A bill to amend the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C., 2321 et. seq.) to clarify its provisions, and for other purposes.

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Status In Committee
Sponsor Frank Church
Citation 96-S-23
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Introduced Jan 15th, 1979
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Last Action Jan 15th, 1979
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Amends the Plant Variety Protection Act: (1) to make numerous technical amendments; (2) repeal the bonding requirement for designated employees of the Plant Variety Protection Office; (3) extend the term of plant variety protection from 17 to 18 years; (4) authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to issue corrected certificates of plant variety protection instead of (the current) mere certificates of correction; and (5) allow application of its provisions to the seeds, plants or transplants of okra, celery, peppers, tomatoes, carrots and cucumbers, which are currently excluded from the protection of the Act.

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