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Title 7 — Agriculture

Part A · Chapter 103 — Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform

§ 7641. Patent Culture Collection fees

Statutory text

(1)

Retention

All funds collected by the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture in connection with the acceptance of microorganisms for deposit in, or the distribution of microorganisms from, the Patent Culture Collection maintained and operated by the Agricultural Research Service shall be credited to the appropriation supporting the maintenance and operation of the Patent Culture Collection.

(2)

Use

The collected funds shall be available to the Agricultural Research Service, without further appropriation or fiscal-year limitation, to carry out its responsibilities under law (including international treaties) with respect to the Patent Culture Collection.

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. Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998

    Pub. L. 105–185 title VI § 601(c) · 112 Stat. 523

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 7641

    (Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 601(c), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 585.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 601(c), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 585.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Patent Culture Collection Fees.— (1) Retention.— All funds collected by the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture in connection with the acceptance of microorganisms for deposit in, or the distribution of microorganisms from, the Patent Culture Collection maintained and operated by the Agricultural Research Service shall be credited to the appropriation supporting the maintenance and operation of the Patent Culture Collection. (2) Use.— The collected funds shall be available to the Agricultural Research Service, without further appropriation or fiscal-year limitation, to carry out its responsibilities under law (including international treaties) with respect to the Patent Culture Collection.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 601(c), , 112 Stat. 585.)

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