COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 23

A BILL TO AMEND THE PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION ACT (7
U.S.C. 2321 ET SEQ.) TO CLARIFY ITS PROVISIONS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES,

S. 1580

A BILL TO AMEND THE PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION ACT TO
CLARIFY ITS PROVISIONS,

AND

S. 2820

A BILL TO AMEND THE PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION ACT TO
CLARIFY ITS PROVISIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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1980d

CONTENTS

Stewart, Hon. Donald W., a U.S. Senator from Alabama, opening statement ....
Legislation under consideration:

Schlei, Barbara, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture; accompanied by Bernard Leese, Commissioner, Plant

Variety Protection Office, and Dr. Quentin Jones, Science and Education

Administration

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Loden, Harold E., executive vice president, American Seed Trade Association

and the National Council of Commercial Plant Breeders...

Fowler, Cary, National Sharecroppers Fund, Charlotte, N.C

Caldwell, Dr. Billy, Department of Crop Sciences, North Carolina State Uni-

versity, Raleigh, N.C.....

Lewis, Dr. Charles F., Bryan, Tex......

Anderson, Katherine, director, botanical gardens project, Gardens for All,

Burlington, Vt...........

Doyle, Jack, Washington representative, Environmental Policy Center.

Dunner, Donald, president, and Sidney Williams, chairman, Committee on

Plant Variety Protection, American Patent Law Association, Arlington, Va.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1980

Lewis, Dr. Charles F., Bryan, Tex........

Doyle, Jack, Washington representative, Environmental Policy Center.
Anderson, Katharine, director, botanical gardens project, Gardens for All,
Burlington, Vt........

McCurry, Dan, Consumers Federation of America.

Nelson, Ginger, National Center for Appropriate Technology

APPENDIX

Schlei, Barbara Lindemann, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, statement

Jones, Dr. Quentin, Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department

of Agriculture, statement..

Loden, Harold D., executive vice president, American Seed Trade Association,

and executive vice president, National Council of Commercial Plant Breed-

ers:

Statement..

Letter dated July 31, 1980, to Senator Stewart from Mr. Loden

Letter dated August 20, 1980, to Senator Stewart from Mr. Loden, with

enclosures......

"Plant Genetic Resources-Conservation and Use"-Booklet prepared by
National Plant Genetic Resources Board, reprint of...

Fowler, Cary, National Sharecroppers Fund, statement......