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1 Act, and any variety for which an application is pending 



2 on the effective date of this Act, shall continue to be gov- 



3 erned by the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321 



4 et seq.), as in effect on the day before the effective date 



5 of this Act. 



6 (b) Applications Withdrawn and Refiled. — If 



7 a pending application is withdrawn and refiled after the 



8 effective date of this Act, eligibility for protection and the 



9 terms of protection shall be governed by the Plant Variety 



10 Protection Act, as amended by this Act. 



1 1 SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. 



12 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 



13 become effective 180 days after the date of enactment of 



14 this Act. 



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