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H.R. 4550119th CongressAgriculture and Food
United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) · 1 active : 1 Democrat
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 263.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedSep 8, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govUnited States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes the U.S. Grain Standards Act (USGSA) through FY2030 and modifies authorities under the act.
Under the USGSA, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) establishes official marketing or quality standards for certain grains (e.g., corn, soybeans, and wheat), and the Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) conducts and supervises official grain inspections and weighing services. Most provisions of the act are permanently authorized; however, several expire on September 30, 2025.
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Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2030
FGIS's authority to collect fees for required federal supervision of inspections and weighing services;
the 30% cap on administrative and supervisory costs which may be incurred for services performed, with exceptions;
standardization and compliance activities and monitoring of foreign ports; and
the Grain Inspection Advisory Committee.
The costs associated with equipment and the development of technology are excluded from the current 30% cap for administrative and supervisory costs for services.
The bill also includes a technical change
that specifies fees are part of a
trust fund
, instead of the current
fund
.
Under the bill, USDA may inspect domestic non-export grain that is loaded or unloaded at an export port, as needed.
Further, USDA must prioritize the adoption of improved grain grading technology to provide for efficient, accurate, and consistent grading of grain.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agricultural practices and innovations
- Agricultural trade
- Congressional oversight
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Grain
- Product safety and quality
- State and local government operations
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Angie Craig (D-MN-2)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
