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TRAINING AND STUDIES 
Sec. 107. (a) The Secretary may conduct and support 
training in the safe handling of recombinant DNA. 
(b) (1) The Secretary shall conduct or support on a 
continuing basis studies designed to assess the risks to health 
and the environment which may be presented by recom- 
binant DNA activities. 
(2) The Secretary may, by order, make the require- 
ments of section 102 inapplicable, under such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary shall include in the order, to 
any study conducted or supported under paragraph (1) . 
Each such order shall be published in the Federal Register 
together with a statement of the basis for the order. 
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 
108 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 be exercising statutory authority to pre- 
scribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting occupa- 
tional safety and health. 
[Appendix B — 236] 
