§ 79. — Official inspection.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC79]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 3--GRAIN STANDARDS
Sec. 79. Official inspection
(a) Grain required to be officially inspected
The Secretary is authorized to cause official inspection under the
standards provided for in section 76 of this title to be made of all
grain required to be officially inspected as provided in section 77 of
this title, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe.
(b) Inspections made pursuant to request of interested persons
The Secretary is further authorized, upon request of any interested
person, and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to
cause official inspection to be made with respect to any grain whether
by official sample, submitted sample, or otherwise within the United
States under standards provided for in section 76 of this title, or,
upon request of the interested person, under other criteria approved by
the Secretary for determining the kind, class, quality, or condition of
grain, or other facts relating to grain, whenever in the judgment of the
Secretary providing such service will effectuate any of the objectives
stated in section 74 of this title.
(c) Reinspections and appeals; cancellation of superseded certificates;
sale of samples
The regulations prescribed by the Secretary under this chapter shall
include provisions for reinspections and appeal inspections;
cancellation and surrender of certificates superseded by reinspections
and appeal inspections; and the use of standard forms for official
certificates. The Secretary may provide by regulation that samples
obtained by or for employees of the Secretary for purposes of official
inspection shall become the property of the United States, and such
samples may be disposed of without regard to the provisions of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended.\1\
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(d) Official certificates as evidence
Official certificates setting out the results of official inspection
issued and not canceled under this chapter shall be received by all
officers and all courts of the United States as prima facie evidence of
the truth of the facts stated therein.
(e) Official inspection at export port locations; delegation of
authority to State agencies
(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this
subsection, the Secretary shall cause official inspection at export port
locations, for all grain required or authorized to be inspected by this
chapter, to be performed by official inspection personnel employed by
the Secretary or other persons under contract with the Secretary as
provided in section 84 of this title.
(2) If the Secretary determines, pursuant to paragraph (3) of this
subsection, that a State agency is qualified to perform official
inspection, meets the criteria in subsection (f)(1)(A) of this section,
and (A) was performing official inspection at an export port location
under this chapter on July 1, 1976, or (B)(i) performed official
inspection at an export port location at any time prior to July 1, 1976,
(ii) was designated under subsection (f) of this section on December 22,
1982, to perform official inspections at locations other than export
port locations, and (iii) operates in a State from which total annual
exports of grain do not exceed, as determined by the Secretary, 5 per
centum of the total amount of grain exported from the United States
annually, the Secretary may delegate authority to the State agency to
perform all or specified functions involved in official inspection
(other than appeal inspection) at export port locations within the
State, including export port locations which may in the future be
established, subject to such rules, regulations, instructions, and
oversight as the Secretary may prescribe, and any such official
inspection shall continue to be the direct responsibility of the
Secretary. Any such delegation may be revoked by the Secretary, at the
discretion of the Secretary, at any time upon notice to the State agency
without opportunity for a hearing.
(3) Prior to delegating authority to a State agency for the
performance of official inspection at export port locations pursuant to
paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall (A) conduct an
investigation to determine whether such agency is qualified, and (B)
make findings based on such investigation. In conducting the
investigation, the Secretary shall consult with, and review the
available files of the Department of Justice, the Office of
Investigation of the Department of Agriculture (or such other
organization or agency within the Department of Agriculture which may be
delegated the authority, in lieu thereof, to conduct investigations on
behalf of the Department of Agriculture), and the General Accounting
Office.
(4) The Secretary may provide that grain loaded at an interior point
in the United States into a rail car, barge, or other container as the
final carrier in which it is to be transported from the United States
shall be inspected in the manner provided in this subsection or
subsection (f) of this section, as the Secretary determines will best
meet the objectives of this chapter.
