Plant Protection Act

Plant Protection Act

Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–224 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	114 Stat. 438
Codification
Titles amended	7 U.S.C.: Agriculture
U.S.C. sections created	7 U.S.C. §§ 7701–7786
U.S.C. sections amended	7 U.S.C. ch. 104
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 2559 by Larry Combest (R–TX) on July 20, 1999 Committee consideration by House Committee on Agriculture Passed the House on September 29, 1999 (Voice vote) Passed the Senate on March 23, 2000 (95-5) Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on June 20, 2000
United States Supreme Court cases
Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, 561 U.S. 139 (2010).

The Plant Protection Act (PPA) (part of Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–224 (text) (PDF)) is a US statute relating to plant pests and noxious weeds introduced in 2000. It is currently codified at 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq. It consolidates related responsibilities that were previously spread over various legislative statutes, including the Plant Quarantine Act, the Federal Plant Pest Act and the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974.^[1]