7 U.S.C. § 79a

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 31339 Stat. 486section 241 of this titleThe United States Warehouse Act, referred to in subsec. (j), is part C of , , which is classified generally to chapter 10 (§ 241 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

Amendments

lPub. L. 116–2162020—Subsec. ()(4). , in first sentence, substituted “2025” for “2020”.

Pub. L. 115–3342018—Subsec. (i)(2). inserted subpar. (A) designation and heading before “Not more” and subpar. (B) designation and heading before “the Secretary determines” in introductory provisions, substituted “Subject to subparagraph (B), not more” for “Not more” and “Secretary.” for “Secretary, except that, if” in subpar. (A) and “If the Secretary determines” for “the Secretary determines” in subpar. (B), redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) as cls. (i) and (iii), respectively, of subpar. (B), struck out “or” at end of cl. (i) of subpar. (B), added cl. (ii) of subpar. (B) and subpar. (C), and realigned margins.

Pub. L. 114–54, § 301(c)(1)2015—Subsec. (c)(2). , substituted “subsections (e) and (g) of section 79” for “subsection (g) of section 79”.

Pub. L. 114–54, § 301(b)(3)(B)Subsec. (i)(2). , in introductory provisions, substituted “the Secretary shall allow a designated official agency to cross boundary lines to carry out weighing in another geographic area if—” for “the Secretary may—”, added subpars. (A) and (B), and struck out former subpars. (A) and (B) which related to more than one designated official agency providing weighing in the same geographic area and a designated official agency crossing boundary lines to provide weighing in another geographic area.

lPub. L. 114–54, § 301(c)(2)(A)Subsec. (). , inserted heading.

lPub. L. 114–54, § 301(c)(2)(A)Subsec. ()(1). , (B), inserted heading, designated first to third sentences as subpars. (A) to (C), respectively, and inserted subpar. headings, in subpar. (C), substituted “Fees described in this paragraph” for “Such fees”, and added subpar. (D).

lPub. L. 114–54, § 301(c)(2)(D)Subsec. ()(3). , added par. (3). Former par. (3) redesignated (4).

lPub. L. 114–54, § 301(c)(2)(C)Subsec. ()(4). , (E), redesignated par. (3) as (4) and substituted “2020” for “2015”.

lPub. L. 109–832005—Subsec. ()(3). substituted “2015” for “2005”.

Pub. L. 106–472, § 102(b)2000—Subsec. (i). , inserted subsec. heading, designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. heading, struck out second sentence, which prohibited more than one official agency or State delegated authority from operating at one time in any geographic area except as permitted in pilot programs, and added par. (2).

lPub. L. 106–472, § 103(b)Subsec. ()(3). , substituted “2005” for “2000” in first sentence.

Pub. L. 103–354ll1994— substituted “supervision by the Secretary of the Secretary’s field office personnel” for “supervision by Service personnel of its field office personnel” in first sentence of subsec. ()(2) and substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” and “Service” wherever appearing in subsecs. (a) to (f) and (i) to ().

Pub. L. 103–156, § 4(b)(1)1993—Subsec. (c)(2). , in second sentence, substituted “ ‘official weighing’ or ‘supervision of weighing’ ” for “ ‘supervision of weighing’ ”.

Pub. L. 103–156, § 4(b)(2)Subsec. (d). , inserted before period at end of second sentence “or as otherwise provided by agreement with the Canadian Government”.

Pub. L. 103–156, § 12(e)Subsec. (e). , which directed amendment of “Section 7A(e)” by substituting “regulations as the Administrator” for “regulations as he”, without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was executed to this section, which is section 7A of the United States Grain Standards Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Pub. L. 103–156section 79(i) of this titlesection 74 of this titleSubsec. (i). , §§ 4(b)(3), 5(b), inserted before period at end of first sentence “or as otherwise provided in and subsection (d) of this section” and inserted before period at end of second sentence “, except that the Administrator may conduct pilot programs to allow more than 1 official agency to carry out the weighing provisions within a single geographic area without undermining the policy stated in ”.

lPub. L. 103–156, § 14(b)Subsec. ()(3). , added par. (3).

lPub. L. 100–518l1988—Subsec. (). amended subsec. () generally, substituting “cover the costs of the Service” for “cover the costs of the service” in par. (1).

lPub. L. 97–351981—Subsec. (). temporarily designated existing provisions as par. (1), made changes in nomenclature, provided for inclusion, rather than exclusion, of administrative and supervisory costs, and struck out provisions respecting availability of deposited funds, and added par. (2). See Effective and Termination Dates of 1981 Amendment note below.