(f) Official inspections at other than export port locations;
designation of agencies or persons to conduct official
inspections
(1) With respect to official inspections other than at export port
locations, the Secretary is authorized, upon application by any State or
local governmental agency, or any person, to designate such agency or
person as an official agency for the conduct of all or specified
functions involved in official inspection (other than appeal inspection)
at locations where the Secretary determines official inspection is
needed, if--
(A) the agency or person shows to the satisfaction of the
Secretary that such agency or person--
(i) has adequate facilities and qualified personnel for the
performance of such official inspection functions;
(ii) will provide for the periodic rotation of official
inspection personnel among the grain elevators, warehouses, or
other storage or handling facilities at which the State or
person provides official inspection, as is necessary to preserve
the integrity of the official inspection service;
(iii) will meet training requirements and personnel
standards established by the Secretary under section 84(g) of
this title;
(iv) will otherwise conduct such training and provide such
supervision of its personnel as are necessary to assure that
they will provide official inspection in accordance with this
chapter and the regulations and instructions thereunder;
(v) will not charge official inspection fees that are
discriminatory or unreasonable;
(vi) if a State or local governmental agency, will not use
any moneys collected pursuant to the charging of fees for any
purpose other than the maintenance of the official inspection
operation of the State or local governmental agency;
(vii) and any related entities do not have a conflict of
interest prohibited by section 87 of this title;
(viii) will maintain complete and accurate records of its
organization, staffing, official activities, and fiscal
operations, and such other records as the Secretary may require
by regulation;
(ix) if a State or local governmental agency, will employ
personnel on the basis of job qualifications rather than
political affiliations;
(x) will comply with all provisions of this chapter and the
regulations and instructions thereunder; and
(xi) meets other criteria established in regulations issued
under this chapter relating to official functions under this
chapter; and
(B) the Secretary determines that the applicant is better able
than any other applicant to provide official inspection service.
(2) Geographic boundaries for official agencies.--Not more than one
official agency designated under paragraph (1) or State delegated
authority under subsection (e)(2) of this section to carry out the
inspection provisions of this chapter shall be operative at the same
time in any geographic area defined by the Secretary, except that, if
the Secretary determines that the presence of more than one designated
official agency in the same geographic area will not undermine the
policy stated in section 74 of this title, the Secretary may--
(A) allow more than one designated official agency to carry out
inspections within the same geographical area as part of a pilot
program; and
(B) allow a designated official agency to cross boundary lines
to carry out inspections in another geographic area if the Secretary
also determines that--
(i) the current designated official agency for that
geographic area is unable to provide inspection services in a
timely manner;
(ii) a person requesting inspection services in that
geographic area has not been receiving official inspection
services from the current designated official agency for that
geographic area; or
(iii) a person requesting inspection services in that
geographic area requests a probe inspection on a barge-lot
basis.
(3) Except as authorized by the Secretary, no official agency or
State delegated authority pursuant to subsection (e)(2) of this section
shall officially inspect under this chapter any official or other sample
drawn from a lot of grain and submitted for inspection unless such lot
of grain is physically located within the geographic area assigned to
the agency by the Secretary at the time such sample is drawn.
(4) No State or local governmental agency or person shall provide
any official inspection for the purposes of this chapter except pursuant
to an unsuspended and unrevoked delegation of authority or designation
by the Secretary, as provided in this section, or as provided in section
84(a) of this title.
(g) Termination, renewal, amendment, cancellation, and revocation of
designations of official agencies
(1) Designations of official agencies shall terminate at such time
as specified by the Secretary but not later than triennially and may be
renewed in accordance with the criteria and procedure prescribed in
subsection (f) of this section.
(2) A designation of an official agency may be amended at any time
upon application by the official agency if the Secretary determines that
the amendment will be consistent with the provisions and objectives of
this chapter; and a designation will be cancelled upon request by the
official agency with ninety days written notice to the Secretary. A fee
as prescribed by regulations of the Secretary shall be paid by the
official agency to the Secretary for each such amendment, to cover the
costs incurred by the Secretary in connection therewith, and it shall be
deposited in the fund created in subsection (j) of this section.
