PUBLIC LAW 94-582—OCT. 21, 1976
90 STAT. 2877
" (1)(1) The Administrator shall, under such regulations as he may Fees, prescribe, charge and collect reasonable fees to cover the estimated costs to the Service incident to the performance of the functions provided for under this section except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection. The fees authorized by this paragraph shall, as nearly as practicable, cover the costs of the Service (outside of the Washington office) incident to performance of its functions related to weighing, including administrative and supervisory costs directly related thereto. Such fees shall be deposited into the fund created in Ante, p. 2870. section (7)(j) of this Act. "(2) Each agency to which authority has been delegated under this Fees. section and each agency or other person which has been designated to perform functions related to weighing under this section shall pay to the Administrator fees in such amount as the Administrator determines fair and reasonable and as will cover the costs incurred by the Service (outside of the Washington office) relating to direct supervision of the agency personnel and direct supervision by Service personnel of its field office personnel incurred as a result of the functions performed by such agencies, except costs incurred under section 7 (g)(3), 9, 10, and 14 of this Act. The fees shall be payable after the Ante, p. 2870, services are performed at such times as specified by the Administra- Post, pp. 2879, tor and shall be deposited in the fund created in section 7(j) of this 2884. Act. Failure to pay the fee within thirty daysi after it is due shall Termination result in automatic termination of the delegation or designation, which shall be reinstated upon payment, within such period as specified by the Administrator, of the fee currently due plus interest and any further expenses incurred by the Service because of such termination. TESTING o r
EQUIPMENT
"SEC. 7 B. (a) The Administrator shall provide for the testing of Regulations. all equipment used in the sampling, grading, inspection, and weighing 7 USC 79b. of grain located at all grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities at which official inspection or weighing services are provided under this Act, to be made on a random and periodic basis, but at least annually and under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe, as he deems necessary to assure the accuracy and integrity of such equipment. "(b) The Administrator is authorized to cause such testing provided Regulations, for in subsection (a) to be performed (1) by personnel employed by the Service, or (2) by States, political subdivisions thereof, or persons under the supervision of the Administrator, under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe. "(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall use any such equipment not approved by the Administrator.". LICENSES AND AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 10. Section 8 of the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 84), is amended to read as follows: 'LICENSES AND AUTHORIZATIONS
"SEC. 8. (a) The Administrator is authorized (1) to issue a license to any individual upon presentation to him of satisfactory evidence that such individual is competent, and is employed by an official agency or a State agency delegated authority under section 7 or 7A of this Act, to perform all or specified functions involved in original inspec-
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Ante, pp. 2870, 2875.
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