Pub. L. 95–113, § 1606(e)1977—Subsec. (a). , substituted “standards or procedures” for “standards”.

Pub. L. 95–113Subsec. (b). , §§ 1604(e)(1), 1606(e), substituted “The Administrator is authorized to cause official weighing or supervision of weighing under standards or procedures” for “The Administrator is authorized to cause supervision of weighing under standards” and “other than at export elevators at export port locations” for “other than at export port locations”.

Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(e)(2)Pub. L. 94–582Subsec. (c)(2). , made technical amendments to conform par. (2) to increased authority granted in subsec. (b) to cause official weighing as well as supervision of weighing at interior inspection points and corrected a typographical error in which “number” had been erroneously used for “under” in text as originally enacted by .

Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(e)(3)Subsec. (d). , inserted requirement that all or specified functions of Canadian weighing be performed by official inspection personnel employed by the Service or, except for appeals, by persons operating under a contract with the Service.

Pub. L. 95–113lSubsec. (e). , §§ 1604(e)(4), 1606(e), substituted “under standards or procedures provided” for “under standards provided” and struck out provisions which had required that the weighing service not be provided for periods of less than a year, that the fees therefor be set separately from the fees provided for in subsec. (), and that they be reasonable, nondiscriminatory, and equal, as nearly as possible, to the cost of providing the service.

Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(e)(5)(A)Subsec. (f)(2). , substituted “permit only competent persons with a reputation for honesty and integrity and who are approved by the Administrator” for “employ only competent persons with a reputation for honesty and integrity”.

Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(e)(5)(B)Subsec. (f)(3). , substituted “when weighing is to be done by persons other than official inspection personnel, will require such persons to operate the scales” for “when weighing is to be done by employees of the facility, will require employees to operate the scales”.

Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(e)(6)Subsec. (g). , substituted “official weighing or supervision of weighing” for “official weighing”.

Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(e)(7)section 74 of this titleSubsec. (i). , (8), substituted “No State or local governmental agency” for “No State” and inserted provision that not more than one official agency or State delegated authority pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of this section for carrying out the weighing provisions of this chapter be operative at one time for any geographic area as determined by the Administrator to effectuate the objectives stated in .

lPub. L. 95–113, § 1602(b)Subsec. (). , revised provisions relating to fees so as to remove requirement that field supervision of weighing be supported by fees.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

section 103(b) of Pub. L. 106–472Sept. 30, 2000section 111 of Pub. L. 106–472section 79 of this titleAmendment by effective as if enacted , see , set out as a note under .

Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendment

section 2 of Pub. L. 100–518Pub. L. 100–518Oct. 1, 1988Sept. 30, 1993Pub. L. 103–156Nov. 24, 1993107 Stat. 1529Sept. 30, 1993That part of which provided that the amendment made by was effective for period , through , inclusive, was repealed by , §§ 13(a), 16(b), , , 1530, eff. .

Effective and Termination Dates of 1981 Amendment

Pub. L. 97–35, title I, § 155Aug. 13, 198195 Stat. 371Pub. L. 98–469, § 1Oct. 11, 198498 Stat. 1831Pub. L. 97–35Oct. 1, 1981Sept. 30, 1988, , , as amended by , , , provided that the amendment made by is effective for period beginning , and ending .

Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

Pub. L. 95–113Oct. 1, 1977section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113section 1307 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date

Oct. 21, 1976section 27 of Pub. L. 94–582section 74 of this titleSection effective 30 days after , see , as amended, set out as an Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note under .