(3) The Secretary may revoke a designation of an official agency
whenever, after opportunity for hearing is afforded the agency, the
Secretary determines that the agency has failed to meet one or more of
the criteria specified in subsection (f) of this section or the
regulations under this chapter for the performance of official
functions, or otherwise has not complied with any provision of this
chapter or any regulation prescribed or instruction issued to such
agency under this chapter, or has been convicted of any violation of
other Federal law involving the handling or official inspection of
grain: Provided, That the Secretary may, without first affording the
official agency an opportunity for a hearing, suspend any designation
pending final determination of the proceeding whenever the Secretary has
reason to believe there is cause for revocation of the designation and
considers such action to be in the best interest of the official
inspection system under this chapter. The Secretary shall afford any
such agency an opportunity for a hearing within thirty days after
temporarily suspending such designation.
(h) Official inspections at locations other than export port locations
when designated official agencies are not available
If the Secretary determines that official inspection by an official
agency designated under subsection (f) of this section is not available
on a regular basis at any location (other than at an export port
location) where the Secretary determines such inspection is needed to
effectuate the objectives stated in section 74 of this title, and that
no official agency within reasonable proximity to such location is
willing to provide or has or can acquire adequate personnel and
facilities for providing such service on an interim basis, official
inspection shall be provided by authorized employees of the Secretary,
and other persons licensed by the Secretary to perform official
inspection functions, as provided in section 84 of this title, until
such time as the service can be provided on a regular basis by an
official agency.
(i) Official inspections in Canadian ports
The Secretary is authorized to cause official inspection under this
chapter to be made, as provided in subsection (a) of section 77 of this
title, in Canadian ports of United States export grain transshipped
through Canadian ports, and pursuant thereto the Secretary is authorized
to enter into an agreement with the Canadian Government for such
inspection. All or specified functions of such inspections shall be
performed by official inspection personnel employed by the Secretary or,
except for appeals, by persons operating under a contract with the
Secretary or as otherwise provided by agreement with the Canadian
Government.
(j) Fees; establishment, amount, payment, etc.
(1) The Secretary shall, under such regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe, charge and collect reasonable inspection fees to cover the
estimated cost to the Secretary incident to the performance of official
inspection except when the official inspection is performed by a
designated official agency or by a State under a delegation of
authority. The fees authorized by this subsection shall, as nearly as
practicable and after taking into consideration any proceeds from the
sale of samples, cover the costs of the Secretary incident to its \2\
performance of official inspection services in the United States and on
United States grain in Canadian ports, including administrative and
supervisory costs related to such official inspection of grain. Such
fees, and the proceeds from the sale of samples obtained for purposes of
official inspection which become the property of the United States,
shall be deposited into a fund which shall be available without fiscal
year limitation for the expenses of the Secretary incident to providing
services under this chapter.
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(2) Each designated official agency and each State agency to which
authority has been delegated under subsection (e) of this section shall
pay to the Secretary fees in such amount as the Secretary determines
fair and reasonable and as will cover the estimated costs incurred by
the Secretary relating to supervision of official agency personnel and
supervision by the Secretary of the Secretary's field office personnel,
except costs incurred under paragraph (3) of subsection (g) of this
section and sections 85, 86, and 87c of this title. The fees shall be
payable after the services are performed at such times as specified by
the Secretary and shall be deposited in the fund created in paragraph
(1) of this subsection. Failure to pay the fee within thirty days after
it is due shall result in automatic termination of the delegation or
designation, which shall be reinstated upon payment, within such period
as specified by the Secretary, of the fee currently due plus interest
and any further expenses incurred by the Secretary because of such
termination. The interest rate on overdue fees shall be as prescribed by
the Secretary, but not less than the current average market yield on
outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable
maturity, plus an additional charge of not to exceed 1 per centum per
annum as determined by the Secretary and adjusted to the nearest one-
eighth of 1 per centum.
(3) Any sums collected or received by the Secretary under this
chapter and deposited to the fund created in paragraph (1) of this
subsection and any late payment penalties collected by the Secretary and
credited to such fund may be invested by the Secretary in insured or
fully collateralized, interest-bearing accounts or, at the discretion of
the Secretary, by the Secretary of the Treasury in United States
Government debt instruments. The interest earned on such sums and any
late payment penalties collected by the Secretary shall be credited to
the fund and shall be available without fiscal year limitation for the
expenses of the Secretary incident to providing services under this
chapter.
