4 
1 a State by any individual or public or private entity 
2 for the production of recombinant DNA. 
3 (4) The term “public entity’* includes any Fed- 
4 eral, State, or local governmental entity. 
5 (5) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary 
6 of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
7 EXTENSION OF THE RECOMBINANT DNA GUIDELINES 
8 Sec. 102. (a) (1) Except as provided unde? subsection 
9 (b) and section 107(b) (2), during the period beginning 
10 on the tenth day after the date of the enactment of this Act 
11 and ending twenty-four months after such day, all recom- 
12 binant DNA activities shall be carried out in accordance 
13 with — 
14 (A) the requirements of sections II (entitled “Con- 
15 tainment”) and III (entitled “Experimental Guide- 
16 lines”) of the recombinant DNA research guidelines of 
17 the National Institutes of Health of the Department of 
18 Health, Education, and Welfare published in part II 
19 of the Federal Register for July 7, 1976 ; 
20 (B) if such requirements are revised before the 
21 tenth day after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
22 such requirements as so revised and published in the 
23 F ederal Register ; or 
24 (C) if such requirements are revised under para- 
25 graph (2) , such requirements as so revised. 
[Appendix B — 6] 
