Title 7 — Agriculture
Part A · Chapter 57 — Plant Variety Protection
§ 2321. Establishment
Statutory text
There is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture an office to be known as the Plant Variety Protection Office, which shall have the functions set forth in this chapter.
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.
Pub. L. 91–577 title I § 1 · 84 Stat. 1542
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2321
Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 1, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1542
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 1, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1542Enacted provision · exact public law section
Section 1. Establishment. There is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture a bureau to be known as the Plant Variety Protection Office, which shall have the functions set forth in this Act.Pub. L. 96–574 § 1 · 94 Stat. 3350
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2321
Pub. L. 96–574 substituted “an office” for “a bureau”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 96–574 substituted “an office” for “a bureau”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1980—Pub. L. 96–574 substituted “an office” for “a bureau”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 141, , 84 Stat. 1558, provided that: “This Act [this chapter] shall take effect upon enactment []. Applications may be filed with the Secretary and held by him until the Office of Plant Variety Protection is organized and in operation”.
Short Title of 1994 Amendment
Pub. L. 103–349, § 1(a), , 108 Stat. 3136, provided that: “This Act [amending sections 2327, 2330, 2353, 2354, 2357, 2401, 2402, 2404, 2422, 2423, 2424, 2425, 2442, 2461, 2462, 2463, 2482, 2483, 2486, 2501, 2504, 2532, 2541, 2542, 2543, 2561, 2566, 2567, 2568, and 2570 of this title, repealing sections 2463, 2502 and 2503 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 2401 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994’.”
Short Title of 1992 Amendment
Pub. L. 102–560, § 1, , 106 Stat. 4230, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 2570 of this title and section 296 of Title 35, Patents, amending section 2541 of this title and section 271 of Title 35, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 2541 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Patent and Plant Variety Protection Remedy Clarification Act’.”
Short Title
Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 145, , 84 Stat. 1559, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter, section 1611 of this title, and sections 1545 and 2353 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, amending section 1562 of this title and sections 1338 and 1498 of Title 28, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section] may be cited as the ‘Plant Variety Protection Act’.”
Credits
1970–1980 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 1, , 84 Stat. 1542; Pub. L. 96–574, § 1, , 94 Stat. 3350.)