Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

7 U.S.C. § 87h

Funding

(a)

Authorization of appropriations

1

1 See Application of Section note below.
There are authorized to be appropriated $23,000,000 for standardization and compliance activities, monitoring in foreign ports grain officially inspected and weighed under this chapter, and any other expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter for each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2025, to the extent that financing is not obtained from fees and sales of samples as provided for in sections 79, 79a, 79b, 87e, and 87f–1 of this title.

(b)

Limitations on uses of user fees

(1)

Definitions

In this subsection:
(A)

Official inspection or weighing service

The term “official inspection or weighing service” means official inspection, official weighing, supervision of weighing, supervision of agency personnel, supervision of the field office personnel of the Secretary, testing of equipment or instruments, other services, or registration, the cost to the Secretary of which is authorized to be covered by the collection of a user fee pursuant to section 79, 79a, 79b, 87e, or 87f–1 of this title, as applicable.

(B)

User fee

The term “user fee” means a fee collected by the Secretary under section 79, 79a, 79b, 87e, or 87f–1 of this title.

(2)

Requirement

A user fee—
(A)
shall be used solely to cover—
(i)
the cost to the Secretary for carrying out official inspection or weighing services; and
(ii)
administrative costs to the Secretary directly relating to official inspection or weighing services; and
(B)
shall not be used for—
(i)
activities relating to the development or maintenance of grain standards; or
(ii)
any other activity that is not directly related to the performance of official inspection or weighing services.

Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313Pub. L. 90–487, § 182 Stat. 769Pub. L. 94–582, § 2190 Stat. 2886Pub. L. 95–113, title XVI91 Stat. 1025Pub. L. 97–35, title I, § 155(4)95 Stat. 372Pub. L. 98–469, § 2(3)98 Stat. 1832Pub. L. 100–518, § 2(4)102 Stat. 2586Pub. L. 103–156, § 3107 Stat. 1525Pub. L. 106–472, title I, § 108114 Stat. 2060Pub. L. 109–83, § 1(a)119 Stat. 2053Pub. L. 114–54, title III, § 301(f)129 Stat. 520Pub. L. 116–216, § 6134 Stat. 1049(, pt. B, § 19, as added , , ; amended , , ; , §§ 1602(c), 1604(n), , , 1029; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 116–216, § 6(1)2020—, substituted “Funding” for “Appropriations” in section catchline.

Pub. L. 116–216, § 6(1)Subsec. (a). , (2), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and substituted “There are authorized” for “There are hereby authorized”, “$23,000,000” for “such sums as are necessary”, and “2021 through 2025” for “1988 through 2020”.

Pub. L. 116–216, § 6(3)Subsec. (b). , added subsec. (b).

Pub. L. 114–542015— substituted “2020” for “2015”.

Pub. L. 109–832005— substituted “2015” for “2005”.

Pub. L. 106–4722000— substituted “2005” for “2000”.

Pub. L. 103–1561993— substituted “1988 through 2000” for “during the period beginning , and ending ” and inserted references to sections 79b and 87e of this title.

Pub. L. 100–5181988— amended section generally, substituting “1988” for “1981” and “1993” for “1984”.

Pub. L. 98–4691984— temporarily substituted “” for “”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1984 Amendment note below.

Pub. L. 97–351981— temporarily amended section, substantially revising enumerated activities for which appropriations are authorized and limiting such authorization for each of the fiscal years during the period beginning , and ending . See Effective and Termination Dates of 1981 Amendment note below.

Pub. L. 95–113Pub. L. 94–5821977— substituted “Federal administrative and supervisory costs related to the official inspection or the provision of weighing services for grain” for “those Federal administrative and supervisory costs incurred within the Service’s Washington office or not directly related to the official inspection or the provision of weighing services for grain” and renumbered this section as section 19 of the United States Grain Standards Act, thereby correcting an error in the 1976 amendment of this section by under which this section had inadvertently been renumbered from section 19 of the United States Grain Standards Act to section 21 thereof.

Pub. L. 94–5821976— enumerated specific items for which appropriations are authorized and provided for financing obtained from fees and sales of samples as provided in sections 79a and 87f–1 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Pub. L. 106–472section 111 of Pub. L. 106–472section 79 of this titleAmendment by effective as if enacted , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Pub. L. 103–156section 16(b) of Pub. L. 103–156section 75 of this titleAmendment by effective as of , see , set out as a note under .

Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendment

section 2 of Pub. L. 100–518Pub. L. 100–518Pub. L. 103–156107 Stat. 1529That part of which provided that amendment made by was effective for the period , through , inclusive, was repealed, effective , by , §§ 13(a), 16(b), , , 1530.

Effective and Termination Dates of 1984 Amendment

Pub. L. 98–469, § 298 Stat. 1831Pub. L. 98–469, , , provided that the amendment made by is effective for period beginning , and ending .

Effective and Termination Dates of 1981 Amendment

Pub. L. 97–35, title I, § 15595 Stat. 371Pub. L. 98–469, § 198 Stat. 1831Pub. L. 97–35, , , as amended by , , , provided that the amendment made by is effective for period beginning , and ending .

Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

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

Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Pub. L. 94–582section 27 of Pub. L. 94–582section 74 of this titleAmendment by effective 30 days after , see , as amended, set out as a note under .

Effective Date

section 2 of Pub. L. 90–487section 78 of this titleFor effective date of section, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1968 Amendment note under .

Application of Section

section 5001(b) of Pub. L. 119–37section 79d of this titleSubsec. (a) of this section to be applied by substituting “2026” for “2025”, see , set out as a note under .