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129809 1 (1986-05-08)

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              UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                      WASHINGTON, D.C.  20548



                                     FOR RELEASE ON
                                     THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1986





                    STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD BY
                         BRIAN P. CROWLEY
     RESOURCES, COMMUNITY,  AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                              FOR THE
   SUBCOMMITTEE ON  TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
                              OF THE
        SENATE COMMITTEE  ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

                              ON THE
                   GENERAL  ACCOUNTING OFFICE'S
           REVIEWS OF THE  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S
               BIOTECHNOLOGY  RySEARCH EFFORTS AND
               REGULATORY  PROGRAMS NND ACTIVITIES



Mr. Chairman and Members of  the Subcommittee:



     At your request, we  are providing this statement to assist
you in deliberatinq  he preparedness  of the federal qovernment
to oversee and requlate biotechnology.   The statement hiqhliqhts
two of our recently issued reports  having to do with the U.S.
Department of AgrAculture's  (USDA's) biotechnology research
efforts and its pequlatory programs  and activities.  These
reports resulted from work done at  the request of Chairman Don
Fuqua, House Commmittee on Science and Technology.


     The first report, The U.S. Department  of Agriculture's
Biotechnology Research Efforts  (GAO/RCED-86-39BR, Oct. 25,1985),
provided a previously unavailable  inventory of biotechnoloqy





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