114 STAT. 2058 PUBLIC LAW 106-472—NOV. 9, 2000 Nov. 9, 2000 [H.R. 4788] Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000. 7 USC 71 note. Public Law 106-472 106th Congress An Act To amend the United States Grain Standards Act to extend the authority of the Secretary of Agricultiu-e to collect fees to cover the cost of services performed under that Act, extend the authorization of appropriations for that Act, and improve the administration of that Act, to reenact the United States Warehouse Act to require the licensing and inspection of warehouses used to store agricultural products and provide for the issuance of receipts, including electronic receipts, for agricultural products stored or handled in licensed warehouses, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE.—T his Act may be cited as the "Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—GRAIN STANDARDS Sec. 101. Sampling for export grain. Sec. 102. Geographic boundaries for official agencies. Sec. 103. Authorization to collect fees. Sec. 104. Testing of equipment. Sec. 105. Limitation on administrative and supervisory costs. Sec. 106. Licenses and authorizations. Sec. 107. Grain additives. Sec. 108. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 109. Advisory committee. Sec. 110. Conforming amendments. Sec. 111. Special effective date for certain expired provisions. TITLE II—WAREHOUSES Sec. 201. Storage of agricultural products in warehouses. Sec. 202. Regulations. TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 301. Energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities efficiency grants and loans in rural communities with extremely high energy costs. Sec. 302. Carry forward adjustment. Sec. 303. Fees and penalties for mediation and arbitration of disputes involving agric\iltural products moving in foreign commerce under multinational entities. Sec. 304. Community facilities grant program for rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe economic depression. Sec. 305. Community facilities grant program for rural communities with high levels of out-migration or loss of population. Sec. 306. State agricultural mediation programs. Sec. 307. Adjustments to nutrition programs.
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