7 USC Ch. 3: Front Matter
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 3-GRAIN STANDARDS
CHAPTER 3-GRAIN STANDARDS
Sec.
71.
Short title.
72, 73.
Omitted.
74.
Congressional findings and declaration of policy.
75.
Definitions.
75a.
Repealed.
75b.
Committee on Grain Quality and Grain Quality Coordinator.
(a)
Establishment of Committee and Coordinator.
(b)
Duties.
(c)
Termination.
76.
Standards and procedures; establishment, amendment, and revocation.
(a)
Authority of Secretary.
(b)
Notice and opportunity for comment; standards regarding cleanliness of grain.
(c)
Grade determining factors related to physical soundness and purity; notice and opportunity for comment.
(d)
Moisture content criterion.
77.
Official inspection and weighing requirements; waiver; supervision by representatives of Secretary.
(a)
Official samples and certificates; waiver; excepted grains.
(b)
Supervision by representatives of Secretary.
(c)
Testing for aflatoxin contamination of corn shipped in foreign commerce.
78.
Use of official grade designations required; false or misleading grade designations for grain shipped out of the United States.
79.
Official inspection.
(a)
Grain required to be officially inspected.
(b)
Inspections made pursuant to request of interested persons.
(c)
Reinspections and appeals; cancellation of superseded certificates; sale of samples.
(d)
Official certificates as evidence.
(e)
Official inspection at export port locations; delegation of authority to State agencies.
(f)
Official inspections at other than export port locations; designation of agencies or persons to conduct official inspections.
(g)
Termination, renewal, amendment, cancellation, and revocation of designations of official agencies.
(h)
Official inspections at locations other than export port locations when designated official agencies are not available.
(i)
Official inspections in Canadian ports.
(j)
Fees; establishment, amount, payment, etc.
79a.
Weighing authority.
(a)
Official weighing in accordance with prescribed regulations.
(b)
Official weighing or supervision of weighing at grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities located other than at export elevators at export port locations.
(c)
Personnel performing official weighing or supervision of weighing at locations at which official inspection is provided.
(d)
Official weighing in Canadian ports.
(e)
Official weighing or supervision of weighing upon request of operators of grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities.
(f)
Demonstrated willingness of operators of grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities to meet equipment and personnel requirements.
(g)
Official certificates as evidence.
(h)
Weighing prohibited when not in accordance with prescribed procedures.
(i)
Unauthorized weighing prohibited.
(j)
Authority under United States Warehouse Act not limited.
(k)
Access to elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities.
(l)
Fees; establishment, amount, payment, etc.
79b.
Testing of equipment.
(a)
Random and periodic testing at least annually; fees.
(b)
Personnel to conduct testing.
(c)
Use of non-approved equipment prohibited.
79c.
Omitted.
79d.
Limitation on administrative and supervisory costs.
80 to 83.
Omitted.
84.
Licensing of inspectors.
(a)
Authorization.
(b)
Duration of licenses; suspension; reinstatement.
(c)
Examination of applicants; reexaminations.
(d)
Inspectors performing under contract not deemed Federal employees.
(e)
Hiring of official inspection personnel and supervisory personnel without regard to laws governing appointments to the competitive service.
(f)
Periodic rotation of personnel.
(g)
Recruitment, training, and supervision of personnel; work production standards; exemption for certain personnel.
85.
Suspension, revocation, and refusal to renew licenses; hearing; grounds; temporary suspension.
86.
Refusal of inspection and weighing services; civil penalties.
(a)
Grounds for refusal of services.
(b)
Persons responsibly connected with a business.
(c)
Civil penalties.
(d)
Opportunity for hearing; temporary refusal without hearing pending final determination.
(e)
Collection and disposition of civil penalties.
87.
Conflicts of interest.
(a)
Prohibition with respect to persons licensed or authorized by Secretary to perform official functions.
(b)
Prohibition with respect to personnel of official or State agencies and business or governmental entities related to such agencies; substantial stock holder; use of official inspection service; authority delegation; report to Congressional committees.
(c)
Official agencies or State agencies not prevented from engaging in business of weighing grain.
87a.
Records.
(a)
Samples of grain.
(b)
Period of maintenance.
(c)
Access to records; audits.
(d)
Maintenance of records by persons or entities receiving official inspection or weighing services; access to records and facilities.
87b.
Prohibited acts.
87c.
Criminal penalties.
87d.
Responsibility for acts of others.
87e.
General authorities.
(a)
Authority of Secretary.
(b)
Investigation of reports or complaints of discrepancies and abuses in official inspection or weighing of grain.
(c)
Monitoring of United States grain upon its entry into foreign nations.
(d)
Authority of Office of Investigation of Department of Agriculture.
(e)
Research program to develop methods of improving accuracy and uniformity in grading grain.
(f)
Adequate personnel to meet inspection and weighing requirements.
(g)
Testing of certain weighing equipment.
(h)
Testing of grain inspection instruments.
(i)
Additional for fee services.
(j)
Deposit of fees.
(k)
Official courtesies.
87e–1.
Purchase or lease of inspection equipment.
87f.
Enforcement provisions.
(a)
Subpena power.
(b)
Disobedience of subpena.
(c)
Court order requiring attendance and testimony of witnesses.
(d)
Fees and mileage costs of witnesses.
(e)
Violation of subpena as misdemeanor.
(f),
(g) Repealed.
(h)
District court jurisdiction.
87f–1.
Registration requirements.
(a)
General requirement.
(b)
Required information.
(c)
Certificate of registration.
(d)
Suspension or registration of certificate of registration.
(e)
Fees.
87f–2.
Reporting requirements.
(a)
General requirements; annual report to Congressional committees.
(b)
Notification of Congressional committees of complaints regarding faulty grain deliveries and cancellation of export contracts.
(c)
Submission to Congressional committees of annual summary of complaints from foreign purchasers and prospective purchasers of grain.
87g.
Relation to State and local laws; separability.
87h.
Appropriations.
87i.
Omitted.
87j.
Advisory committee.
(a)
Establishment; number and terms of members.
(b)
Federal Advisory Committee Act as governing.
(c)
Clerical assistance and staff personnel.
(d)
Compensation and travel expenses.
(e)
Expiration of Secretary's authority.
87k.
Standardizing commercial inspections.
(a)
Testing equipment.
(b)
General inspection procedures.
(c)
Inspection services and information.
(d)
Standardized aflatoxin equipment and procedures.
Chapter Referred to in Other Sections
This chapter is referred to in section 420 of this title.