Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§87h Funding
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - GRAIN STANDARDS › § 87h
Summary
Authorizes $23,000,000 to be appropriated each year for fiscal years 2021 through 2025. That money is for keeping grain inspection and weighing programs working the same way, for checking grain in foreign ports that was officially inspected and weighed, and for other needed costs to run the program. If fees and sales of samples under sections 79, 79a, 79b, 87e, and 87f–1 pay these costs, the appropriation is not used. Official inspection or weighing service — official inspections, weighings, supervision, testing, registration, and related services the Secretary covers. User fee — a fee the Secretary collects under sections 79, 79a, 79b, 87e, or 87f–1. User fees must only pay the Secretary’s costs for those inspection or weighing services and the administrative costs directly tied to them. User fees cannot pay for developing or keeping grain standards or for other activities not directly related to those services.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §87h
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(a)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 2025,11 See Application of Section note below. to the extent that financing is not obtained from fees and sales of samples as provided for in section 79, 79a, 79b, 87e, and 87f–1 of this title.
(b)(1)In this subsection:
(A)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)The term “user fee” means a fee collected by the Secretary under section 79, 79a, 79b, 87e, or 87f–1 of this title.
(2)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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2020—Pub. L. 116–216, § 6(1), substituted “Funding” for “Appropriations” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–216, § 6(1), (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”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–216, § 6(3), added subsec. (b). 2015—Pub. L. 114–54 substituted “2020” for “2015”. 2005—Pub. L. 109–83 substituted “2015” for “2005”. 2000—Pub. L. 106–472 substituted “2005” for “2000”. 1993—Pub. L. 103–156 substituted “1988 through 2000” for “during the period beginning
October 1, 1988, and ending
September 30, 1993” and inserted references to section 79b and 87e of this title. 1988—Pub. L. 100–518 amended section generally, substituting “1988” for “1981” and “1993” for “1984”. 1984—Pub. L. 98–469 temporarily substituted “
September 30, 1988” for “
September 30, 1984”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1984 Amendment note below. 1981—Pub. L. 97–35 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 Oct. 1, 1981, and ending Sept. 30, 1984. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1981 Amendment note below. 1977—Pub. L. 95–113 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 Pub. L. 94–582 under which this section had inadvertently been renumbered from section 19 of the United States Grain Standards Act to section 21 thereof. 1976—Pub. L. 94–582 enumerated specific items for which appropriations are authorized and provided for financing obtained from fees and sales of samples as provided in section 79a and 87f–1 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2000 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 106–472 effective as if enacted Sept. 30, 2000, see section 111 of Pub. L. 106–472, set out as a note under section 79 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1993 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–156 effective as of Sept. 30, 1993, see section 16(b) of Pub. L. 103–156, set out as a note under section 75 of this title. Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 AmendmentThat part of section 2 of Pub. L. 100–518 which provided that amendment made by Pub. L. 100–518 was effective for the period Oct. 1, 1988, through Sept. 30, 1993, inclusive, was repealed, effective Sept. 30, 1993, by Pub. L. 103–156, §§ 13(a), 16(b), Nov. 24, 1993, 107 Stat. 1529, 1530. Effective and Termination Dates of 1984 Amendment Pub. L. 98–469, § 2, Oct. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1831, provided that the amendment made by Pub. L. 98–469 is effective for period beginning Oct. 11, 1984, and ending Sept. 30, 1988. Effective and Termination Dates of 1981 Amendment Pub. L. 97–35, title I, § 155, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 371, as amended by Pub. L. 98–469, § 1, Oct. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1831, provided that the amendment made by Pub. L. 97–35 is effective for period beginning Oct. 1, 1981, and ending Sept. 30, 1988.
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 Date
of 1976 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 94–582 effective 30 days after Oct. 21, 1976, see section 27 of Pub. L. 94–582, as amended, set out as a note under section 74 of this title.
Effective Date
For
Effective Date
of section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 90–487, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1968 Amendment note under section 78 of this title. Application of SectionSubsec. (a) of this section to be applied by substituting “2026” for “2025”, see section 5001(b) of Pub. L. 119–37, set out as a note under section 79d of this title.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 87h
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73