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title: "7 U.S.C. § 2331"
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title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION"
section: "2331"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 2331 - Copies for public libraries

## 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.

(Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 11, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1544; Pub. L. 96–574, § 9, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1980—Pub. L. 96–574 substituted “descriptions” for “specifications”.