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Title 7 — Agriculture

Part A · Chapter 57 — Plant Variety Protection

§ 2331. Copies for public libraries

Statutory text

The Secretary may supply printed copies of descriptions, drawings, and photographs of protected plant varieties to public libraries in the United States which shall maintain such copies for the use of the public.

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 § 11 · 84 Stat. 1542

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2331

    Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 11, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1544

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 11, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1544

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 11. Copies for Public Libraries. The Secretary may supply printed copies of specifications, drawings, and photographs of protected plant varieties to public libraries in the United States which shall maintain such copies for the use of the public.

  2. Pub. L. 96–574 § 9 · 94 Stat. 3350

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2331

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

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–574 substituted “descriptions” for “specifications”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 9. Section 11 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2331) is amended by striking out “specifications” and inserting in lieu thereof “descriptions”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–574 substituted “descriptions” for “specifications”.

Credits

1970–1980 · 2 acts
  1. 1970Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 11, , 84 Stat. 1544
  2. 1980Pub. L. 96–574, § 9, , 94 Stat. 3350.
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(Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 11, , 84 Stat. 1544; Pub. L. 96–574, § 9, , 94 Stat. 3350.)

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