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H.R. 5546 (96th)
A bill to amend the United States Grain Standards Act to permit grain delivered to export elevators by any means of conveyance other than barge to be transferred into such export elevators without official weighing, and for other purposes.
Introduced
11 October 1979
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Status
Public Law 96-437.
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14 January 2025
Summary
Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to exempt from official weighing requirements: (1) intracompany shipments of grain into an export elevator by any mode of transportation; (2) grain transferred into an export elevator by transportation modes other than barges if waived by mutual agreement between shipper and receiver; and (3) grain transferred out of an export elevator to destinations within the United States if similarly waived by mutual agreement between shipper and receiver. Defines "intracompany shipments" as including shipments of grain lots: (1) between facilities owned or controlled by the person owning the grain; or (2) from a facility owned by a grain-owning cooperative to an export facility which such cooperative jointly owns with other cooperatives.
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4 official files
Public Law (PDF)
Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 14 October 1980
Passed House amended
summary · EN · 18 August 1980
Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 21 July 1980
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 11 October 1979
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/5546
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/96/hr/5546