PUBLIC LAW 94-582—OCT. 21, 1976 PROHIBITED ACTS
SEC. 15. Section 13 of the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 87b), is amended as follows: (a) Subsection (a) is amended as.follows: (1) by striking out in paragraphs (1) and (2) thereof the word "inspection" wherever it appears and by striking out the word "Secretary" in paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Administrator"; (2) by amending paragraph (3) thereof to read as follows: "(3) knowingly cause or attempt (whether successfully or not) to cause the issuance of a false or incorrect official certificate or other official form by any means, including but not limited to deceptive loading, handling, weighing, or sampling of grain, or submitting grain for official inspection or official weighing or supervision of weighing knowing that it has been deceptively loaded, handled, weighed, or sampled, without disclosing such knowledge to the official inspection personnel before official sampling or official weighing or supervision of weighing;"; (3) by amending paragraph (5) thereof to read as follows: "(5) knowingly use any official grade designation or official mark on any container of grain by means of a tag, label, or otherwise, unless the grain in such container was officially inspected on the basis of an official sample taken while the grain was being loaded into or was in such container or officially weighed, respectively, and the grain was found to qualify for such desi^ation or mark;"; (4) by inserting in paragraphs (7) and (8) immediately after the word "personnel" the words "or personnel of agencies delegated authority or of agencies or other persons designated under this Act"; (5) by inserting in paragraphs (9) and (10) immediately after the words "official inspection" the words "or official weighing or supervision of weighing" and by inserting in paragraph (11) "7(f)(2),7A,7B(c),"after"soction5,6";and (6) by striking the word "or" at the end of paragraph (10) striking the period at the end of subsection (a) and inserting a semicolon in lieu thereof, and adding new paragraphs (12) and (13) as follows: "(12) knowingly engage in falsely stating or falsifying the weight of any grain shipped in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including, but not limited to, the use of inaccurate, faulty, or defective testing equipment; or "(13) knowingly prevent or impede any buyer or seller of grain or other person having a financial interest in the grain, or the authorized agent of any such person, from observing the loading of grain inspected under this Act and the w e i r i n g, sampling, and inspection of such grain under conditions prescribed by the Administrator.". (b) Subsection (b) is amended by inserting in paragraph (2) the words "or weighing" after the word inspection". PROTECTION OF SERVICE PERSONNEL
SEC. 16. Section 1114 of title 18 of the United States Code, as amended, is hereby amended by (a) striking the phrase "any employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture,"
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