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RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL LAWS 
Sec. 108. (a) This title shall not affect the authority 
of any Executive agency ( as that term is defined in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code) to regulate under any 
other Act recombinant DNA activities. 
(b) In exercising any authority under this title, the 
Secretary, or any person acting on behalf of the Secretary 
or pursuant to this title, shall not, for purposes of section 
4(b)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970, be deemed to he exercising statutory authority to pre- 
scribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting occupa- 
tional safety and health. 
TITLE II— COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF RE- 
SEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INVOLVING 
GENETIC MANIPULATION 
Sec! 201. (a) There is established a Commission for 
the Study of Research and Technology Involving Genetic 
Manipulation (hereinafter in this title referred to as the 
“Commission”) . 
(b) (1) The Commission shall be composed of thirteen 
members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, 
and Welfare. The Secretary shall select members of the 
Commission from individuals distinguished in the fields of 
medicine, law, ethics, the biological, physical, and environ- 
[Appendix B — 18] 
