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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4745

To amend the National Environmental Education Act to redesignate the

Act as the ‘‘John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act’’, to establish

the John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program, to extend the programs under the Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 26, 2000

Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. WALSH, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr.

HOLT, and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the National Environmental Education Act to

redesignate the Act as the ‘‘John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act’’, to establish the John H. Chafee

Memorial Fellowship Program, to extend the programs

under the Act, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES; AND TABLE OF

4 CONTENTS.

5 (a) THIS ACT.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘John

6 H. Chafee Environmental Education Act of 2000’’.
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1 (b) NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACT.—

2 Section 1(a) of the National Environmental Education Act

3 (20 U.S.C. 5501(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘National En4 vironmental Education Act’’ and inserting ‘‘John H.

5 Chafee Environmental Education Act’’.

6 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the John

7 H. Chafee Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C.

8 5501(b)) is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.

‘‘Sec. 2. Findings.

‘‘Sec. 3. Definitions.

‘‘Sec. 4. Office of Environmental Education.

‘‘Sec. 5. Environmental education and training program.

‘‘Sec. 6. Environmental education grants.

‘‘Sec. 7. John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program.

‘‘Sec. 8. Environmental education awards.

‘‘Sec. 9. Environmental Education Advisory Council and Task Force.

‘‘Sec. 10. National Environmental Learning Foundation.

‘‘Sec. 11. Accountability.

‘‘Sec. 12. Authorization of appropriations.’’.

10 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

11 Section 2(a) of the John H. Chafee Environmental

12 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5502(a)) is amended to read

13 as follows:

14 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:

15 ‘‘(1) The most effective environmental edu16 cation is fair and accurate in its treatment of envi17 ronmental issues and is based on sound scientific

18 principles.
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1 ‘‘(2) Education and learning about the environ2 ment are central to protecting the Nation’s natural

3 resources and human health.

4 ‘‘(3) Environmental education develops an im5 portant base of knowledge and skills that can en6 courage life-long learning in related areas of national

7 interest, such as mathematics, science, and medicine.

8 ‘‘(4) Environmental education fosters awareness

9 of the natural and built environment, an under10 standing of complex environmental concepts, condi11 tions, and issues and provides all learners with the

12 skills to make an independent, informed analysis of

13 environmental issues.

14 ‘‘(5) Balanced and scientifically based environ15 mental education provides students of all ages with

16 the resources and the opportunities to explore be17 yond the classroom and focuses learning on the

18 interdisciplinary nature of environmental issues and

19 conditions.

20 ‘‘(6) In attempting to improve public awareness

21 of environmental issues, the Government can best

22 assure that the available information is science23 based, balanced, and age-appropriate.’’.
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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

2 Section 3 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu3 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5502) is amended—

4 (1) by striking paragraph (12) and inserting

5 the following:

6 ‘‘(12) ‘Foundation’ means the National Envi7 ronmental Learning Foundation established by sec8 tion 10; and’’;

9 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘National

10 Environmental Education and Training Founda11 tion.’’ and inserting ‘‘Foundation;’’; and

12 (3) by adding at the end the following para13 graphs:

14 ‘‘(14) ‘Science Advisory Board’ means the

15 Science Advisory Board of the Agency established by

16 section 8 of the Environmental Research, Develop17 ment, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978

18 (42 U.S.C. 4365);

19 ‘‘(15) ‘sponsoring institution’ means an institu20 tion of higher education (as defined in section 101

21 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

22 1001)) with a graduate curriculum in environmental

23 studies or environmental education;

24 ‘‘(16) ‘elementary school’ has the meaning

25 given the term in section 14101 of the Elementary
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1 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

2 8801); and

3 ‘‘(17) ‘secondary school’ has the meaning given

4 the term in section 14101 of the Elementary and

5 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

6 8801).’’.

