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§87f–2 Reporting Requirements

Title 7 › Chapter 3— GRAIN STANDARDS › § 87f–2

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send a report each year by December 1 to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees about how well the official grain inspection and weighing program worked in the previous fiscal year. The report must include any recommended changes to law needed to meet the goals in section 74. The Secretary must also tell those Committees within 30 days after finding reasonable cause that a foreign buyer’s complaint about a faulty grain delivery is valid, and within 30 days after receiving notice that an export contract for more than 100,000 metric tons was cancelled. Every December 1 the Secretary must also give a summary of other valid complaints from foreign buyers or prospective buyers and how those complaints were resolved. No later than one year after December 11, 2020, the Secretary must publish quarterly reports with aggregate test and inspection data for intrinsic quality (for example, protein, oil, starch) and food safety for fiscal years 2014 through 2018, using the tables in section V of the 2016–2018 Federal Grain Inspection Service reports. The data must show whether the testing was done by the Secretary or by a delegated State or official agency. Quarterly reports must also list how many exceptions and waivers were requested and granted under sections 79(f)(2)(B) and 77(a)(1). The Secretary may publish other inspection or testing data after consulting with State and official agencies and grain industry groups. Trade secrets or other confidential business information covered by 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) must not be included in or released with these reports.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §87f–2

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(a)On December 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate regarding the effectiveness of the official inspection and weighing system under this chapter for the prior fiscal year, with recommendations for any legislative changes necessary to accomplish the objectives stated in section 74 of this title.
(b)The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate (1) of any complaint regarding faulty grain delivery made to the Department of Agriculture by a foreign purchaser of United States grain, within thirty days after a determination by the Secretary that there is reasonable cause to believe that the grain delivery was in fact faulty, and (2) notwithstanding the provisions of section 612c–3 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, within thirty days after receipt by the Secretary or the Secretary 22 So in original. The words “or the Secretary” probably should not appear. of notice of the cancellation of any contract for the export of more than one hundred thousand metric tons of grain.
(c)On December 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a summary of all other complaints received by the Department of Agriculture during the prior fiscal year from foreign purchasers and prospective purchasers of United States grain and other foreign purchasers interested in the trade of grain, and the resolution thereof: Provided, That the summary shall not include a complaint unless reasonable cause exists to believe that the complaint is valid, as determined by the Secretary.
(d)(1)(A)Beginning not later than 1 year after December 11, 2020, the Secretary shall publish quarterly reports describing data from the tests and inspections for intrinsic quality factors (including protein, oil, and starch) and food safety factors, as reported, in the aggregate, for fiscal years 2014 through 2018 in the tables in section V (relating to providing official grain inspection and weighing services) of the 2016 through 2018 annual reports to Congress by the Federal Grain Inspection Service.
(B)The data from the tests and inspections under subparagraph (A) shall be delineated to reflect whether the tests and inspections were requested of or performed by—
(i)the Secretary; or
(ii)a State agency delegated authority under section 79 or 79a of this title or an official agency.
(2)Beginning not later than 1 year after December 11, 2020, the Secretary shall publish quarterly reports describing—
(A)the number of exceptions requested under section 79(f)(2)(B) of this title;
(B)the number of exceptions granted under section 79(f)(2)(B) of this title;
(C)the number of waivers requested under section 77(a)(1) of this title; and
(D)the number of waivers granted under section 77(a)(1) of this title.
(e)The Secretary may, to the extent determined appropriate by the Secretary, in consultation with State agencies delegated authority under section 79 and 79a of this title, official agencies, and the grain industries described in the second sentence of section 87j(a) of this title, publish—
(1)data relating to testing for other intrinsic quality or food safety factors; and
(2)other data collected from inspection and weighing activities conducted under this chapter.
(f)Any trade secrets or information described in section 552(b)(4) of title 5 that is provided to or collected by the Secretary in carrying out subsection (d) or (e) shall not be included in a report under subsection (d) or (e) or otherwise publicly disclosed.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 612c–3 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1578, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3702.

Amendments

2020—Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 116–216 added subsecs. (d) to (f). 1994—Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” wherever appearing. 1991—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “On December 1 of each year, the” for “The” and “Committee on Agriculture” for “committee on Agriculture” before “of the House” and struck out “one year after the

Effective Date

of the United States Grain Standards Act of 1976 setting forth the actions taken by him in implementing the provisions of that Act; and, on December 1 of each year thereafter, the Administrator shall report to such committees” before “regarding”. 1977—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–113, § 1606(i), (j), substituted “Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry” for “Committee on Agriculture and Forestry” and “inspection and weighing” for “inspection”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–113, §§ 1604(m), 1606(i), substituted “Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry” for “Committee on Agriculture and Forestry” in provisions preceding cl. (1) and, in cl. (2) substituted “notwithstanding the provisions of section 612c–3 of this title, within thirty days after receipt by the Administrator or the Secretary of notice of the cancellation” for “within thirty days after receipt by the Administrator or the Secretary of the cancellation”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–113, § 1606(i), substituted “Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry” for “Committee on Agriculture and Forestry”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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

Section 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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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 87f–2

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60