administrator shall
collect reasonable fees to cover the estimated costs of serv-
ices performed under paragraph (1) other than standard-
ization, compliance, and foreign monitoring activities.
‘‘(3) To the extent practicable, the fees collected
under paragraph (2), together with any proceeds from the
sale of any samples, shall cover the costs, including admin-