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“construction of facilities 
“/Sec. 1819. (a) Notwithstanding any other 'provision of laic , no 
Federal funds sliall he expended for more than 50 per centum of the 
actual cost , as determined- by the Commission , of construction of a 
facility for the puiqpose of meeting the highest physical containment 
requirements, established under section 180 If. 
“RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL i-iTTS 
“Sec. 1820. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal agency may, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
of this section, impose or continue in effect any safety or health re- 
quirement applicable to activities involving recombinant DN A activi- 
ties which is different from, or in addition to, any requirement pre- 
scribed pursuant to this title. 
"(b) (1) Upon application by a Federal agency and after consulta- 
tion with such agency , the Commission may, pursuant to this subsec- 
tion, exempt any existing or proposed requirement from subsection 
(a) of this section. 
"(2) An application for such an exemption may be accompanied by 
any materials gathered by the applicant in its consideration of the 
existing or proposed requirement. Upon receipt of such application and 
such supporting material the Commission shall publish such applica- 
tion in the Federal Register as a proposal, accompanied by a descrip- 
tion of the supporting material submitted therewith. 
" {3) A proposed exemption shall not be granted by the Commission 
unless it finds that the requirement is more stringent than a- require- 
ment under this title and that it is consistent with the policies of the 
Commission. 
" (4) The Commission shall make a determination with respect to an 
application under this subsection within thi'ee months from the date 
the application was received by the Commission. 
“(c) This title shall not affect the authority of the Secretary or the 
Secretary of Labor to exercise their respective authority pursuant to 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. And provided fur- 
ther, that in exercising authority under this title, the Secretary, the 
Commission, or any person acting on behalf of the Secretary or Com- 
mission or pursuant to the provisions of this title, shall not . for the 
purposes of section 4(b)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970. be deemed to be exercising statutory authority to pre- 
scribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting occupational safety 
and healths. 
“ DEFINITIONS 
“Sec. 1821. (a) For the purposes of th is part : 
“(1) i DNA’ > means deoxyribonucleic acid. 
“ (2) (A ) ‘ Recombinant DNA' means DNA molecules that consist of 
different segments of DNA which have been joined together outside 
any cell, and have the potential for entering and propagating in. a par- 
ticular host cell, either autonomously or as an integrated part of the 
host cell's genome. 
“(B) Except as provided in sub paragraph (C), the Commission 
shall, upon its finding and after filial publication of such finding in the 
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