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7 U.S. Code § 84 - Licensing of inspectors | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 7 › Chapter 3 › § 84 7 U.S. Code § 84 - Licensing of inspectors
The Secretary is authorized (1) to issue a license to any individual upon presentation to the Secretary of satisfactory evidence that such individual is competent, and is employed (or is supervised under a contractual arrangement) by an official agency or a State agency delegated authority under section 79 or 79a of this title, to perform all or specified functions involved in original inspection or reinspection functions involved in official inspection, or in the official weighing or the supervision of weighing, other than appeal weighing, of grain in the United States; (2) to authorize any competent employee of the Secretary to (A) perform all or specified original inspection, reinspection, or appeal inspection functions involved in official inspection of grain in the United States, or of United States grain in Canadian ports, (B) perform official weighing or supervision of weighing (including appeal weighing) of grain in the United States, or of United States grain in Canadian ports, (C) supervise the official inspection, official weighing, or supervision of weighing of grain in the United States and of United States grain in Canadian ports or the testing of equipment, and (D) perform monitoring activities in foreign ports with respect to grain officially inspected and officially weighed under this chapter; (3) to contract with any person or governmental agency to perform specified sampling, laboratory testing, inspection, weighing, and similar technical functions and to license competent persons to perform such functions pursuant to such contract; and (4) to contract with any competent person for the performance of monitoring activities in foreign ports with respect to grain officially inspected and officially weighed under this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in sections 79(i) and 79a(d) of this title, no person shall perform any official inspection or weighing function for purposes of this chapter unless such person holds an unsuspended and unrevoked license or authorization from the Secretary under this chapter.
All classes of licenses issued under this chapter shall terminate every 5 years on a date or dates to be fixed by regulation of the Secretary: Provided, That any license shall be suspended automatically when the licensee ceases to be employed by an official agency or by a State agency under a delegation of authority pursuant to this chapter or to operate under the terms of a contract for the conduct of any functions under this chapter: Provided further, That subject to subsection (c) of this section such license shall be reinstated if the licensee is employed by an official agency or by a State agency under a delegation of authority pursuant to this chapter or resumes operation under such a contract within one year of the suspension date and the license has not expired in the interim.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 8, 39 Stat. 485; Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 94–582, § 10, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2877; Pub. L. 95–113, title XVI, §§ 1604(g), 1606(f), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1028, 1030; Pub. L. 103–156, §§ 6, 12(g), Nov. 24, 1993, 107 Stat. 1526, 1528; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 293(a)(7), (8), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3237; Pub. L. 106–472, title I, § 106, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2060; Pub. L. 114–54, title III, § 301(e), Sept. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 520.)
2015—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–54 substituted “every 5 years” for “triennially”.
2000—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 106–472 inserted “inspection, weighing,” after “laboratory testing,”.
1994—Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” and “Service” wherever appearing.
1993—Pub. L. 103–156, § 12(g), which directed amendment of “Section 8”, without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was executed to this section, which is section 8 of the United States Grain Standards Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–156, §§ 6(1), 12(g)(1), in cl. (1), substituted “presentation to the Administrator” for “presentation to him” and inserted “(or is supervised under a contractual arrangement)” after “and is employed”, and in second sentence, substituted “Except as otherwise provided in sections 79(i) and 79a(d) of this title, no person” for “No person”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–156, § 6(2), substituted “under the terms of a contract for the conduct of any functions” for “independently under the terms of a contract for the conduct of any functions involved in official inspection”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–156, § 12(g)(2), substituted “the Administrator” for “he”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–156, § 6(3), inserted “or supervised under a contractual arrangement” after “Persons employed” and after “including persons employed”.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 103–156, § 12(g)(2), substituted “the Administrator” for “he”.
1977—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(g)(1)(A), substituted “weighing, other than appeal weighing, of grain” for “weighing of grain”.
Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(g)(1)(B), substituted “weighing (including appeal weighing) of grain in the United States, or of United States grain in Canadian ports” for “weighing of grain”.
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(g)(1)(C), substituted “any person or governmental agency specified sampling, laboratory testing, and similar technical functions” for “any person to perform specified sampling and laboratory testing”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(g)(2), inserted provisions authorizing the Administrator to compensate the personnel at any rate within the appropriate grade of the General Schedule as the Administrator deems necessary without regard to section 5333 of title 5.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 95–113, § 1606(f), substituted “official inspection and weighing system” for “official inspection system”.
1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted “Administrator” for “Secretary” in two places; designated existing provisions as item (1) and substituted “official agency or a State agency delegated authority under section 79 or 79a of this title, to perform all or specified functions involved in original inspection or reinspection functions involved in official inspection, or in the official weighing or the supervision of weighing of grain in the United States” for “official inspection agency to perform all or specified functions involved in official inspection”; substituted provisions designated as item (2) for “to authorize any competent employee of the Department of Agriculture to perform all or specified functions involved in supervisory or appeal inspection or initial inspection of United States grain in Canadian ports”; inserted items (3) and (4); struck out authorization to license any competent individual to perform specified functions involved in official inspection under a contract with the Department of Agriculture; and conditioned performance of any official weighing function on the holding of a license or authorization.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted “Administrator” for “Secretary”, “official agency” for “official inspection agency” in two places, and “subsection (c)” for “paragraph (c)”, and inserted provision respecting employment of licensee by a State agency under a delegation of authority pursuant to this chapter in two places.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted “Administrator” for “Secretary” and “Service” for “Department of Agriculture” and included performance of weighing function.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted “official agency (including persons employed by a State agency under a delegation of authority pursuant to this chapter)” for “official inspection agency” and “contract with the Service” for “contracts with the Department of Agriculture” and inserted provision respecting status as persons acting for or on behalf of the United States in application of sections 118, 201, and 1114 of Title 18.
Subsecs. (e) to (g). Pub. L. 94–582 added subsecs. (e) to (g).
1968—Pub. L. 90–487 substituted provisions for the licensing and examination and reexamination of inspectors for provisions authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate rules and regulations.
For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 90–487, see section 2 of Pub. L. 90–487, set out as a note under section 78 of this title.