4. It was the general concensus of all attorneys present that, 
to the extent no statutory basis existed for regulating non-Federally 
funded recombinant DNA laboratory research, this could not be achieved 
by Executive Order of the President. 6 j 
5. There was a brief discussion of whether, if agency X could 
regulate one type of recombinant DNA research and agency Y could regulate 
another type, agency Y could delegate its authority to agency X so 
that there could be comprehensive regulation by one agency. No conclusion 
was reached as to whether such an arrangement was legally barred. However, 
the only instance of this which any attorney could recall took place in 
the context of a specific statutory provision allowing the agency (the 
Customs Service) to do so. 
i j Particularly insofar as the entity conducting the research received 
no Federal funds for other recombinant DNA research. 
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