7 SEC. 4. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

8 Section 4 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu9 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5503) is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (b)—

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘bal12 anced and scientifically based’’ after ‘‘develop

13 and support’’;

14 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘bal15 anced and scientifically based’’ before ‘‘model

16 curricula’’;

17 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’

18 after ‘‘State agencies,’’ and by inserting ‘‘busi19 ness or industry representatives,’’ after ‘‘non20 commercial educational broadcasting entities,’’;

21 (D) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘bal22 anced and scientifically based’’ before ‘‘semi23 nars’’;

24 (E) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘intern25 ship and’’;
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1 (F) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘bal2 anced and scientifically based’’ before ‘‘training

3 programs’’; and

4 (G) in paragraph (13), by inserting before

5 the period at the end the following: ‘‘through

6 the headquarters and the regional offices of the

7 Agency’’; and

8 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the

9 following:

10 ‘‘(c) STAFF.—The Office of Environmental Edu11 cation shall—

12 ‘‘(1) include a headquarters staff of not more

13 than 10 full-time equivalent employees; and

14 ‘‘(2) be supported by 1 full-time equivalent em15 ployee in each regional office of the Agency.

16 ‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—The Administrator may carry out

17 the activities described in subsection (b) directly or

18 through awards of grants, cooperative agreements, or con19 tacts.’’.

20 SEC. 5. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PRO21 GRAM.

22 Section 5(b) of the John H. Chafee Environmental

23 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5504(b)) is amended by insert24 ing before the first sentence the following: ‘‘The environ25 mental education and training program funded under this
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1 Act shall be of sufficient intensity and duration to have

2 a positive and lasting impact on program participants.’’.

3 SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS.

4 (a) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Section 6(b) of the John

5 H. Chafee Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C.

6 5505(b)) is amended—

7 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through

8 (5) as paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively; and

9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol10 lowing new paragraphs:

11 ‘‘(3) design, demonstration, or dissemination of

12 education and training programs to support the de13 velopment of more environmentally effective business

14 practices and employees;

15 ‘‘(4) design, demonstration, or dissemination of

16 projects that employ the environment as an inte17 grating context for education in science, mathe18 matics, social studies and language arts;’’.

19 (b) LIMITATION ON GRANTS.—The second sentence

20 of section 6(i) of such Act is amended by striking

21 ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’.

22 (c) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES AND GUIDANCE RE23 VIEW.—Section 6 of such Act is amended by adding at

24 the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(j) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—A grant under this sec2 tion may not be used to support lobbying activities (as

3 described in the documents issued by the Office of Man4 agement and Budget and designated as OMB Circulars

5 No. A–21 and No. A–122).

6 ‘‘(k) GUIDANCE REVIEW.—Before the Administrator

7 issues any guidance to grant applicants, the guidance shall

8 be reviewed and approved by the Science Advisory Board.

9 Guidance to grant applications shall be deemed approved

10 by the Science Advisory Board if the Science Advisory

11 Board has not responded within 90 days after receipt of

12 a request to review guidance.’’.

13 SEC. 7. JOHN H. CHAFEE MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PRO14 GRAM.

15 Section 7 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu16 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5506) is amended to read as follows:

17 ‘‘SEC. 7. JOHN H. CHAFEE MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PRO18 GRAM.

19 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the

20 John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program for the

21 award and administration of 5 annual, 1-year graduate

22 education fellowships in environmental studies, to be

23 known as ‘John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowships’.

24 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the John H. Chafee

25 Memorial Fellowship Program is to recognize outstanding
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1 scholarship in environmental studies and encourage inde2 pendent graduate level research on innovative approaches

3 to address the problems that stem from the natural and

4 built environment.

5 ‘‘(c) AWARD.—Each John H. Chafee Memorial Fel6 lowship award—

7 ‘‘(1) shall be made available to individual can8 didates to attend a sponsoring institution and in ac9 cordance with an annual competitive selection proc10 ess established under subsection (f)(2); and

11 ‘‘(2) shall be in the amount of $25,000.

