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[USC02] 7 USC 87a: Records
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7 USC 87a: Records Text contains those laws in effect on August 10, 2020
§87a. Records
Every State, political subdivision thereof, or person who is the owner or operator of a commercial grain elevator, warehouse, or other storage or handling facility or is engaged in the merchandising of grain other than as a producer, and who, at any time, has obtained or obtains official inspection or weighing services shall maintain such complete and accurate records for such period of time as the Secretary may, by regulation, prescribe for the purpose of the administration and enforcement of this chapter, and permit any authorized representative of the Secretary, at all reasonable times, to have access to, and to copy, such records and to have access to any grain elevator, warehouse, or other storage or handling facility used by such persons for handling of grain.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, §12, as added Pub. L. 90–487, §1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 766 ; amended Pub. L. 94–582, §14, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2882 ; Pub. L. 95–113, title XVI, §§1601, 1604(i), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1024 , 1029; Pub. L. 103–156, §12(k), Nov. 24, 1993, 107 Stat. 1529 ; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, §293(a)(5)–(7), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3237 .)
A prior section 12 of act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, 39 Stat. 485 , which appropriated a sum of $250,000 for expenses of carrying into effect this chapter, was not classified to the Code.
1994-Pub. L. 103–354 struck out "or Administrator" after "representative of the Secretary" in subsec. (c), struck out "or the Administrator" after "representative of the Secretary" in subsec. (d), and substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" wherever appearing.
1993-Pub. L. 103–156, §12(k), which directed amendment of "Section 12", without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was executed to this section, which is section 12 of the United States Grain Standards Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–156, §12(k)(1), substituted "the judgment of the Administrator" for "his judgment".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–156, §12(k)(2), substituted "the Administrator" for "he".
1977-Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 95–113, §1604(i)(1), inserted ", every State agency delegated authority under this chapter," after "official agency".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–113, §1604(i)(1), (2), inserted ", every State delegated authority under this chapter," after "official agency" and corrected a typographical error in Pub. L. 94–582 under which "delegate authority of this chapter" had been erroneously used instead of "delegated authority under this chapter".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–113, §1601, substituted "shall maintain such complete and accurate records for such period of time as the Administrator may, by regulation, prescribe for the purpose of the administration and enforcement of this chapter" for "shall, within the five-year period thereafter, maintain complete and accurate records of purchases, sales, transportation, storage, weighing, handling, treating, cleaning, drying, blending, and other processing, and official inspection and official weighing of grain,".
1976-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted "official agency" for "official inspection agency" and "Administrator" for "Secretary" and inserted reference to licensed performance of official weighing or supervision of weighing function.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted "Every official agency and every person licensed to perform any official inspection or official weighing or supervision of weighing function under this chapter" for "Every official inspection agency" and "Administrator" for "Secretary" in two places, increased from two to five years the period of time for keeping the records, and inserted provision for keeping the records after the weighing.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted "Every official agency and every person licensed to perform any official inspection or official weighing or supervision of weighing function under this chapter" for "Every official inspection agency", provided for access to and the copying of records by any authorized representative of the Administrator or the Comptroller General, and required Administrator audits of official agencies and State agencies delegate authority.
Pub. L. 103–111, title I, Oct. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 1055 , provided in part: "That hereafter, none of the funds available to the Federal Grain Inspection Service may be used to pay the salaries of any person or persons who require, or who authorize payments from fee-supported funds to any person or persons who require nonexport, nonterminal interior elevators to maintain records not involving official inspection or official weighing in the United States under Public Law 94–582 [see Short Title of 1976 Amendment note set out under section 71 of this title] other than those necessary to fulfill the purposes of such Act."
Pub. L. 102–341, title I, Aug. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 883 .
Pub. L. 102–142, title I, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 887 .
Pub. L. 101–506, title I, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1324 .
Pub. L. 101–161, title I, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 960 .
Pub. L. 100–460, title I, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2238 .