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type of facilities which may be within the jurisdiction of a 
single local biohazards committee. 
“(b) Each local biohazards committee (hereinafter in 
this section referred to as a 'committee’) shall be established 
and operate in the manner prescribed by this section and 
regulations of the Secretary under this section. Such regula- 
tions shall be initially promulgated within one hundred and 
eighty days of the date of the enactment of this part. 
“(c) (1) Each committee shall have the authority 
prescribed by section 475 with respect to the issuance, 
amendment, and renewal of licenses under that section. A 
committee shall receive and consider license applications in 
accordance with such procedures as che Secretary shall pre- 
scribe. A committee may not approve an application for the 
issuance, amendment, or renewal of a license unless at least 
three-fourths of the members of the committee vote to ap- 
prove the application. Upon the written request of any 
member of a committee for review by the Secretary of 
any decision of the committee to issue, amend, or renew 
a license, the Secretary shall conduct such review and report 
the results of his review to the committee. Such a request 
shall contain a detailed statement of the reasons for requesting 
review by the Secretary. 
“(2) A committee shall, with respect to a facility 
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