95tii CONGRESS 
1st Session 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
June 20,1977 
Mr. Rogers (for himself, Mr. Preyer, Mr. Sciieuer, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Florio, 
Mr. Maguire, Mr. Markey, Mr. Ottinger, Mr. Walg.ien, Mr. Carter, 
Mr. Madigan, and Mr. Skubitz) introduced the follow'd g bill ; which was 
referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to regulate activities 
involving recombinant I)NA, and for other purposes. 
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Iiepresenta- 
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , 
3 SHORT TITLE 
4 Section 1 . This Act may be cited as the “Recombinant 
5. v DNA Act”. 
6 TITLE I— REGULATION OE RECOMBINANT DNA 
7 ACTIVITIES 
8 FINDINGS 
9 Sec. 101. The Congress finds that — 
10 (1) research and oilier activities involving rccom- 
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