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1 merce and regulations and licensure by the National 
2 Recombinant DNA Safety Regulation Commission are 
3 necessary and proper to effectively regulate such 
4 activities. 
5 Sec. 3. The Public Health Service Act is amended by 
6 adding after title XVII the following new title: 
7 “TITLE XVIII— NATIONAL RECOMBINANT DNA 
8 SAFETY REGULATION COMMISSION 
9 “establishment of commission 
10 “Sec. 1801. (a)(1) There is established within the 
11 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a commis- 
12 sion to be known as the National Recombinant DNA Safety 
13 Regulation Commission (hereinafter in this title referred to 
14 as the ‘Commission ’ ) . 
15 “(b) The Commission shall be composed of eleven mem- 
16 bers. The President shall, within sixty days from the date 
17 of enactment of this title, appoint — 
18 “( 1) Six members of the Commission from individ- 
19 uals — 
20 “(A) who are not and have never been pro- 
21 fessionally engaged in biological research, 
22 “(B) who are qualified to serve on the Com- 
23 mission as members of the general public including 
24 persons who by virtue of their training, experience, 
25 or background in the fields of medicine, law, ethics, 
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