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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 1667 (Introduced in House) — To prevent the escapement of genetically altered salmon in the United States, and for other purposes. · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Definitions

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In this Act: The term confined use means any operation, undertaken within a secured, land-based facility, that involves a covered fish controlled by specific measures that effectively prevent the covered fish from having contact with and impact on the external environment, including biological and physical confinement measures. The term covered fish means any finfish, live or dead, including the gametes, fertilized eggs, offspring, and descendants thereof, that is modified or produced through the application of recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA)technologies, using DNA from an organism’s own genome or that of another species, that overcome natural physiological reproductive barriers and that are not techniques used in traditional breeding and selection. The term finding of no significant impact has the meaning given the term in section 1508.13 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. The term product means an item manufactured or produced for sale or use as food.
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