§943 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must organize existing labs and storage sites into a "Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Tissue Bank" to hold tissue samples from certain Great Lakes fish and wildlife. After talking with federal and state agencies, the Council of Great Lakes Research Managers, and giving the public a chance to comment, the Secretary must issue guidance on collecting, preparing, storing, checking quality, and sharing samples. The rules must make methods consistent, require records of how samples were handled, and ensure the tissues are used properly for scientific research.

Title 16, §943

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(a)The Secretary shall coordinate existing facilities for the storage, preparation, examination, and archiving of tissues from selected Great Lakes fish and wildlife, which shall be known as the “Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Tissue Bank”.

(b)The Secretary shall, in consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies and the Council of Great Lakes Research Managers, issue guidance, after an opportunity for public review and comment, for Great Lakes fish and wildlife tissue collection, preparation, archiving, quality control procedures, and access that will ensure—

(1)appropriate uniform methods and standards for those activities to provide confidence in Great Lakes fish and wildlife tissue samples used for research;

(2)documentation of procedures used for collecting, preparing, and archiving those samples; and

(3)appropriate scientific use of the tissues in the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Tissue Bank.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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Pub. L. 102–440, title II, § 201, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2233, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as ‘The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Tissue Bank Act’.”

§943 Tissue Bank

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Title 16, §943

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