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7 U.S.C. § 77

Official inspection and weighing requirements; waiver; supervision by representatives of Secretary

United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective

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7 U.S.C. § 77, Official inspection and weighing requirements; waiver; supervision by representatives of Secretary, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/428519
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Whenever standards or procedures are effective under section 76 of this title for any grain— All official inspection and official weighing, whether performed by authorized employees of the Secretary or any other person licensed under section 84 of this title, shall be supervised by representatives of the Secretary, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may provide. The Secretary is authorized and directed to require that all corn exported from the United States be tested to ascertain whether it exceeds acceptable levels of aflatoxin contamination, unless the contract for export between the buyer and seller stipulates that aflatoxin testing shall not be conducted. In the case of a disruption in official grain inspections or weighings, including if the Secretary waives the requirement for official inspection due to an emergency under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall— not later than 24 hours after the start of the disruption in inspection or weighing, submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 94-582(H.R. 12572)1976-10-21
    United States Grain Standards Act of 1976
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 95-113(S. 275)1977-09-29
    Food Stamp Act of 1977
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 96-437(H.R. 5546)1980-10-13
    A bill to amend the United States Grain Standards Act to permit grain delivered to export elevators by any means of conveyance other than barge to be transferred into such export elevators without official weighing, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 101-624(S. 2830)1990-11-28
    Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
    House: 317–102Senate: 60–36
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-156(S. 1490)1993-11-24
    United States Grain Standards Act Amendments of 1993
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-354(H.R. 4217)1994-10-13
    Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reauthorization Act of 1994
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 106-472(H.R. 4788)2000-11-09
    Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-54(H.R. 2051)2015-09-30
    Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally