Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015
PL 114-54 (H.R.2051), enacted 09/30/2015

129 STAT. 513 
PUBLIC LAW 114–54—SEPT. 30, 2015 
Public Law 114–54 
114th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to extend the livestock mandatory 
price reporting requirements, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture 
Reauthorizations Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—MANDATORY PRICE REPORTING 
Sec. 101. Extension of livestock mandatory reporting. 
Sec. 102. Swine reporting. 
Sec. 103. Lamb reporting. 
Sec. 104. Study on livestock mandatory reporting. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 201. National Forest Foundation Act reauthorization. 
TITLE III—UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT REAUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 301. Reauthorization of United States Grain Standards Act. 
Sec. 302. Report on disruption in Federal inspection of grain exports. 
Sec. 303. Report on policy barriers to grain producers. 
TITLE I—MANDATORY PRICE 
REPORTING 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 260 of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 942 of the Livestock 
Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 
106–78) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 
SEC. 102. SWINE REPORTING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 231 of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635i) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (22) as para-
graphs (10) through (23), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following: 
7 USC 71 note. 
Agriculture 
Reauthorizations 
Act of 2015. 
Sept. 30, 2015 
[H.R. 2051] 
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129 STAT. 514 
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‘‘(9) NEGOTIATED
FORMULA
PURCHASE.—The term ‘nego-
tiated formula purchase’ means a swine or pork market formula 
purchase under which— 
‘‘(A) the formula is determined by negotiation on a 
lot-by-lot basis; and 
‘‘(B) the swine are scheduled for delivery to the packer 
not later than 14 days after the date on which the formula 
is negotiated and swine are committed to the packer.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (12)(A) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
‘‘negotiated formula purchase,’’ after ‘‘pork market formula pur-
chase,’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (23) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subpara-
graph (E); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: 
‘‘(D) a negotiated formula purchase; and’’. 
(b) DAILY REPORTING.—Section 232(c) of the Agricultural Mar-
keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635j(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking clause (ii) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(ii) PRICE DISTRIBUTIONS.—The information pub-
lished by the Secretary under clause (i) shall include— 
‘‘(I) a distribution of net prices in the range 
between and including the lowest net price and 
the highest net price reported; 
‘‘(II) a delineation of the number of barrows 
and gilts at each reported price level or, at the 
option of the Secretary, the number of barrows 
and gilts within each of a series of reasonable 
price bands within the range of prices; and 
‘‘(III) the total number and weighted average 
price of barrows and gilts purchased through nego-
tiated purchases and negotiated formula pur-
chases.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) LATE IN THE DAY REPORT INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary shall include in the morning report and the after-
noon report for the following day any information required 
to be reported under subparagraph (A) that is obtained 
after the time of the reporting day specified in that 
subparagraph.’’. 
SEC. 103. LAMB REPORTING. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise section 59.300 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, so that— 
(1) the definition of the term ‘‘importer’’— 
(A) includes only those importers that imported an 
average of 1,000 metric tons of lamb meat products per 
year during the immediately preceding 4 calendar years; 
and 
(B) may include any person that does not meet the 
requirement referred to in subparagraph (A), if the Sec-
retary determines that the person should be considered 
an importer based on their volume of lamb imports; and 
(2) the definition of the term ‘‘packer’’— 
Definition. 
7 USC 1635m 
note. 
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129 STAT. 515 
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(A) applies to any entity with 50 percent or more 
ownership in a facility; 
(B) includes a federally inspected lamb processing plant 
which slaughtered or processed the equivalent of an aver-
age of 35,000 head of lambs per year during the imme-
diately preceding 5 calendar years; and 
(C) may include any other lamb processing plant that 
does not meet the requirement referred to in subparagraph 
(B), if the Secretary determines that the processing plant 
should be considered a packer after considering the capacity 
of the processing plant. 
SEC. 104. STUDY ON LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Agricultural Marketing Service in conjunction with 
the Office of the Chief Economist and in consultation with 
cattle, swine, and lamb producers, packers, and other market 
participants, shall conduct a study on the program of informa-
tion regarding the marketing of cattle, swine, lambs, and prod-
ucts of such livestock under subtitle B of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635 et seq.). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The study shall— 
(A) analyze current marketing practices in the cattle, 
swine, and lamb markets; 
(B) identify legislative or regulatory recommendations 
made by cattle, swine, and lamb producers, packers, and 
other market participants to ensure that information pro-
vided under the program— 
(i) can be readily understood by producers, packers, 
and other market participants; 
(ii) reflects current marketing practices; and 
(iii) is relevant and useful to producers, packers, 
and other market participants; 
(C) analyze the price and supply information reporting 
services of the Department of Agriculture related to cattle, 
swine, and lamb; and 
(D) address any other issues that the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2018, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate a report containing the findings 
of the study conducted under subsection (a). 
TITLE II—NATIONAL FOREST 
FOUNDATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 201. NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS 
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROJECT EXPENSES.—Section 405(b) of 
the National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j–3(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘for a period of five years beginning October 
1, 1992’’ and inserting ‘‘during fiscal years 2016 through 2018’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 410(b) of the 
National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j–8(b)) is amended 
Consultation. 
