,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ifha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ad1 #bjbf,mr4 
,mc,govern 7for himself and ,mr4 ,casar7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,leahy-,smith ,america ,invents ,act to 
limit intellectual property protection  
for plants1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,fair ,seeds for ,farmers ,act4    
#b4 ,limitation on intellectual property
 protection for plants ,the             
,leahy-,smith ,america ,invents ,act    
7#ce ,u4,s4,c4 #a note2 ,public ,law    
#aab-bi7 is amended--  7#a7 in section  
#cc1 by adding at the end of the section
 heading the following3 for human       
organisms2 and  7#b7 by inserting after 
such section the following 7and         
conforming the table of contents        
appropriately73  #cc;,a4 ,limitation on 
intellectual property protection for    
plants  7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding

 any other provision of law-- 7#a7 no   
protection may be provided under any    
,federal law with respect to a plant1   
plant variety1 or plant germplasm1      
except pursuant to a law described in   
subsection 7b72 and  7#b7 no contractual
 obligation or agreement that may be    
allowable under the laws described in   
subsection 7b7 that limits the use of a 
plant1 plant variety1 plant germplasm1  
or other biological material for        
research1 breeding1 experimentation1    
seed saving1 or propagation may be      
enforced4  7b7 ,laws described ,the laws
 described in this subsection are the   
following3  7#a7 ,the ,plant ,variety   
,protection ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bcba et 
seq474  7#b7 ,chapter #ae of title #ce1 
,united ,states ,code 7commonly known as
 the ,plant ,patent ,act of #aicj74  7c7
 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7    
,germplasm ,the term germplasm means    
plant material capable of propagation1  
including seeds1 pollen1 tubers1 or     
rootstock for use in breeding1          

conservation1 or research4  7#b7 ,plant 
variety ,the term plant variety means a 
plant grouping within a single botanical
 taxon of the lowest known rank that can
 be defined by the expression of the    
characteristics resulting from a given  
genotype or combination of genotypes1   
distinguished from any other plant      
grouping by the expression of at least  
one characteristic and considered as a  
unit with regard to the suitability of  
the plant grouping for being propagated 
unchanged4 ,a plant variety may be      
represented by seed1 transplants1       
plants1 tubers1 tissue culture          
plantlets1 and other matter4  7d7       
,effective date  7#a7 ,in general       
,subsection 7a7 shall apply to--  7,a7  
any application for a patent that is    
pending on1 or filed on or after1 the   
date of enactment of this section2 and  
7,b7 any contractual obligation or      
agreement entered into on or after the  
date of enactment of this section4  7#b7
 ,prior applications ,subsection 7a7    

shall not affect the validity of any    
patent issued on an application to which
 paragraph 7#a7 does not apply4  4