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or private person , firm, association, corporation , inde- 
pendent testing laboratory, or institution; 
“(6) to monitor compliance by the owners or opera- 
tors of a licensed facility and persons authorized by a 
license to engage in recombinant DNA activities in con- 
nection with a licensed facility with the requirements of 
this title ; and 
“(7) to undertake such other activities as are inci- 
dental to enforcement of the provisions of this title. 
“(b) The Commission shall encourage, through con- 
11 tracts, the development of effective epidemiological methods 
12 and safety monitoring technologies to identify and follow the 
13 production and dissemination of recombinant DNA and the 
14 biological or chemical products thereof. 
15 “(c) The Commission shall encourage on a continuing 
16 basis studies designed to assess the risks to human health 
17 and the environment which may be presented by recombinant 
18 DNA activities. The Commission shall insure that the find- 
19 ings of such studies shall be maintained and readily accessible 
20 to all interested persons. 
21 “general requirements 
22 “Sec. 1803. (a) Effective two hundred and sixty-five 
23 days after the date of the enactment of this title, no person 
24 may engage in recombinant DNA activities in the States or in 
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