2014 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture (Sections 1 - 9097)
Chapter 3 - Grain Standards (Sections 71 - 87k)
Sec. 79b - Testing of equipment
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 3 - GRAIN STANDARDS Sec. 79b - Testing of equipment |
Contains | section 79b |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, §7B, as added Pub. L. 94-582, §9, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2877; amended Pub. L. 95-113, title XVI, §1604(f), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1028; Pub. L. 103-156, §12(f), Nov. 24, 1993, 107 Stat. 1528; Pub. L. 103-354, title II, §293(a)(7), (8), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3237; Pub. L. 106-472, title I, §104, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2060. |
Statutes at Large References | 90 Stat. 2877 91 Stat. 1028 107 Stat. 1528 108 Stat. 3237 114 Stat. 2060 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 94-582, Public Law 95-113, Public Law 103-156, Public Law 103-354, Public Law 106-472 |
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The Secretary shall provide for the testing of all equipment used in the sampling, grading, inspection, and weighing for the purpose of official inspection, official weighing, or supervision of weighing of grain located at all grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities at which official inspection or weighing services are provided under this chapter, to be made on a random and periodic basis, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, as the Secretary deems necessary to assure the accuracy and integrity of such equipment. Such regulations shall provide for the charging and collection of reasonable fees to cover the estimated costs to the Secretary incident to the performance of such testing by employees of the Secretary. Such fees shall be deposited into the fund created by section 79(j) of this title.
(b) Personnel to conduct testingThe Secretary is authorized to cause such testing provided for in subsection (a) to be performed (1) by personnel employed by the Secretary, or (2) by States, political subdivisions thereof, or persons under the supervision of the Secretary, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
(c) Use of non-approved equipment prohibitedNotwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall use for the purposes of this chapter any such equipment not approved by the Secretary.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, §7B, as added Pub. L. 94–582, §9, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2877; amended Pub. L. 95–113, title XVI, §1604(f), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1028; Pub. L. 103–156, §12(f), Nov. 24, 1993, 107 Stat. 1528; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, §293(a)(7), (8), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3237; Pub. L. 106–472, title I, §104, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2060.)
AMENDMENTS2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–472 struck out "but at least annually and" before "under such regulations" in first sentence.
1994—Pub. L. 103–354 substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" and "Service" wherever appearing.
1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–156, which directed amendment of "Section 7B(a)" by substituting "as the Administrator deems necessary" for "as he deems necessary", without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was executed to this section, which is section 7B of the United States Grain Standards Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
1977—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–113, §1604(f)(1), (2), substituted "and weighing for the purpose of official inspection, official weighing, or supervision of weighing of grain located at all grain elevators" for "and weighing of grain located at all grain elevators" and inserted provisions that regulations provide for the charging and collection of reasonable fees to cover the estimated costs to the Service incident to the performance of testing by employees of the Service and that the fees be deposited into the fund created by section 79(j) of this title.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–113, §1604(f)(3), substituted "shall use for the purposes of this chapter" for "shall use".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENTAmendment 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 DATESection effective 30 days after Oct. 21, 1976, see section 27 of Pub. L. 94–582, as amended, set out as an Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note under section 74 of this title.
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