# Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins; Biennial Review and Enhanced Biosafety Requirements; Delay of Effective Date
> **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention** · Final rule; delay of effective date. · Published 2017-02-16 · Effective 2017-01-19 · 82 FR 10864
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-03044
- **Category:** public-health
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 10864
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 73
- **Publication date:** 2017-02-16
- **Effective date:** 2017-01-19
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. CDC-2015-0045
## Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces a delay in the effective date of the final rule titled "Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins, Biennial Review and Enhanced Biosafety Requirements" that published on January 19, 2017. In a companion document published in this issue of the Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making a parallel change in the effective date of their final rule. This action is undertaken in accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2017 from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review."

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/02/16/2017-03044/possession-use-and-transfer-of-select-agents-and-toxins-biennial-review-and-enhanced-biosafety)
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