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the corporation’s charter or certificate of incorporation and the name 
of each principal corporated officer and director and the State of 
incorporation. 
(14) “Owns or operates” means any person who owns, operates, 
leases, charters, or controls any facility used in recombinant DNA 
activities. 
(15) (A) “Facility” means a single building, including the labora- 
tories, premises, records, reports, data, research materials, equipment, 
instrumentation, products of recombinant DNA activities, and every- 
thing contained in such building or adjacent thereto. 
(B) For purposes of inspections authorized under this part, the 
term “facility” includes in addition to subparagraph (A), any other 
premises or building which contains records or reports related to 
recombinant DNA activities. 
(16) “Persons authorized by the license to engage in recombinant 
DNA activities in connection with a licensed facility” means the prin- 
cipal scientist and all other scientists who have responsibility for 
directing a recombinant DNA project carried out in a facility licensed 
under this part. 
(17) “Recombinant DNA project” and “project” means any re- 
search, study, investigation, experiment, act or closely related set of 
acts that have a common research objective and utilize the same or 
similar host/vector systems, and are carried out in a facility. 
(18) “Federal agency” means each authority of the Government of 
the United States, whether or not it is within or subject to review by 
another agency, but does not include — 
(A) the Congress; and 
(B) the courts of the United States. 
(19) “Persons exposed to recombinant DNA” means those persons 
authorized by the license to engage in recombinant DNA activities in 
connection with a licensed facility and all other persons who are ex- 
posed to recombinant DNA or the biological or chemical products 
thereof in connection with a licensed facility. 
(20) For purposes of section 1803(b) (1) (B), “qualifications” means 
experience and training solely related to assuring compliance with the 
physical and biological safety requirements applicable to recombinant 
DNA activities. 
(21) “Political subdivision” and “local government” means a unit of 
general local government as defined in section 601(1) (10) of Public 
Law 93-203. 
(22) For purposes of subsection (a) of section 1818, “appropriate 
review and approval” means the review and approval by the Institu- 
tional Biohazard Review Committee which is affiliated with a licensed 
facility as required by section 1804(a) (2) (C) . 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Section 1822 authorizes that such sums as necessary be appropriated 
for fiscal years 1978, 1979. 1980. 1981, and 1982 for the purpose of carry- 
ing out the provisions of the bill. 
SEPARABILITY CLAUSE 
Section 4 states that if any provision of this part is declared uncon- 
stitutional or its applicability to any person or circumstance is held 
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