“In October 2001, President Bush signed the “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” Act, otherwise known as the USA PATRIOT Act. It was followed in June 2002 by the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act, otherwise known as the 2002 Bioterrorism Preparedness Act. Sections of these laws deal with select agent research in the US, and include procedures for registration, inventory, and transfer of these organisms and toxins and the physical security for facilities where research is performed. A national Research Council panel has been tasked with evaluating the safety measures at biosecurity laboratories and the impact of biosecurity policies and regulations on the ability of the scientific community to conduct select agent research.”
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