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annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-18 of the 
General Schedule. 
Sec. 202. The Commission shall — 
(1) conduct a study of Federal policy regarding 
activities involving the genetic modification of organisms 
and viruses and include in such study an evaluation of — 
(A) the interim controls in effect under title 
I of this Act, actions taken to carry out and enforce 
such controls, and the need for an expansion of the 
scope of such controls ; 
(B) the effect of non-Federal requirements on 
recombinant DNA research and the necessity for 
preemption of such requirements by Federal re- 
quirements ; 
(C) federally sponsored programs to assess 
[the risk to health and the environment] such risks 
to health and the environment as may be presented 
by recombinant DNA research; and 
(D) federally sponsored basic and applied 
recombinant DNA research; and 
(2) conduct a study of the long-term consequences 
of the development of a technology capable of accom- 
plishing the genetic modification of organisms and viruses 
and include in such study — 
[Appendix B — 239] 
