94 STAT. 3350
PUBLIC LAW 96-574—DEC. 22, 1980
Public Law 96-574 96th Congress An Act Dec. 22, 1980 [H.R. 999] Plant Variety Protection Act, amendment. Repeal.
To amend the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) to clarify its provisions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321) is amended by striking out "a bureau" and inserting in lieu thereof "an office". SEC. 2. Section 5 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2325) is repealed. SEC. 3. Section 8 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2328) is amended by striking out "officers" and inserting in lieu thereof "examiners". 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". 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". SEC. 6. Section 10(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 23300))) is repealed. SEC. 7. Section 10(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2330(c)), is redesignated as section lOOt)) and is amended by striking out "the useful arts" and inserting in lieu thereof "plant breeding". SEC. 8. Section 10(d) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2330(d)) is redesignated as section 10(c) and is amended by striking out "specifications" from the second sentence each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "descriptions". SEC. 9. Section 11 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2331) is amended by striking out "specifications" and inserting in lieu thereof "descriptions'. SEC. 10. Section 31 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2371) is amended by striking out all after the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Such fees shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.". SEC. 11. Section 52(3) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2422(3)) is amended by striking out the last sentence. SEC. 12. Section 56 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2426) is amended by changing the period at the end of the second sentence to a comma and adding immediately thereafter the following: "the name of the applicant, and whether the applicant specified that the variety is to be sold by variety name only as a class of certified seed.". SEC. 13. Section 57 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2427) is amended by inserting "information regarding" immediately after "for the publication of'. SEC. 14. Section 83(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2483) is amended by striking out "seventeen years" in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "eighteen years". SEC. 15. Section 84 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2484) is amended to read as follows:
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