Determination. 
Time period. 
Applicability. 
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129 STAT. 516 
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by striking ‘‘during the five-year period’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘$1,000,000 annually’’ and inserting ‘‘there are authorized to be 
appropriated $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2018’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 
(1) AGENT.—Section 404 of the National Forest Foundation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 583j–2) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting ‘‘notice or’’ after 
‘‘authorized to accept’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘under this para-
graph’’ and inserting ‘‘by subsection (a)(4)’’. 
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 407(b) of the National Forest 
Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j–5(b)) is amended by striking 
the comma after ‘‘The Foundation shall’’. 
TITLE III—UNITED STATES GRAIN 
STANDARDS ACT REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 301. REAUTHORIZATION OF UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS 
ACT. 
(a) OFFICIAL INSPECTION AND WEIGHING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) DISCRETIONARY WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Section 5(a)(1) of 
the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 77(a)(1)) is 
amended in the first proviso by striking ‘‘may waive the fore-
going requirement in emergency or other circumstances which 
would not impair the objectives of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall waive the foregoing requirement in emergency or other 
circumstances that would not impair the objectives of this Act 
whenever the parties to a contract for such shipment mutually 
agree to the waiver and documentation of such agreement 
is provided to the Secretary prior to shipment’’. 
(2) WEIGHING REQUIREMENTS AT EXPORT ELEVATORS.—Sec-
tion 5(a)(2) of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 
77(a)(2)) is amended in the proviso by striking ‘‘intracompany 
shipments of grain into an export elevator by any mode of 
transportation, grain transferred into an export elevator by 
transportation modes other than barge,’’ and inserting ‘‘ship-
ments of grain into an export elevator by any mode of transpor-
tation’’. 
(3) DISRUPTION IN GRAIN INSPECTION OR WEIGHING.—Sec-
tion 5 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 
77) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) DISRUPTION IN GRAIN INSPECTION OR WEIGHING.—In the 
case of a disruption in official grain inspections or weighings, 
including if the Secretary waives the requirement for official inspec-
tion due to an emergency under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) immediately take such actions as are necessary to 
address the disruption and resume inspections or weighings; 
‘‘(2) not later than 24 hours after the start of the disruption 
in inspection or weighing, submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report 
that describes— 
‘‘(A) the disruption; and 
Reports. 
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129 STAT. 517 
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‘‘(B) any actions necessary to address the concerns 
of the Secretary relating to the disruption so that inspec-
tions or weighings may resume; and 
‘‘(3) once the initial report in paragraph (2) has been made, 
provide daily updates until official inspection or weighing serv-
ices at the site of disruption have resumed.’’. 
(b) OFFICIAL INSPECTION AUTHORITY AND FUNDING.— 
(1) DELEGATION OF OFFICIAL INSPECTION AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 7(e)(2) of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 
79(e)(2)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(2) If the Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO STATE AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary’’; 
(B) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (i)’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or (B)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (ii)(I)’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(II)’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(III)’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Every 5 years, the Secretary 
shall certify that each State agency with a delegation 
of authority is meeting the criteria described in sub-
section (f)(1)(A). 
‘‘(ii) PROCESS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the Agriculture Reauthorizations 
Act of 2015, the Secretary shall establish a process 
for certification under which the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(I) publish in the Federal Register notice of 
intent to certify a State agency and provide a 
30-day period for public comment; 
‘‘(II) evaluate the public comments received 
and, in accordance with paragraph (3), conduct 
an investigation to determine whether the State 
agency is qualified; 
‘‘(III) make findings based on the public com-
ments received and investigation conducted; and 
‘‘(IV) publish in the Federal Register a notice 
announcing whether the certification has been 
granted and describing the basis on which the 
Secretary made the decision. 
‘‘(C) STATE AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a State agency that has been 
delegated authority under this paragraph intends to 
temporarily discontinue official inspection or weighing 
services for any reason, except in the case of a major 
disaster, the State agency shall notify the Secretary 
in writing of the intention of the State agency to do 
so at least 72 hours in advance of the discontinuation 
date. 
‘‘(ii) SECRETARIAL CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary 
shall consider receipt of a notice described in clause 
(i) as a factor in administering the delegation of 
authority under this paragraph.’’. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Section 7(f)(1) of the United States 
Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(1)) is amended— 
Notification. 
Comment period. 
Federal Register, 
publication. 
Notice. 
Time periods. 
Deadlines. 
Updates. 
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129 STAT. 518 
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(A) in subparagraph (A)(xi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) periodically conducts a consultation with the 
customers of the applicant, in a manner that provides 
opportunity for protection of the identity of the cus-
tomer if desired by the customer, to review the perform-
ance of the applicant with regard to the provision 
of official inspection services and other requirements 
of this Act; and 
‘‘(ii) works with the applicant to address any con-
cerns identified during the consultation process.’’. 
