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PUBLIC LAW 87-656-SEPT. 10, 1962

[76 STAT.

the furtherance of its functions. No powers or privileges hereby granted shall, however, interfere or conflict with established or vested rights. TRANSFER OF ASSETS

SEC. 17* The corporation ma,j acquire the assets of the Sea (^adet Corps of America, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, upon discharging or satisfactorily providing for the payment and discharge of. all pf the liability of such corporation and upon complying with all laws of the State of Washington applicable thereto. A N N U A L REPORT

Report to Congress.

SEC. 18. The corporation shall report annually to the Secretary of the Navy concerning its proceedings and activities for the preceding calendar years. The Secretary of the Navy shall communicate to Congress the whole of such reports, or such portion thereof as he shall see fit. RESERVATION OF RIGHT TO AMEND OR REPEAL CHAPTER

SEC. 19. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this title is expressly reserved. Approved September 10, 1962.

Public Law 87-656 September 10, 1962 [S. 2321]

District of Columbia T i s s u e Bank Act.

AN ACT To encourage and aid the development of reconstructive medicine and surgery and the development of medico-surgical research by authorizing the licensing of tissue banks in the District of Columbia, by facilitating antemortem and postmortem donations of human tissue for tissue bank purposes, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the SenMe and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Tissue Bank Act". SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY AND PURPOSE.—Because of the rapid medical progress in the field of tissue preservation, tissue transplantation, and tissue culture, and because it is in the public interest to aid the development of this field of medicine, it is the policy and purpose of Congress in enacting this Act to encourage and aid the development of reconstructive medicine and surgery and the development of medicosurgical research by providing for the licensing and regulation of tissue banks, and by facilitating antemortem and postmortem authorizations for donations of tissue. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, except where the context indicates a differeiit meaning— "Commissioners" means the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their designated agent. "Donor" means any person who, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, bequeaths or donates his tissue for removal after death in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, and also means any deceased person whose tissue is donated or disposed of for the purposes of this Act. "Tissue" means any portion of the body of a dead human. "Tissue bank" means a facility for procuring, removing, and disposing of portions of bodies of dead humans for the purposes of reconstructive medicine and surgery, and research and teaching in reconstructive medicine and surgery.

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