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 107 STAT. 1530 PUBLIC LAW 103-156—NOV. 24, 1993 "(4) The duties imposed by paragraph (2) on designated official agencies and State agencies described in such paragraph and the investment authority provided by paragraph (3) shall expire on September 30, 2000. After that date, the fees established by the Administrator pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not cover administrative and supervisory costs related to the official inspection of grain.". (b) WEIGHING AND SUPERVISORY FEES. — Section 7A(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 79a(l)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) The authority provided to the Administrator by paragraph (1) and the duties imposed by paragraph (2) on agencies and other persons described in such paragraph shall expire on September 30, 2000. After that date, the Administrator shall, under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe, charge and collect reasonable fees to cover the estimated costs of official weighing and supervision of weighing except when the official weighing or / supervision of weighing is performed by a designated official agency or by a State under a delegation of authority. The fees authorized by this paragraph shall, as nearly as practicable, cover the costs of the Service incident to its performance of official weighing and supervision of weighing services in the United States and on United States grain in Canadian ports, excluding administrative and supervisory costs. The fees authorized by this paragraph shall be deposited into a fund which shall be available without fiscal year limitation for the expenses of the Service incident to providing services under this Act.". (c) ADVISORY COMMITTEE. —Section 21 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 87j) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e) The authority provided to the Secretary for the establishment and maintenance of an advisory committee under this section shall expire on September 30, 2000.". SEC. 16. COMPREHENSIVE COST CONTAINMENT PLAN. Section 3A (7 U.S.C. 75a) is amended— (1) by striking "There is created" and inserting "(a) ESTABLISHMENT. —There is created"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(b) COST CONTAINMENT PLAN.— (1) The Administrator shall develop and carry out a comprehensive cost containment plan to streamline and maximize the efficiency of the operations of the Service, including standardization activities, in order to minimize taxpayer expenditures and user fees and encourage the msiximum use of official inspection and weighing services at domestic and export locations. Reports. "(2) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall submit a report that describes actions taken to carry out paragraph (1) to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on A^culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.". 7 USC 75 note. SEC. 16. EFFECTIVE DATES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments made by this Act shall take efTect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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