§ 2330. Publications

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 § 10 · 84 Stat. 1542

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2330

   Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 10, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1543

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 10, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1543

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 10. Publications. (a) The Secretary may publish, or cause to be published, in such format as he shall determine to be suitable, the following: (1) The specifications for plant variety protection including drawings and photographs. (2) The Official Journal of the Plant Variety Protection Office, including annual indices. (3) Pamphlet copies of the plant variety protection laws and rules of practice and circulars or other publications relating to the business of the Office. (b) The Plant Variety Protection Office may print the heading of the drawings or photographs for protected plant varieties for the Ease of photolithography and may provide suitable copy for any lithoghaphy to appear on the same page. (c) The Secretary may (1) establish public facilities for the searching of plant variety protection records and materials, and (2) from time to time, as through an information service, disseminate to the public those portions of the technological and other public information available to or within the Plant Variety Protection Office to encourage innovation and promote the progress of the useful arts. (d) The Secretary may exchange any of the publications specified for publications desirable for the use of the Plant Variety Protection Office. The Secretary may exchange copies of specifications, drawings, and photographs of United States protected plant varieties for copies of specifications, drawings, and photographs of applications and protected plant varieties of foreign countries.

2. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–574 § 5 · 94 Stat. 3350

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2330(a)(1)

   Pub. L. 96–574, § 5, substituted provisions respecting descriptions for provisions respecting specifications

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 96–574, § 5, substituted provisions respecting descriptions for provisions respecting specifications.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. Section 10(a)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2330(a)(1)) is amended by striking out “specifications for plant variety protection” and inserting in lieu thereof “descriptions of plant varieties protected”.

3. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–574 · 94 Stat. 3350

   1. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2330(b)

      Pub. L. 96–574, §§ 6, 7, struck out subsec. (b) which related to photolithography and lithography

   2. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 2330(b)

      Pub. L. 96–574, §§ 6, 7, redesignated subsec. (c) as (b)

   3. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2330(b)

      Pub. L. 96–574, §§ 6, 7, substituted “plant breeding” for “the useful arts”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–574, §§ 6, 7, struck out subsec. (b) which related to photolithography and lithography, redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and substituted “plant breeding” for “the useful arts”.

4. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–574 · 94 Stat. 3350

   1. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 2330(c); 7 U.S.C. § 2330(d)

      Pub. L. 96–574, §§ 7, 8, redesignated subsec. (d) as (c)

   2. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 2330(c); 7 U.S.C. § 2330(d)

      Pub. L. 96–574, §§ 7, 8, substituted “descriptions” for “specifications” in two places. Former subsec. (c) redesignated (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 96–574, §§ 7, 8, redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and substituted “descriptions” for “specifications” in two places. Former subsec. (c) redesignated (b).

5. 1994

   Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994

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

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2330(a)

   Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the Secretary” for “he” before “shall” in introductory provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the Secretary” for “he” before “shall” in introductory provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Section 10(a) (7 U.S.C. 2330(a)) is amended by striking “he” and inserting “the Secretary”.

   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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