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IN TEE HOUSE OE REPRESENTATIVES 
May 24. 1977 
Mr. Rogees introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- 
mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce 
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to regulate activities 
involving recombinant ENA and for other purposes. 
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Beyresenta- 
2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
3 SHORT TITLE 
4 Section 1 . This Act may be cited as the “Recombinant 
5 DNA Act’’. 
6 FINDINGS 
7 Sec. 2. The Congress finds that — 
8 { 1 ) research and other activities involving recom- 
9 binant DNA will improve the understanding of funda- 
10 mental biological processes ; 
11 (2) the knowledge gained from such research and 
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