Calendar No. 334 
95th Congress ) 
SENATE 
j Report 
1st Session f 
{ No. 95-359 
RECOMBINANT DNA SAFETY REGULATION ACT 
July 22 (legislative day, July 19) , 1977. — Ordered to be printed 
Mr. Kennedy, from the Committee on Human Resources, 
submitted the following 
REPORT 
together with 
SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWS 
[To accompany S. 1217] 
The Committee on Human Resources, to which was referred the 
bill (S. 1217) to regulate activities involving recombinant deoxy- 
ribonucleic acid, having considered the same, reports favorably there- 
on with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do 
pass. 
CONTENTS 
I. Summary of legislation 
II. Background and definition of the issue 
III. Hearings 
IV. Committee views 
V. Votes in committee 
VI. Congressional Budget Office — Cost estimate 
VII. Regulatory impact statement 
VIII. Section-by-section analysis 
IX. Changes in existing laws 
X. Supplemental views of Senators Eagleton and Chafee. 
XT. Supplemental views of Senator Nelson 
I. Summary of Legislation 
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As approved by the Committee, S. 1217 would — 
( 1 ] Establish within the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare a National Recombinant DNA Safety Regulation Com- 
mission composed of elevent members appointed by the President : 
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