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The Project Registration Statement shall be filed in such form and 
manner as the Commission may require prior to the commencement 
of the project or. in the case of projects in progress on the date of 
enactment, as part of the initial licensing application. The statement 
shall contain all information regarding the project that the Commis- 
sion. by rule, has determined is necessary for an informal assessment 
of the precautions to be taken for assuring its safety and compliance 
with the requirements. 
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILTITES 
Section 1819 of bill S. 1217 directs that no Federal funds shall be 
expended for more than 50 percent of the actual cost (as determ’ ned 
by the Commission) of construction of a facility for the pur ose of 
meeting the highest physical containment requirements, established 
under section 1804. 
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL LAWS 
Section 1820 of this bill declares that notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. no Federal agency may except as provided in sub- 
section (b) and (c) of this section, impose or continue in effect any 
safety or health requirement applicable to recombinant DXA activities 
which is different from or in addition to. any requirement prescribed 
pursuant to this bill. 
Subsection (b) outlines the procedure that the Commission may 
utilize in exempting existing or proposed requirements of a Federal 
agency from this section. The Federal agency must apply to the Com- 
mission for an exemption. The application and its supporting mate- 
rials shall not be granted unless the Commission finds that the require- 
ment is more stringent than a requirement under this bill and that it 
is consistent with the policies of the Commission. The Commission 
must make a determination with respect to an application within three 
months of receiving the application. Subsection (c) declares that this 
part shall not affect the authority of the Secretary of Health. Educa- 
tion. and Welfare or the Secretary of Labor to exercise their respective 
authority pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 
1970. Moreover, in exercising authority under this part, the Secretary 
of Health. Education, and Welfare, the Commission or any persons 
acting on their behalf shall not (for the purpose of section 4(b) (1) of 
the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970) lie deemed exercising 
statutory authority to enforce standards or regulations affecting occu- 
pational health and safety. 
DEFINITIONS 
Section 1821 establishes for the purpose of this bill the following 
definitions : 
( 1 ) "DX A” means deoxyribonucleic acid. 
(2) (A) "Recombinant DXA” means DXA molecules that consist of 
different segments of DXA which have been joined together outside 
any cell, and have the potential for entering and propagating in a 
particular host cell, either autonomously or as an integrated part of 
the cell's genome. 
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