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7 U.S.C. 75: Definitions
Created in 1968 by Public Law 90-487. Changed by 6 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 49 U.S.C. 10709, 49 U.S.C. 11101.
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
1994
- Pub. L. 103–354 substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" wherever appearing in subsecs. (i) to (k), (m), (n), (u) to (w), and (y), redesignated subsec. (bb) as (z), and struck out former subsecs. (z) and (aa) which read as follows:
1993
- Pub. L. 103–156, §12(a), which directed amendment of "Section 3", without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was executed to this section, which is section 3 of the United States Grain Standards Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
- Pub. L. 103–156, §12(a)(1), substituted "delegates of the Secretary" for "his delegates". · (a)
- Pub. L. 103–156, §12(a)(2), substituted "delegates of the Administrator" for "his delegates". · (z)
1991
- Pub. L. 102–237 substituted "the" for "The" before "term". · (i), (j), (k)
1980
- Pub. L. 96–437 added subsec. (bb). · (bb)
1977
- Pub. L. 95–113, §1604(a)(1), substituted "sorghum" for "grain sorghum". · (g)
- Pub. L. 95–113, §1606(a), struck out reference to the determination of the quantity of sacks of grain upon the request of the interested party applying for inspection. · (i)
- Pub. L. 95–113, §1604(a)(2), substituted "or subsection (c) of section 79a of this title for the conduct of official weighing or supervision of weighing (other than appeal weighing)" for "or subsection (b) of section 79a of this title for the conduct of supervision of weighing". · (m)
- Pub. L. 95–113, §1604(a)(3), substituted "under standards provided for in this chapter" for "under standards provided in this chapter". · (x)
- Pub. L. 95–113, §1604(a)(4), substituted "such supervision by official inspection personnel of the grain-weighing process as is determined by the Administrator to be adequate to reasonably assure the integrity and accuracy of the weighing and of certificates which set forth the weight … · (y)
1976
- Pub. L. 94–582, §3(a), substituted "Administrator" for "Secretary", and expanded definition of "official inspection" to include determination "(by original inspection, and when requested, reinspection and appeal inspection)" and determination and certification of the condition of vesse… · (i)
- Pub. L. 94–582, §3(b), in redefining "official inspection personnel", substituted provision declaring term to mean "persons licensed or otherwise authorized by the Administrator pursuant to section 84 of this title to perform all or specified functions involved in official inspection, … · (j)
- Pub. L. 94–582, §3(c), substituted "Administrator" for "Secretary" and "official inspection or official weighing" for "an official inspection". · (k)
- Pub. L. 94–582, §3(d), substituted "standards relating to kind, class, quality, and condition of grain," for "standards". · (l)
- Pub. L. 94–582, §3(e), substituted definition of "official agency" meaning "any State or local governmental agency, or any person, designated by the Administrator pursuant to subsection (f) of section 79 of this title for the conduct of official inspection (other than appeal inspection… · (m)
- Pub. L. 94–582, §3(f), substituted "Administrator" for "Secretary". · (n)
- Pub. L. 94–582, §3(g), included within term defined and its definition the concept of "weighing" and substituted "Administrator" for "Secretary". · (u)
- Pub. L. 94–582, §3(h), added subsecs. (v) to (aa). · (v)
1968
- Pub. L. 90–487 substituted provisions defining terms used in the chapter for provisions that the standards fixed and established by the Secretary of Agriculture be known as the official grain standards of the United States.
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.