APPENDIX N 
congress 
1st Session 
S. 1217 
IN THE SENATE OE THE UNITED STATES 
April 1 (legislative day, February 21), 1977 
Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill ; which was read twice and referred 
to the Committee on Human Resources 
A BILL 
To regulate activities involving recombinant deoxju’ibonucleic 
acid. 
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 
2 tines of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
3 That this Act may be cited as the '‘Recombinant DNA Eegu- 
4 lation Act”. 
5 FINDINGS 
6 Sec. 2. The Congress finds that^ — 
7 (1) work with recombinant DNA will improve the 
8 understanding of basic biological processes and offers 
9 many potential benefits, 
10 (2) there exists, however, a possible risk that micro- 
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