12 ‘‘(d) DURATION.—An individual may not receive an

13 John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship award for 2 consecu14 tive years.

15 ‘‘(e) USE OF FELLOWSHIP.—Each individual award16 ed a John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship shall focus on

17 the study of—

18 ‘‘(1) resource management;

19 ‘‘(2) open space preservation;

20 ‘‘(3) international environmental issues, such as

21 global climate change and sustainable marine re22 sources; or

23 ‘‘(4) any other environmental issue that a spon24 soring institution determines to be appropriate.

25 ‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of

2 paragraph (2), the Administrator shall establish and

3 administer the John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship

4 Program.

5 ‘‘(2) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—The

6 Advisory Council established under section 9, shall—

7 ‘‘(A) establish criteria for a competitive se8 lection process for recipients of the John H.

9 Chafee Memorial Fellowships;

10 ‘‘(B) receive applications for the John H.

11 Chafee Memorial Fellowships;

12 ‘‘(C) annually review applications and se13 lect recipients of the John H. Chafee Memorial

14 Fellowships; and

15 ‘‘(D) annually report the names of the

16 award recipients to the Administrator.

17 ‘‘(g) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—The amount of

18 each John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship shall be pro19 vided directly to each recipient selected by the Advisory

20 Council upon receipt of certification that the recipient will

21 adhere to a specific and detailed plan of study and re22 search approved by the sponsoring institution.

23 ‘‘(h) FUNDING.—From the amounts made available

24 under section 11(b)(1)(C) for each fiscal year, the Admin-
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1 istrator shall make available $125,000 for John H. Chafee

2 Memorial Fellowships.

3 ‘‘(i) FELLOWSHIP REPAYMENT PROVISIONS.—Re4 payment of the award shall be made to the Administrator

5 in the case of fraud or noncompliance as determined by

6 the Advisory Council.’’.

7 SEC. 8. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AWARDS.

8 Section 8 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu9 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5507) is amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘SEC. 8. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AWARDS.

11 ‘‘(a) PRESIDENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

12 YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS.—The Administrator

13 shall establish a recognition program for the granting and

14 administration of awards, to be known as the ‘President’s

15 Environmental Education Youth Achievement Awards’, to

16 young people in grades 6 through 12 to recognize out17 standing projects that promote local environmental aware18 ness. Priority consideration shall be given to projects that

19 demonstrate the use of service or experiential learning.

20 ‘‘(b) PRESIDENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

21 TEACHER ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS.—

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman of the

23 Council on Environmental Quality (referred to in

24 this section as ‘the Chairman’), on behalf of the

25 President, shall establish a program for the granting
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1 and administration of awards to recognize and

2 reward—

3 ‘‘(A) teachers in elementary and secondary

4 schools who demonstrate excellence in providing

5 a balanced, scientifically based, and age-appro6 priate environmental education through innova7 tive approaches, such as service or experiential

8 learning; and

9 ‘‘(B) the local educational agencies that

10 employ such teachers.

11 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—One teacher, and the local

12 educational agency employing the teacher, from each

13 State, the District of Columbia, and the Common14 wealth of Puerto Rico, shall be eligible to be selected

15 for an award under this subsection.

16 ‘‘(3) CASH AWARDS.—

17 ‘‘(A) The Chairman is authorized to pro18 vide a cash award of up to $2,500 to each

19 teacher selected to receive an award pursuant

20 to this subsection, which shall be used to fur21 ther the recipient’s professional development in

22 environmental education.

23 ‘‘(B)(i) The Chairman is also authorized to

24 provide a cash award of up to $2,500 to the

25 local educational agency employing any teacher
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1 selected to receive an award pursuant to this

2 subsection, which shall be used to fund environ3 mental educational activities and programs.

4 ‘‘(ii) Such awards shall not be used for

5 construction costs, general expenses, salaries,

6 bonuses, or other administrative expenses.

7 ‘‘(c) PRESIDENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

8 BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS.—The Administrator

9 shall establish a recognition program for the granting and

10 administration of awards, to be known as the ‘President’s

11 Environmental Education Business Achievement Awards’,

12 to recognize outstanding achievements by a business or in13 dustry in improving business environmental performance

14 through training and education programs.’’.

