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Title 7 — Agriculture

Part A · Chapter 57 — Plant Variety Protection

§ 2329. Register of protected plant varieties

Statutory text

The Secretary shall maintain a register of descriptions of United States protected plant varieties.

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. Pub. L. 91–577 title I § 9 · 84 Stat. 1542

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2329

    Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 9, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1543

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 9, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1543

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 9. Register of Protected Plant Varieties. The Secretary shall maintain a register of published specifications of United States protected plant varieties and a file of such other scientific and technical information as may be necessary or practicable.

  2. Pub. L. 96–574 § 4 · 94 Stat. 3350

    1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2329

      Pub. L. 96–574 substituted “descriptions” for “published specifications”

    2. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2329

      Pub. L. 96–574 struck out provisions requiring maintenance of a file for other information

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–574 substituted “descriptions” for “published specifications”, and struck out provisions requiring maintenance of a file for other information.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. Section 9 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2329) is amended by (1) striking out “published specifications” and inserting in lieu thereof “descriptions” and (2) striking out “and a file of such other scientific and technical information as may be necessary or practicable”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–574 substituted “descriptions” for “published specifications”, and struck out provisions requiring maintenance of a file for other information.

Credits

1970–1980 · 2 acts
  1. 1970Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 9, , 84 Stat. 1543
  2. 1980Pub. L. 96–574, § 4, , 94 Stat. 3350.
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(Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 9, , 84 Stat. 1543; Pub. L. 96–574, § 4, , 94 Stat. 3350.)

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