HR 3421
109th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Agricultural estimating and reporting
Agriculture in foreign trade
Authorization
Boundaries
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Exports
Federal advisory bodies
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Governmental investigations
Grain
To reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, to facilitate the official inspection at export port locations of grain required or authorized to be inspected under such Act, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 27, 2005
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jul 27, 2005
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 26, 2005
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Jul 25, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 25, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to extend: (1) authority for inspection, weighing, and supervisory fees, supervisory and administrative cost limitations, and the advisory committee; and (2) authorization of appropriations.
Authorizes with respect to export port locations of grain: (1) private entity performance of official inspection and weighing activities; and (2) use of more than one designated person or entity to perform such activities. (Makes certain geographic boundary provisions inapplicable to designated agencies at export port locations.)
What's happening now
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committees of jurisdiction
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