Grain Inspection Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-5070
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2018-02-20
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Grain
Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Grain Inspection Improvement Act </b></p> <p>This bill restores certain exceptions to the United States Grain Standards Act that permit certain grain handling facilities to have their grain inspected by grain inspection agencies outside of the official service boundary. The bill applies to grain handling facilities that were granted exceptions by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) that were revoked by USDA on or before April 14, 2017. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5070 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 20, 2018 Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself and Mrs. Bustos ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To restore certain exceptions to the United States Grain Standards Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Grain Inspection Improvement Act . 2. Restoring certain exceptions to United States Grain Standards Act (a) In general Grain handling facilities described in subsection (b) may, before September 30, 2020, restore a prior agreement with an official agency designated under the rule entitled Exceptions to Geographic Areas for Official Agencies Under the USGSA published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 18, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 19139), if— (1) such grain handling facility and official agency agree to restore such prior agreement; and (2) such grain handling facility notifies the Secretary of Agriculture of— (A) the agreement described in paragraph (1); and (B) the effective date of such agreement. (b) Eligible grain handling facilities Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to grain handling facilities that were— (1) granted exceptions pursuant to the rule specified in subsection (a); and (2) had such exceptions revoked on or after April 14, 2017.