(4) The duties imposed by paragraph (2) on designated official
agencies and State agencies described in such paragraph and the
investment authority provided by paragraph (3) shall expire on September
30, 2005. After that date, the fees established by the Secretary
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not cover administrative and supervisory
costs related to the official inspection of grain.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, Sec. 7, 39 Stat. 484; Pub. L. 90-487,
Sec. 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 94-582, Sec. 8, formerly
Sec. 8(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2870, renumbered Pub. L. 106-472,
title I, Sec. 110(a)(1), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2060; Pub. L. 95-113,
title XVI, Secs. 1602(a), 1604(d), 1606(d), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat.
1025, 1027, 1030; Pub. L. 97-35, title I, Sec. 155(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95
Stat. 371; Pub. L. 97-98, title IX, Sec. 1113(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95
Stat. 1268; Pub. L. 98-469, Sec. 2(1), Oct. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1831;
Pub. L. 100-518, Sec. 2(1), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2584; Pub. L. 103-
156, Secs. 4(a), 5(a), 12(d), 14(a), Nov. 24, 1993, 107 Stat. 1525,
1526, 1528, 1529; Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 293(a)(4), (7), (8),
Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3237; Pub. L. 106-472, title I, Secs. 102(a),
103(a), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2059, 2060.)
References in Text
The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as
amended, referred to in subsec. (c), is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63
Stat. 377, as amended. Except for title III of the Act, which is
classified generally to subchapter IV (Sec. 251 et seq.) of chapter 4 of
Title 41, Public Contracts, the Act was repealed and reenacted by Pub.
L. 107-217, Secs. 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304, as
chapters 1 to 11 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
Codification
Section as originally enacted was composed of part of section 7 of
part B of act Aug. 11, 1916. Other provisions of section 7 were
classified to former sections 80 to 83 of this title.
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 106-472, Sec. 102(a), added heading
and text of par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as
follows: ``Not more than one official agency or State delegated
authority pursuant to subsection (e)(2) of this section for carrying out
the inspection provisions of this chapter shall be operative at one time
for any geographic area as determined by the Secretary to effectuate the
objectives stated in section 74 of this title, except that the Secretary
may conduct pilot programs to allow more than 1 official agency to carry
out inspections within a single geographical area without undermining
the policy stated in section 74 of this title.''
Subsec. (j)(4). Pub. L. 106-472, Sec. 103(a), substituted ``2005''
for ``2000'' in first sentence.
1994--Pub. L. 103-354 substituted ``supervision by the Secretary of
the Secretary's field office personnel'' for ``supervision of Service
personnel of its field office personnel'' in first sentence of subsec.
(j)(2) and substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' and
``Service'' wherever appearing.
1993--Pub. L. 103-156, Sec. 12(d), which directed amendment of
``Section 7'', without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was
executed to this section, which is section 7 of the United States Grain
Standards Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-156, Sec. 12(d)(1), substituted
``regulations as the Administrator'' for ``regulations as he''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-156, Sec. 12(d)(2), substituted
``regulations as the Administrator'' for ``regulations as he'' and ``the
judgment of the Administrator'' for ``his judgment''.
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 103-156, Sec. 12(d)(3), substituted
``oversight as the Administrator'' for ``oversight as he'' and ``the
discretion of the Administrator'' for ``his discretion''.
Subsec. (f)(1)(A)(vi). Pub. L. 103-156, Sec. 4(a)(1), substituted
``of the State'' for ``or other agricultural programs operated by the
State''.
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 103-156, Sec. 5(a), inserted before period
at end ``, except that the Administrator may conduct pilot programs to
allow more than 1 official agency to carry out inspections within a
single geographical area without undermining the policy stated in
section 74 of this title''.
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 103-156, Sec. 4(a)(2), inserted before period
at end ``or as otherwise provided by agreement with the Canadian
Government''.
