§ 87g. Relation to State and local laws; separability

Statutory text

No State or subdivision thereof may require the inspection or description in accordance with any standards of kind, class, quality, condition, or other characteristics of grain as a condition of shipment, or sale, of such grain in interstate or foreign commerce, or require any license for, or impose any other restrictions upon the performance of any official inspection or weighing function under this chapter by official inspection personnel. Otherwise nothing in this chapter shall invalidate any law or other provision of any State or subdivision thereof in the absence of a conflict with this chapter.

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1916
Pub. L. 90–487 § 1 · 82 Stat. 761
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 87g
Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 18, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 769
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 18, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 769
1976
United States Grain Standards Act of 1976
Pub. L. 94–582 § 20 · 90 Stat. 2867
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 87g(a)
Pub. L. 94–582 substituted in first sentence “official inspection or weighing function” for “official inspection function”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted in first sentence “official inspection or weighing function” for “official inspection function”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 20. relation to state and local laws; separability of provisions Section 18 of the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 87g), is amended by striking out from the first sentence of subsection (a) the words “function under this Act by official inspection personnel” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “or weighing function under this Act by official inspection personnel”.
Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–582 effective 30 days after Oct. 21, 1976, see section 27 of Pub. L. 94–582, as amended, set out as a note under section 74 of this title.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–582 substituted in first sentence “official inspection or weighing function” for “official inspection function”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 94–582 effective 30 days after Oct. 21, 1976, see section 27 of Pub. L. 94–582, as amended, set out as a note under section 74 of this title.

Effective Date

For effective date of section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 90–487, set out as an Effective Date of 1968 Amendment note under section 78 of this title.

Credits

1916–1976 · 2 acts

1916Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 18, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 769
1976amended Pub. L. 94–582, § 20, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2886.

Show as published

(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 18, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 769; amended Pub. L. 94–582, § 20, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2886.)