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in the United States is dependent upon such protection 
being provided ; and 
(5) to effectively accomplish such protection and 
consequently to effectively regulate commerce requires 
that any activity involving organisms or viruses con- 
taining recombinant DNA (whether a research or com- 
mercial activity) be subject to control. 
TITLE I— INTERIM REGULATION OF RECOM- 
BINANT DNA ACTIVITIES 
DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 101. Eor purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term “DNA” means deoxyribonucleic 
acid. 
(2) The term “recombinant DNA” means DNA 
molecules which — 
(A) have been for m ed by jo ining together 
D N A segments m a eell free s ystem are formed 
by joining together DXA segments outside of living 
cells and which have the capacity to enter a cell 
and to replicate in such cell either autonomously or 
after they have become an integrated part of such 
cell’s genome ; or 
(B) are the result of a replication of the DNA 
molecules described in subparagraph (A). 
(3) The term “recombinant DNA activity” means 
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