INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON RECOMBINANT DNA RESEARCH 
Minutes of Meeting 
May 6, 1977 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, Maryland 
The seventh meeting of the Interagency Committee took place on May 6, 
from 9:00 to noon, at the National Institutes of Health. The meeting 
was chaired by Dr. Donald Fredrickson, Director of the NIH. 
Dr. Fredrickson's staff briefly reviewed the current state of Federal 
legislative proposals concerning recombinant DNA activities. Senator 
Kennedy introduced the Administration bill on April 1 and subsequent 
revisions were dated April 13, 23, and 27. Representative Rogers, 
Chairman of Health and the Environment Subcommittee, has introduced the 
Administration bill into the House. It is expected both Committees 
will report one bill by the end of May. 
Institutional Patent Agreements 
Also at this meeting. Dr. Fredrickson asked each of the representatives 
to brief the Committee regarding the nature of the patent agreements 
entered into by the member agencies. An analysis of the NIH Institu- 
tional Patent Agreement (IPA) had previously been distributed. 
The National Science Foundation representative explained that his agency 
currently has about 50 IPA's in force, and there are no plans to treat 
recombinant DNA-related inventions differently than others. 
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