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(e) The term “public entity” includes any Federal, 
State, or local government entity. 
(f) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare. 
(g) The terms “department or agency” and “depart- 
ment and agency” mean 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 — 
( 1 ) the Congress ; 
(2) the courts of the United States; 
(3) the governments of the territories or posses- 
sions of the United States; and 
(4) the government of the District of Columbia. 
EXTENSION OF THE EECOMBINANT DNA GUIDELINES 
Sec. 102. (a) (1) Except as provided under subsection 
(b) and section 106(b) (2), during the period beginning 
on the tenth day after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and ending twenty-four months after such day, all 
recombinant DNA activities shall be carried out in accord- 
ance with — 
(A) the requirements of sections II (entitled “Con- 
tainment”) and III (entitled “Experimental Guide- 
lines”) of the recombinant DNA research guidelines of 
the National Institutes of Health of the Department of 
[Appendix B — 28] 
