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[CITE: 16USC943]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 15C--GREAT LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE TISSUE BANK
 
Sec. 943. Tissue bank


(a) In general

    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) Guidance

    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.

(Pub. L. 102-440, title II, Sec. 202, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2233.)


                               Short Title

    Section 201 of title II of Pub. L. 102-440 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as `The Great Lakes Fish and 
Wildlife Tissue Bank Act'.''
