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owner in the United States, unless the act involves further
propagation of the variety or involves an export of material
of the variety, that enables the propagation of the variety,
into a country that does not protect varieties of the plant
genus or species to which the variety belongs, unless the ex-
ported material is for final consumption purposes.
‘‘(e) It shall not be an infringement of the rights of
the owner of a variety to perform any act done privately
and for noncommercial purposes.’’.
SEC. 10. RIGHT TO SAVE SEED; CROP EXEMPTION.
The first sentence of section 113 (7 U.S.C. 2543) is
amended by striking ‘‘section: Provided, That’’ and all that
follows through the period and inserting ‘‘section.’’.
SEC. 11. LIMITATION OF DAMAGES; MARKING AND NOTICE.
Section 127 (7 U.S.C. 2567) is amended by striking
‘‘novel’’ each place it appears.
SEC. 12. OBLIGATION TO USE VARIETY NAME.
Section 128(a) (7 U.S.C. 2568(a)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or tubers or parts of tubers’’
after ‘‘plant material’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(4) Failure to use the name of a variety for
which a certificate of protection has been issued under
this Act, even after the expiration of the certificate,
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except that lawn, turf, or forage grass seed, or alfalfa
or clover seed may be sold without a variety name
unless use of the name of a variety for which a certifi-
cate of protection has been issued under this Act is re-
quired under State law.’’.
SEC. 13. ELIMINATION OF GENDER-BASED REFERENCES.
(a) The last sentence of section 7(a) (7 U.S.C. 2327(a))
is amended by striking ‘‘his designee shall act as chairman’’
and inserting ‘‘the designee of the Secretary shall act as
chairperson’’.
(b) Section 10(a) (7 U.S.C. 2330(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’.
(c) Section 23 (7 U.S.C. 2353) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘he’’ and
inserting ‘‘the officer’’; and
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘he’’ and
inserting ‘‘the person’’.
(d) Section 24 (7 U.S.C. 2354) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by
striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the witness’’; and
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘his fees and traveling ex-
penses’’ and inserting ‘‘the fees and traveling ex-
penses of the witness’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the
witness’’.
(e) The last sentence of section 27 (7 U.S.C. 2357) is
amended by striking ‘‘he’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘the person’’.
(f) The first sentence of section 44 (7 U.S.C. 2404) is
amended by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’.
(g) Section 53 (7 U.S.C. 2423) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘one (or his
successor)’’ and inserting ‘‘one person person (or the
successor of the person)’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘he’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Secretary’’.
(h) Section 54 (7 U.S.C. 2424) is amended by striking
‘‘his successor in interest’’ and insert ‘‘the successor in in-
terest of the breeder’’.
(i) Section 55 (7 U.S.C. 2425) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2) (as redesignated by sec-
tion 5(1)), by striking ‘‘his application’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the application filed in the United States’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘his predecessor
in title’’ and inserting ‘‘the predecessor in title of the
person’’.
(j) The first sentence of section 62(b) (7 U.S.C.
2442(b)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘an appli-
cant’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘an applicant shall’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the applicant shall’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary’’.
(k) The second sentence of section 72 (7 U.S.C. 2462)
is amended by striking ‘‘his variety as specified in his ap-
plication’’ and inserting ‘‘the variety as specified in the ap-
plication’’.
(l) Section 82 (7 U.S.C. 2482) is amended by striking
‘‘his signature’’ and inserting ‘‘the signature of the Sec-
retary’’.
(m) Section 83 (7 U.S.C. 2483) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) (as amended by section
7(1)(A))—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(or his
successor in interest) his heirs and assignees’’
and inserting ‘‘(or the successor in interest of the
breeder)’’; and
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘his dis-
cretion’’ and inserting ‘‘the discretion of the Sec-
retary’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘he’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the last owner’’.