15 SEC. 9. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

16 AND TASK FORCE.

17 Section 9 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu18 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5508) is amended—

19 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after the

20 second sentence the following: ‘‘The Advisory Coun21 cil shall select the recipients of the John H. Chafee

22 Memorial Fellowships in accordance with the provi23 sions of section 7.’’;

24 (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2)

25 and inserting the following:
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1 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator,

3 after consultation with the Secretary, shall ap4 point not more than a total of 11 members to

5 the Advisory Council.

6 ‘‘(B) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATIONAL

7 ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOUNDATION.—

8 The Administrator shall appoint to the Advisory

9 Council a representative of the National Envi10 ronmental Learning Foundation.

11 ‘‘(C) REPRESENTATIVES OF SECTORS.—

12 ‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL REPRESENTA13 TIVES.—To the maximum extent prac14 ticable, the Administrator shall appoint not

15 more than 10 additional members to the

16 Advisory Council to represent each of the

17 following sectors:

18 ‘‘(I) Elementary and secondary

19 schools;

20 ‘‘(II) Colleges and universities;

21 ‘‘(III) Not-for-profit organiza22 tions involved in environmental edu23 cation;

24 ‘‘(IV) State departments of edu25 cation and natural resources;
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1 ‘‘(V) Business and industry; and

2 ‘‘(VI) Senior Americans.

3 ‘‘(ii) SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES.—

4 The Administrator shall ensure that each

5 sector referred to in clause (i) is rep6 resented by at least 1 member to the Advi7 sory Council.

8 ‘‘(D) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SEC9 RETARY.—A representative of the Secretary

10 shall serve as an ex officio member of the Advi11 sory Council.

12 ‘‘(E) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—The con13 flict of interest provision at section 208(a) of

14 title 18, United States Code, shall not apply to

15 members’ participation in particular matters

16 which affect the financial interests of employers

17 which they represent pursuant to this sub18 section.’’;

19 (3) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2)

20 and inserting the following:

21 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL PARTICIPATION.—Membership

22 on the Task Force shall be open to representatives

23 of any Federal agency actively involved in environ24 mental education.’’; and
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1 (4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(d)(1)’’ and

2 all that follows through ‘‘(2) The’’ and inserting the

3 following:

4 ‘‘(d) MEETINGS AND REPORTS.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Council

6 shall—

7 ‘‘(A) hold annual meetings to select the re8 cipients of the John H. Chafee Memorial Fel9 lowships;

10 ‘‘(B) hold biennial meetings on timely

11 issues regarding environmental education,

12 which meetings may be combined with the

13 meeting specified in subparagraph (A); and

14 ‘‘(C) issue a report describing the pro15 ceedings of each biennial meeting and rec16 ommendations resulting from the meeting.

17 ‘‘(2) REVIEW AND COMMENT ON DRAFT RE18 PORTS.—The’’.

19 SEC. 10. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOUNDA20 TION.

21 (a) CHANGE IN NAME.—Section 10 of the John H.

22 Chafee Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5509)

23 is amended—

24 (1) by striking the section heading and insert25 ing the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 10. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOUNDA2 TION.’’;

3 (2) in the first sentence of subsection (a)(1)(A),

4 by striking ‘‘National Environmental Education and

5 Training Foundation’’ and inserting ‘‘National Envi6 ronmental Learning Foundation’’; and

7 (3) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘Edu8 cation and Labor’’ and all that follows through

9 ‘‘Representatives’’ and inserting the following:

10 ‘‘Committee on Education and the Workforce, and

11 the Committee on Commerce of the House of Rep12 resentatives’’.

13 (b) NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.—Section 10(b)(1)(A)

14 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act (20

15 U.S.C. 5509(b)(1)(A)) is amended in the first sentence by

16 striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting ‘‘19’’.

