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the performance of the local biohazards committees estab- 
lished under section 476 of the Public, Health Service 
Act and appropriate enforcement mechanisms for carry- 
ing out their decisions. 
(5) The status and extent of recombinant I)XA 
activities conducted in foreign countries. 
(c) Within sixty days of the receipt of any recommenda- 
tion made by the Commission under subsection (a) (4) , the 
Secretary shall publish it in the Federal Register and pro- 
vide opportunity for interested persons to submit written 
data, views, and arguments with respect to such recommen- 
dation. The Secretary shall consider the Commission’s rec- 
ommendation and relevant matter submitted with respect to 
it, and, within one hundred and eighty days of the date of its 
publication in the Federal 1’egister, the Secretary shall (1) 
determine whether the administrative action proposed by 
such recommendation is appropriate to assure the safety and 
appropriateness of recombinant DXA activities conducted or 
supported under programs administered by him, and (2) if 
he determines that such action is not so appropriate, pub- 
lish in the Federal Register such determination together with 
an adequate statement of the reasons for his determination. If 
the Secretary determines that administrative action recom- 
mended by the Commission should be undertaken by him, 
he shall undertake. Mich action expeditiously as is feasible. 
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