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She said that withdrawal of funds has never been a particularly 
effective sanction. Dr. Canpbell said withdrawal of funds is 
indeed an effective sanction against universities. Ms. King 
responded that the sanction is so severe that there is enormous 
reluctance on the part of the government to use it. 
Dr. Novick said that the purpose of his motion was not so much 
to evaluate the effectiveness of voluntary conpliance but more 
to put the committee on record as affirming its motion that 
mandatory compliance is desirable. Dr. Young said that he would 
like to restate the position of the American Society for Micro- 
biology. He then read a letter of October 19, 1979, addressed 
to Dr. Fredrickson from the Committee on Genetic and Molecular 
Systemic Microbiology of the American Society for Microbiology 
Board for Public and Scientific Affairs (Attachment II). 
Dr. Goldstein suggested that the following wording be substituted 
for (3) in Dr. Krimsky's motion: 
"That the RAC recommends to the Secretary of HEW that 
Federal legislation rather than voluntary compliance 
is required for the regulation of non-Federally funded 
research in the area of recombinant DNA research." 
Dr. Krimsky accepted the proposed amendment. Dr. Young proposed 
an amendment that would delete the preamble which reads as follows: 
"Whereas a comp 1 iance program based exclusively on the good 
faith of such institutions, involving no sanctions, and no 
accountability for breaches in conpliance, is untenable in 
concept." 
Dr. Krimsky accepted the proposed amendment. The Krimsky motion 
as amended failed by a vote of five in favor, nine opposed, with 
four abstentions. Dr. Goldstein requested that his vote in 
favor be recorded. 
Dr. Novick moved 774/2 with the addition of item 3 of the previous 
motion as amended by Dr. Goldstein. Ms. King said the proposal 
is now inconsistent. Paragraph 1 of 774/2 states that it is desir- 
able to establish a uniform standard of conduct for the performance 
of experiments involving recombinant DNA techniques while the 
new added paragraph specifies the type of uniformity that is 
required. This motion was defeated by a vote of seven in favor, 
ten opposed, with two abstentions. Dr. Goldstein asked that his 
vote in favor of the motion be recorded. 
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