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civil action process may be served on a defendant in any 
judicial district in which a defendant resides or may be 
found. Subpenas requiring attendances of witnesses in any 
such action may be served in any judicial district. 
“ EFFECT ON STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS 
“Sec. 1813. (a) It is declared to be the express intent 
of Congress to supersede any and all laws of the states and 
of the political subdivisions thereof insofar as they may 
establish or continue in effect with respect to recombinant 
DNA activities any requirement which is different from, or 
in addition to, any requirement applicable under this title, 
except as provided in subsection (b). 
“(b) Upon receipt of an application by a state or by 
a political subdivision of a state and after notice and oppor- 
tunity for a hearing on the record, the Commission shall, no 
later than three months from the date the application was 
received and in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of this subsection, exempt any existing or pro- 
posed requirement from subsection (a) of this section. 
“( 1) The Commission shall grant an exemption under 
this subsection only if it finds — 
“(A) that the requirement of a state or political 
subdivision of a state applicable to recombinant DNA 
activities is, and will be administered so as to be, more 
stringent than a requirement under this title; 
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