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1 organisms containing recombinant DNA may cause 
2 disease or alter the environment, 
3 (3) micro-organisms containing recombinant DAA 
4 could spread tlirougliout the United States and to other 
5 countries, adversely affecting human health, the environ- 
6 ment, industry, and agriculture, 
7 (4) the only effective way to minimize the risk to 
8 health, the environment, industry, and agriculture is 
9 by regulating activities involving recombinant DAA, 
10 whether or not those activities are in interstate com- 
11 mcrce, and therefore 
12 (5) all activities involving recombinant DNA either 
13 affect or are in interstate commerce. 
14 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 
15 Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no 
16 person may possess or engage in the production of recom- 
17 binant DNA unless — 
18 ( 1 ) the production or possession complies with the 
19 standards promulgated under section 4, 
20 (2) the production or possession occurs in a facility 
21 licensed under section 5, or the possession occurs while 
22 transporting recombinant UNA from one such facility 
23 to another, and 
24 (3) the production or possession occurs as part of 
25 a project that has been registered under section 6. 
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