Amendment of Federal Seed Act.

Sec. 142. Amendment of Federal Seed Act. The Federal Seed Act (53 Stat. 1275) is amended as follows: (a) By adding at the end thereof: “TITLE V— SALE OF UNCERTIFIED SEED OF PROTECTED VARIETY “Section 501. “(a) It shall be unlawful in the United States or in interstate or foreign commerce to sell by variety name seed not certified by an official seed certifying agency when it is a variety for which a certificate of plant variety protection under the Plant Variety Protection Act specifies sale only as a class of certified seed: Provided, That seed from a certified lot may be labeled as to variety name when used in a mixture by, or with the approval of, the owner of the variety.” (b) By adding at the end or section 102 the following wording: “Seed of a variety for which a certificate of plant variety protection under the Plant Variety Protection Act specifies sale only as a class of certified seed shall be certified only when “(1) the basic seed from which the variety was produced was furnished by authority of the owner of the variety if the certification is made during the term of protection, and “(2) it conforms to the number of generations designated by the certificate, if the certificate contains such a designation.”.