S. 1217: 
(Amendment #754: an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute for S. 1217). 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 willful violation would 
be a fine of up to $2,000. A national advisory committee 
would be established. Other Federal agencies would need 
the permission of the Secretary before promulgating any 
regulation in this area. State/local governments would 
be able to impose their own requirements only if the 
Secretary granted such permission and if the requirement 
were stricter than the comparable Federal standard, were 
necessary to protect health or the environment, and were 
required by compelling local conditions. 
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