Subsec. (j)(4). Pub. L. 103-156, Sec. 14(a), added par. (4).
1988--Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 100-518 reenacted subsec. (j) without
change.
1984--Subsec. (j)(3). Pub. L. 98-469 temporarily added par. (3). See
Effective and Termination Dates of 1984 Amendment note below.
1981--Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 97-98 inserted provision authorizing
the Administrator to delegate authority to perform grain inspection
functions at export port locations to any State agency that performed
official inspection at an export port location at any time prior to July
1, 1976, was designated under subsec. (f) of this section on Dec. 22,
1981, to perform inspections at locations other than export port
locations, and operates in a State from which the total annual exports
of grain do not exceed 5 per centum of the total amount of grain
exported from the United States.
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 97-35 temporarily designated existing
provisions as par. (1), made changes in nomenclature and provided for
inclusion, rather than exclusion, of administrative and supervisory
costs, and added par. (2). See Effective and Termination Dates of 1981
Amendments note below.
1977--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-113, Sec. 1606(d), struck out
reference to a determination of the quantity of sacks of grain.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 95-113, Sec. 1604(d)(1), designated as par. (4)
provisions, formerly forming a part of par. (2), authorizing the
Administrator to provide that grain loaded at an interior point in the
United States into a rail car, barge, or other container as the final
carrier in which it is to be transported from the United States be
inspected in the manner provided in this subsection or subsec. (f) of
this section, as the Administrator determines best meets the objectives
of this chapter.
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 95-113, Sec. 1604(d)(2), substituted
``official agency or State delegated authority pursuant to subsection
(e)(2) of this section for carrying out the inspection provisions of
this chapter'' for ``official agency for carrying out the provisions of
this chapter'', struck out ``, but this paragraph shall not be
applicable to prevent any inspection agency from operating in any area
in which it was operative on August 15, 1968'' after ``section 74 of
this title'', and redesignated other existing provisions as pars. (3)
and (4).
Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 95-113, Sec. 1604(d)(2)(B), (C),
redesignated a portion of existing par. (2) as (3) and substituted
``Except as authorized by the Administrator, no'' for ``No''.
Subsec. (f)(4). Pub. L. 95-113, Sec. 1604(d)(2)(D), redesignated a
portion of existing par. (2) as (4).
Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 95-113, Sec. 1604(d)(3), substituted
``prescribed in subsection (f)'' for ``prescribed in subsections (e) and
(f)''.
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 95-113, Sec. 1604(d)(4), inserted provision
that all or specified functions of the inspections be performed by
official inspection personnel employed by the Service or, except for
appeals, by persons operating under a contract with the Service.
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 95-113, Sec. 1602(a), revised provisions
relating to fees so as to remove requirement that field supervision of
inspection be supported by fees.
1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-582, Sec. 8(1), formerly Sec. 8(a)(1),
as renumbered by Pub. L. 106-472, Sec. 110(a)(1), substituted
``Administrator'' for ``Secretary''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-582, Sec. 8(1), (2), formerly Sec. 8(a)(1),
(2), as renumbered by Pub. L. 106-472, Sec. 110(a)(1), substituted
``Administrator'' for ``Secretary'' in two places and struck out from
first sentence ``or with respect to United States grain in Canadian
ports'' after ``within the United States''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94-582, Sec. 8(1), (3), formerly Sec. 8(a)(1),
(3), as renumbered by Pub. L. 106-472, Sec. 110(a)(1), substituted
``Administrator'' for ``Secretary'' in two places; and substituted
``Service'' for ``Department of Agriculture'' and ``cancellation and
surrender'' for ``cancellation'' and required regulation provision for
use of standard forms for official certificates, respectively.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94-582, Sec. 8(4), formerly Sec. 8(a)(4), as
renumbered by Pub. L. 106-472, Sec. 110(a)(1), substituted ``Official
certificates setting out the results of official inspection'' for
``Certificates''.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 94-582, Sec. 8(5), formerly Sec. 8(a)(5), as
renumbered by Pub. L. 106-472, Sec. 110(a)(1), added subsec. (e) and
struck out former subsec. (e) which authorized charging and collection
of reasonable fees to cover cost of official inspection and to cover
costs of Department of Agriculture incident to performance of appeal and
Canadian port inspection services for which fees are collected,
including supervisory and administrative costs, and for deposit of fees
and proceeds from sale of samples obtained for purposes of official
inspection which become property of the United States into a fund to be
available without fiscal year limitation for expenses of the Department
of Agriculture incident to providing official inspection services. Fee
provisions are now covered in subsec. (j)(2) of this section.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 94-582, Sec. 8(5), formerly Sec. 8(a)(5), as
renumbered by Pub. L. 106-472, Sec. 110(a)(1), added par. (1) and second
and third sentences of par. (2), and designated existing provisions as
par. (2), substituting ``one official agency for carrying out the
provisions of this chapter shall be operative at one time for any
geographic area as determined by the Administrator to effectuate the
objectives stated in section 74 of this title'' for ``one inspection
agency for carrying out the provisions of this section shall be
operative at one time for any one city, town, or other area''.
