APPENDIX J 
INTERIM REPORT OF THE 
FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON RECOMBINANT DNA RESEARCH: 
SUGGESTED ELEMENTS FOR LEGISLATION 
Submitted to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 
March 15, 1977 
Contents 
Chapter Page 
I. Introduction J — 2 
II. Development of the NIH Guidelines on Recombinant 
DNA Research J — 3 
III. Federal Interagency Committee on Recombinant DNA 
Research J — 4 
IV. Subcommittee Review of Existing Legislation J — 7 
V. Suggested Elements for Legislation J — 11 
VI. Suggested Elements for Legislation: Committee Analysis J — 16 
VII. Future Agenda J — 21 
APPENDICES [NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS EIS] 
I. Interagency Committee on Recombinant DNA Research 
II. Subcommittee of the Interagency Committee on Recombinant 
DNA Research 
III. Regulation of Recombinant DNA Research in Laboratories 
IV. Petition: Environmental Defense Fund and Natural 
Resources Defense Council 
Appendix J — 1 
