§ 2327. Plant Variety Protection Board

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.

1. 1970

   Pub. L. 91–577 title I § 7 · 84 Stat. 1542

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2327

   Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 7, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1543

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 7, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1543

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 7. Plant Variety Protection Board. (a) Appointment.— The Secretary shall appoint a Plant Variety Protection Board. The Board shall consist of individuals who are experts in various areas of varietal development covered by this Act. Membership of the Board shall include farmer representation and shall be drawn approximately equally from the private or seed industry sector and from the sector of government of the public. The Secretary or his designee shall act as chairman of the Board without voting rights except in the case of ties. (b) Functions of Board.— The functions of the Plant Variety Protection Board shall include: (1) Advising the Secretary concerning the adoption of Rules and Regulations to facilitate the proper administration of this Act; (2) Making advisory decisions on all appeals from the examiner. The Board shall determine whether to act as a full Board or by panels it. selects; and whether to review advisory decisions made by a panel. For service on such appeals, the Board may select, as temporary members, experts in the area to which the particular appeal relates; and (3) Advising the Secretary on all questions under section 44. (c) Compensation of Board.— The members of the Plant Variety Protection Board shall serve without compensation except for standard government reimbursable expenses.

2. 1994

   Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–349 § 13(a) · 108 Stat. 3136

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2327(a)

   Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the designee of the Secretary shall act as chairperson” for “his designee shall act as chairman” in last sentence

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the designee of the Secretary shall act as chairperson” for “his designee shall act as chairman” in last sentence.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) The last sentence of section 7(a) (7 U.S.C. 2327(a)) is amended by striking “his designee shall act as chairman” and inserting “the designee of the Secretary shall act as chairperson”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 103–349 effective 180 days after Oct. 6, 1994, see section 15 of Pub. L. 103–349, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.

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