7 USC § 2331 - Copies for public libraries

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2331"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 2331 - Copies for public libraries"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2331"
section_name: "Copies for public libraries"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION OFFICE"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Organization and Publications"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 11, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1544; Pub. L. 96–574, § 9, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350.)"
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# § 2331. Copies for public libraries

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.

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

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980— substituted “descriptions” for “specifications”.