Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994

Summary

Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Plant Variety Protection Act to revise definitions and establish rules of construction concerning: (1) the sale and disposition of harvesting material, varieties, and hybrid seeds; (2) the filing of applications for the protection or entering of a variety in an official register; and (3) the basis of determining the distinctness of a variety or whether a variety is publicly known. Entitles breeders of sexually reproduced plant varieties (other than fungi or bacteria) (currently, other that fungi, bacteria, or first generation hybrids) who have reproduced a variety to plant variety protection if the variety is new, distinct, uniform, and stable. Provides that if two or more applicants for plant variety protection submit applications on the same filing date for indistinguishable varieties that fulfill the conditions for protection established by this Act, the applicant who first complies with this Act's requirements shall be entitled to protection to the exclusion of any other applicant. Issues a single protection certificate jointly to two or more applicants who comply with requirements on the same date for varieties that are indistinguishable. Lengthens the term of plant variety protection from 18 to 20 years from the date of issuance of the protection certificate (25 years for trees or vines). Adds the following activities to the list of actions which constitute infringement of an owner's right to plant variety protection if performed without an owner's authorization: (1) conditioning the variety for purposes of propagation; and (2) stocking the variety for any existing purpose which constitutes infringement. Permits owners to authorize the use of a variety subject to their own limitations. Provides that it shall not be an infringement of an owner's rights to perform any act: (1) concerning propagating material of a protected variety that has been marketed in the United States unless the act involves further propagation of the variety or involves an export into a country that does not protect such varieties of the plant genus or species (unless the export is for final consumption); or (2) done privately and for noncommercial purposes. Removes a provision that declares that it is not an infringement for a person whose primary farming occupation is the growing of crops for sale other than reproductive purposes to sell saved seed for reproductive purposes.

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Timeline

1. 6 August 1993

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 August 1993

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 August 1993

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 24 August 1993

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

   Source: Committee

5. 24 August 1993

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition.

   Source: Committee

6. 24 May 1994

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 27 July 1994

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

   Source: Committee

8. 27 July 1994

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

9. 3 August 1994

   Vote

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 8.

   Source: Committee

10. 3 August 1994

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

11. 12 August 1994

    Floor

    Laid on the table. See S. 1406 for further action.

    Source: Floor

12. 12 August 1994

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

13. 12 August 1994

    Passed

    On passage Passed without objection.

    Source: Floor

14. 12 August 1994

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.

    Source: Floor

15. 12 August 1994

    Floor

    Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8026-8031)

    Source: Floor

16. 12 August 1994

    Floor

    Mr. de la Garza asked unanimous consent discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and consider.

    Source: Floor

17. 12 August 1994

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 381.

    Source: Calendars

18. 12 August 1994

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 103-699.

    Source: Committee

19. 12 August 1994

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 103-699.

    Source: Committee

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Versions

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Sponsors

• Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Kopetski, Mike [D-OR-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Baker, Bill [R-CA-10] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Baesler, Scotty [D-KY-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Poshard, Glenn [D-IL-22] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lewis, Thomas F. [R-FL-12] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Grandy, Fred [R-IA-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Barlow, Tom [D-KY-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hoagland, Peter [D-NE-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Vucanovich, Barbara F. [R-NV-2] · R · Cosponsor
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