Dot u COXGRKSS 
1st Session 
S. 621 
IN TIIE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
February 4 ( legislative day, February 1), 1977 
Mr. Bumpers introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare 
A BILL 
To provide for guidelines and strict liability in the development 
of research related to recombinant DNA. 
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 
2 fives of the United States of America in Conyress assembled, 
3 That this Act may be cited as the “DNA Research Act of 
4 1977”. 
5 FINDINGS 
6 Sec. 2. The Congress finds that — 
7 (1) research related to recombinant DNA is of 
8 exceptional importance, with many potential benefits, 
9 but also with major uncertainties regarding its possible 
10 effects on human beings and other organisms ; 
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