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 116 STAT. 658 PUBLIC LAW 107-188-JUNE 12, 2002 greatest extent practicable, coordinate activities to achieve the following purposes: (1) To minimize any conflicts between the regulations issued under, and activities carried out under, such programs. (2) To minimize the administrative burden on persons subject to regulation under both of such programs. (3) To ensure the appropriate availability of biological agents and toxins for legitimate biomedical, agricultural or veterinary research, education, or other such purposes. (4) To ensure that registration information for overlap agents and toxins under the section 35 lA and section 212 programs is contained in both the national database under the section 35 lA program and the national database under the section 212 program. (c) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.— (1) IN GENERAL. — Promptly after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding overlap agents and toxins that is in accordance with paragraphs (2) through (4) and contains such additional provisions as the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services determine to be appropriate. (2) SINGLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM REGARDING REGISTERED PERSONS. — The memorandum of understanding under paragraph (1) shall provide for the development and implementation of a single system of registration for persons who possess, use, or transfer overlap agents or toxins and are required to register under both the section 351A program and the section 212 program. For purposes of such system, the memorandum shall provide for the development and implementation of the following: (A) A single registration form through which the person submitting the form provides all information that is required for registration under the section 35 lA program and all information that is required for registration under the section 212 program. (B) A procedure through which a person may choose to submit the single registration form to the agency administering the section 35 lA program (in the manner provided under such program), or to the agency administering the section 212 program (in the manner provided under such program). (C) A procedure through which a copy of a single registration form received pursuant to subparagraph (B) by the agency administering one of such programs is promptly provided to the agency administering the other program. (D) A procedure through which the agency receiving the single registration form under one of such programs obtains the concurrence of the agency administering the other program that the requirements for registration under the other program have been met. (E) A procedure through which—

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