of up to $5,000. The penalty for a willful violation 
would be a fine of up to $5,000, imprisonment for up to 
one year, or both. State/local governments would be able 
to impose their own requirements if they were at least as 
strict as the comparable Federal standards. 
H.R. 7418: 
This bill would require the Secretary of HEW to regulate 
recombinant DNA activities. The NIH Guidelines would serve 
as interim standards. A license for each facility, issued 
by the Secretary, would be mandatory. Local Biohazards 
Committees would be established to review each project and 
all license applications. A national advisory committee, 
with several operational mandates, would also be established. 
The penalty for a violation would be a fine of up to $50,000. 
The penalty for a willful violation would be a fine of up to 
$50,000, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. 
State/ local governments would be able to impose their own 
requirements if the requirement is necessary to protect 
health or the environment and is required by compelling 
local condition. 
H.R. 7897: 
(As reported by the Subcommittee on Health and the Environ- 
ment) . This bill would require the Secretary of HEW to 
regulate recombinant DNA activities. The NIH Guidelines 
would serve as the interim standards. A license for each 
facility, issued by the Secretary, would be mandatory. 
Local Biohazards Committees would be established to review 
each project and all license applications. The penalty 
for a violation would be a fine of up to $5,000. The 
penalty for a willful violation would be a fine of up to 
$50,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. 
A national advisory committee, with some operational func- 
tions, would be established. State/local governments would 
be able to impose their own requirements if the require- 
ments were necessary to protect the local health or the 
environment. A temporary, 2-year study commission would 
be established to make a report on recombinant DNA issues. 
S. 1217: 
(As reported by the Committee on Human Resources) . This 
bill would establish an 11-member, free-standing commission 
to regulate recombinant DNA activities. A license for each 
facility, issued by the Commission, would be mandatory. 
Institutional Biohazards Committees would be established 
to approve each project at a licensed facility. The penalty 
for a violation would be a fine of up to $10,000. State/ 
local governments would be able to impose their own require- 
ments if the requirements were stricter than the comparable 
Federal standards and were "material and relevant" to 
local health and environmental concerns. The Commission 
would, within two years, study and report on recombinant 
DNA issues. 
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