Subsecs. (g) to (j). Pub. L. 94-582, Sec. 8(5), formerly
Sec. 8(a)(5), as renumbered by Pub. L. 106-472, Sec. 110(a)(1), added
subsecs. (g) to (j).
1968--Pub. L. 90-487 substituted provisions covering the authority
and funding of official inspections for provisions covering the
licensing of inspectors and the utilization by the Secretary of
Agriculture of State inspectors.
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Pub. L. 106-472, title I, Sec. 111, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2061,
provided that: ``The amendments made by sections 103, 105, 108, and 109
[amending this section and sections 79a, 79d, 87h, and 87j of this
title] shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2000.''
Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendment
That part of section 2 of Pub. L. 100-518 which provided that the
amendment made by Pub. L. 100-518 was effective for period Oct. 1, 1988,
through Sept. 30, 1993, inclusive, was repealed by Pub. L. 103-156,
Secs. 13(a), 16(b), Nov. 24, 1993, 107 Stat. 1529, 1530, eff. Sept. 30,
1993.
Effective and Termination Dates of 1984 Amendment
Section 2 of Pub. L. 98-469 provided that the amendment made by Pub.
L. 98-469 is effective for period beginning Oct. 11, 1984, and ending
Sept. 30, 1988.
Effective and Termination Dates of 1981 Amendments
Section 1113(b) of Pub. L. 97-98 provided that: ``The provisions of
this section [amending this section] shall become effective one hundred
and eighty days after enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 1981].''
Section 155 of Pub. L. 97-35, as amended by Pub. L. 98-469, Sec. 1,
Oct. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1831, provided that the amendment made by Pub.
L. 97-35 is effective for period beginning Oct. 1, 1981, and ending
Sept. 30, 1988.
Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-113 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901
of Pub. L. 95-113, set out as a note under section 1307 of this title.
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 94-582 effective 30 days after Oct. 21, 1976,
see section 27 of Pub. L. 94-582, as amended, set out as a note under
section 74 of this title.
Effective Date of 1968 Amendment
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.
Investigations and Studies of Grain Inspection and Weighing in Interior
of United States; Completion of Studies and Submission of Reports by May
20, 1979, and Nov. 20, 1979, Respectively
Section 8(b) of Pub. L. 94-582, as amended by Pub. L. 95-113, title
XVI, Secs. 1605(a), 1607(a), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1029, 1031, which
directed the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service, the
Director of the Office of Investigation of the United States Department
of Agriculture, and the Comptroller General of the United States to
severally conduct investigations into and study grain inspection and
weighing in the interior of the United States, and required the
Administrator and Director to submit reports to Congress not later than
30 months after Oct. 21, 1976, and the Comptroller General to submit a
report not later than three years after Oct. 21, 1976, was repealed by
Pub. L. 106-472, title I, Sec. 110(a)(2), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2060.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 75, 79a, 79b, 84, 87b, 87e,
87f-1, 87h of this title.