(3) GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR OFFICIAL AGENCIES.— 
(A) OFFICIAL INSPECTION AUTHORITY.—Section 7(f)(2) 
of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘the Secretary may’’ and all that 
follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting 
the following: ‘‘the Secretary shall allow a designated offi-
cial agency to cross boundary lines to carry out inspections 
in another geographic area if— 
‘‘(A) the current designated official agency for that 
geographic area is unable to provide inspection services 
in a timely manner; 
‘‘(B) a person requesting inspection services in that 
geographic area requests a probe inspection on a barge- 
lot basis; or 
‘‘(C) the current official agency for that geographic 
area agrees in writing with the adjacent official agency 
to waive the current geographic area restriction at the 
request of the applicant for service.’’. 
(B) WEIGHING
AUTHORITY.—Section 7A(i)(2) of the 
United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79a(i)(2)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘the Secretary may’’ and all that 
follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting 
the following: ‘‘the Secretary shall allow a designated offi-
cial agency to cross boundary lines to carry out weighing 
in another geographic area if— 
‘‘(A) the current designated official agency for that 
geographic area is unable to provide weighing services 
in a timely manner; or 
‘‘(B) the current official agency for that geographic 
area agrees in writing with the adjacent official agency 
to waive the current geographic area restriction at the 
request of the applicant for service.’’. 
(4) DURATION OF DESIGNATION AUTHORITY.—Section 7(g)(1) 
of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(g)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘triennially’’ and inserting ‘‘every 5 
years’’. 
(5) FEES.—Section 7(j) of the United States Grain Stand-
ards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(j)(1)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(j)(1) The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(j) FEES.— 
‘‘(1) INSPECTION FEES.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The fees’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF FEES.—The fees’’; 
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Such fees’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) USE OF FEES.—Fees described in this paragraph’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) EXPORT TONNAGE FEES.—For an official inspection 
at an export facility performed by the Secretary, the portion 
of the fees based on export tonnage shall be based on 
the rolling 5-year average of export tonnage volumes.’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) ADJUSTMENT OF FEES.—In order to maintain an oper-
ating reserve of not less than 3 and not more than 6 months, 
the Secretary shall adjust the fees described in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) not less frequently than annually.’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by subparagraph 
(C)), in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘2020’’. 
(c) WEIGHING AUTHORITY.—Section 7A of the United States 
Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2), in the last sentence, by striking 
‘‘subsection (g) of section 7’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (e) and 
(g) of section 7’’; and 
(2) in subsection (l)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(l)(1) The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(l) FEES.— 
‘‘(1) WEIGHING FEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The fees’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF FEES.—The fees’’; 
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Such fees’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) USE OF FEES.—Fees described in this paragraph’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) EXPORT TONNAGE FEES.—For an official weighing 
at an export facility performed by the Secretary, the portion 
of the fees based on export tonnage shall be based on 
the rolling 5-year average of export tonnage volumes.’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENT OF FEES.—In order to maintain an oper-
ating reserve of not less than 3 and not more than 6 months, 
the Secretary shall adjust the fees described in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) not less frequently than annually.’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by subparagraph 
(C)), in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘2020’’. 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
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129 STAT. 520 
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(d) 
LIMITATION
AND
ADMINISTRATIVE
AND
SUPERVISORY 
COSTS.—Section 7D of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 
U.S.C. 79d) is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
(e) ISSUANCE OF AUTHORIZATION.—Section 8(b) of the United 
States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 84(b)) is amended by striking 
‘‘triennially’’ and inserting ‘‘every 5 years’’. 
(f) APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 19 of the United States Grain 
Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 87h) is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
(g) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 21(e) of the United States 
Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 87j(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
SEC. 302. REPORT ON DISRUPTION IN FEDERAL INSPECTION OF GRAIN 
EXPORTS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, the Sub-
committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report that describes— 
(1) the specific factors that led to disruption in Federal 
inspection of grain exports at the Port of Vancouver in the 
summer of 2014; 
(2) any factors that contributed to the disruption referred 
to in paragraph (1) that were unique to the Port of Vancouver, 
including a description of the port facility, security needs and 
available resources for that purpose, and any other significant 
factors as determined by the Secretary; and 
(3) any changes in policy that the Secretary has imple-
mented to ensure that a similar disruption in Federal inspection 
of grain exports at the Port of Vancouver or any other location 
does not occur in the future. 
SEC. 303. REPORT ON POLICY BARRIERS TO GRAIN PRODUCERS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the United 
States Trade Representative, shall submit to the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report 
that describes— 
(1) the policy barriers to United States grain producers 
in countries the grain of which receives official grading in 
the United States but which do not offer official grading for 
United States grain or provide only the lowest designation 
for United States grain, including an analysis of possible 
inconsistencies with trade obligations; and 
(2) any actions the Executive Branch is taking to remedy 
the policy barriers so as to put United States grain producers 
Consultation. 
Expiration date. 
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129 STAT. 521 
PUBLIC LAW 114–54—SEPT. 30, 2015 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2051: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114–132 (Comm. on Agriculture). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 114–206 (Comm. on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 161 (2015): 
June 9, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 21, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 28, House concurred in Senate amendment. 
on equal footing with grain producers in countries imposing 
the barriers. 
Approved September 30, 2015. 
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