[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 94 (Monday, May 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 29730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10450]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Document Number AMS-AMS-22-0025]


Competition and the Intellectual Property System: Seeds and Other 
Agricultural Inputs

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is providing an 
additional 30 days for comments and information from the public to 
assist AMS in preparing the report required by the Executive Order 
titled ``Promoting Competition in the American Economy,'' which creates 
a White House Competition Council and directs Federal agency actions to 
enhance fairness and competition across America's economy. Among other 
things, the Executive Order directs the Secretary of Agriculture to 
prepare a report on concerns and strategies for ensuring that the 
intellectual property (IP) system, while incentivizing innovation, does 
not also unnecessarily reduce competition in seed and other input 
markets.

DATES: The comment period for the notice originally published on March 
17, 2022, at 87 FR 15198, is extended. Comments must be submitted on or 
before June 15, 2022.

ADDRESSES: All written comments in response to this notice should be 
posted online at https://www.regulations.gov. Comments received will be 
posted without change, including any personal information provided. All 
comments should reference the docket number AMS-AMS-22-0025, the date 
of submission, and the page number of this issue of the Federal 
Register. Comments may also be sent to Jaina Nian, Agricultural 
Marketing Service, USDA, Room 2055-S, STOP 0201, 1400 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0201. Comments will be made available 
for public inspection at the above address during regular business 
hours or via the at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaina Nian, Agricultural Marketing 
Service, at (202) 378-2541; or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an 
Executive Order titled ``Promoting Competition in the American 
Economy,'' which creates a White House Competition Council and directs 
Federal agency actions to enhance fairness and competition across 
America's economy. Among other things, the Executive Order directs the 
Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to prepare a report on 
concerns and strategies for ensuring that the intellectual property 
(IP) system, while incentivizing innovation, does not also 
unnecessarily reduce competition in seed and other input markets.
    A notice, published in the Federal Register on March 17, 2022 (87 
FR 15198), requested comments and information from the public to assist 
AMS in preparing the report required by the Executive Order and 
advancing policy steps on seeds and other inputs identified in and 
developed by the report. This notice established a 60-day comment 
period, ending May 16, 2022. As the comment period overlapped a 
critical time for agricultural producers to plant crops and for 
academics to conclude semesters, AMS is extending the public comment 
period for an additional 30 days to encourage additional public 
comment.

Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-10450 Filed 5-13-22; 8:45 am]
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