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title: "7 U.S.C. § 2328"
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title_number: 7
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# 7 U.S.C. § 2328 - Library

## Text

The Secretary shall maintain a library of scientific and other works and periodicals, both foreign and domestic, in the Plant Variety Protection Office to aid the examiners in the discharge of their duties.

(Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 8, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1543; Pub. L. 96–574, § 3, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1980—Pub. L. 96–574 substituted “examiners” for “officers”.