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SHOET TITLE 
Section 1 . This Act may be cited as the “Recombinant 
DNA Act”. 
FINDINGS 
Sec. 2. The Congress finds that — 
(1) research and other activities involving recom- 
binant DNA will improve the understanding of funda- 
mental biological processes ; 
(2) the knowledge gained from such research and 
other activities may be of great benefit to medicine and 
agriculture and may provide many other benefits to 
society ; 
(3) while no hazard has been demonstrated, un- 
certainties exist regarding the extent to which organisms 
or viruses containing recombinant DNA may present a 
risk of injury to health or the environment, and there 
[is] may be a risk that any such potentially hazardous 
organisms or viruses may spread quickly and without 
warning to persons, agricultural plants and products, and 
other items in or affecting commerce ; 
(4) the public interest requires that until the un- 
certainties regarding the potential hazards of organisms 
and viruses containing recombinant DNA are resolved, 
the health and welfare of the population of the United 
States be protected from such hazards, and commerce 
[Appendix B — 222] 
