Sec. 213. IMPLEMENTATION BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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## SEC. 213 IMPLEMENTATION BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE **[**[7 U.S.C. 8401 note](/us/usc/t7/s8401)**]** ###
(a)Date Certain for Promulgation of List Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) shall promulgate an interim final rule that establishes the initial list under section 212(a)(1). In promulgating such rule, the Secretary shall provide written guidance on the manner in which the notice required in subsection
(b)is to be provided to the Secretary. ###
(b)Date Certain for Notice of Possession Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary promulgates the interim final rule under subsection (a), all persons (unless exempt under section 212(g)) in possession of biological agents or toxins included on the list referred to in subsection
(a)shall notify the Secretary of such possession. ###
(c)Date Certain for Promulgation; Effective Date Regarding Criminal and Civil Penalties Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate an interim final rule for carrying out section 212, other than for the list referred to in subsection
(a)of this section (but such rule may incorporate by reference provisions promulgated pursuant to subsection (a)). Such interim final rule shall take effect 60 days after the date on which such rule is promulgated, including for purposes of— ####
(1)section 175b(c) of title 18, United States Code (relating to criminal penalties), as added by section 231(a)(5) of this Act; and ####
(2)section 212(i) of this Act (relating to civil penalties). ###
(d)Transitional Provision Regarding Current Research and Education The interim final rule under subsection
(c)shall include time frames for the applicability of the rule that minimize disruption of research or educational projects that involve biological agents and toxins listed pursuant to section 212(a)(1) and that were underway as of the effective date of such rule. ## Subtitle C Interagency Coordination Regarding Overlap Agents and Toxins
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IMPLEMENTATION BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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