17 (c) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DONORS.—Paragraph (3)

18 of section 10(d) of the John H. Chafee Environmental

19 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5509(d)(3)) is amended to read

20 as follows:

21 ‘‘(3) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DONORS.—The

22 Foundation may acknowledge receipt of donations by

23 means of a listing of the names of donors, which

24 may include the use of a logo, letterhead, or other

25 commercial symbol, in materials distributed by the

26 Foundation, except that no acknowledgment (includ-
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1 ing the use of a logo, letterhead, or other commercial

2 symbol of a gift from a for-profit company) shall ap3 pear in any educational material presented to stu4 dents or distributed to schools.’’.

5 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT.—

6 Section 10(e) of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu7 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5509(e)) is repealed.

8 (e) REDESIGNATION.—Section 10 of the John H.

9 Chafee Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5509)

10 is amended by redesignating subsections (f) through (j)

11 as (e) through (k), respectively.

12 SEC. 11. ACCOUNTABILITY.

13 Section 11 of the John H. Chafee Environmental

14 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5510) is amended to read as

15 follows:

16 ‘‘SEC. 11. ACCOUNTABILITY.

17 ‘‘(a) QUALITY INDICATORS.—The Administrator

18 shall establish indicators of program quality for programs

19 and activities funded under this Act (other than fellowship

20 awards funded under section 7).

21 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM INDICATORS.—Such indicators of pro22 gram quality, at a minimum, shall—

23 ‘‘(1) enhance understanding of the natural and

24 built environment;
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1 ‘‘(2) foster a better appreciation of the inter2 disciplinary nature of environmental issues and con3 ditions;

4 ‘‘(3) increase achievement in related areas of

5 national interest, such as mathematics and science;

6 and

7 ‘‘(4) include such other indicators as the Ad8 ministrator may develop.

9 ‘‘(c) BENCHMARKS.—Each local educational agency,

10 college or university, institution of higher education, State

11 educational agency, environmental agency, not-for-profit

12 organization, or noncommercial educational broadcasting

13 entity receiving a grant or entering into a contract or co14 operative agreement under this Act (other than fellowship

15 awards under section 7) shall establish objective, rigorous,

16 and quantifiable benchmarks of performance on the indi17 cators of program quality under subsection (b).

18 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Each recipient receiving funds under

19 this Act, other than fellowship recipients under section 7,

20 shall report annually to the Administrator regarding

21 progress made in meeting the benchmarks established in

22 subsection (c). The Administrator shall disseminate such

23 information widely to the public through electronic and

24 other means.’’.
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1 SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 The John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act

3 (20 U.S.C. 5510) is amended by adding at the end the

4 following:

5 ‘‘SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap7 propriated to the Environmental Protection Agency to

8 carry out this Act not more than $8,000,000 for fiscal

9 year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for each

10 of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.

11 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

13 of the amounts made available under subsection (a)

14 for each fiscal year—

15 ‘‘(A) not more than 20 percent may be

16 used for the activities of the Office of Environ17 mental Education established under section 4;

18 ‘‘(B) not more than 25 percent may be

19 used for the operation of the environmental

20 education and training program under section

21 5;

22 ‘‘(C) not less than 43 percent shall be used

23 for environmental education grants under sec24 tion 6, of which $125,000 shall be used to fund

25 the John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship

26 awards under section 7;
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1 ‘‘(D) 2 percent shall be used for the teach2 ers awards under section 8(b); and

3 ‘‘(E) 10 percent shall be used for the ac4 tivities of the Foundation under section 10.

5 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the

6 amounts made available under paragraph (1)(A) for

7 each fiscal year, not more than 5 percent may be

8 used for administrative expenses of the Office of En9 vironmental Education.

10 ‘‘(c) EXPENSE REPORT.—As soon as practicable

11 after the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator shall

12 submit to Congress a report describing in detail the activi13 ties for which funds appropriated for the fiscal year were

14 expended.

15 ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—Funds appropriated pur16 suant to this section may be made available to the Na17 tional Environmental Learning Foundation to match par18 tially or wholly the amount or value of contributions

19 (whether in currency, services, or property) made to the

20 Foundation by private persons and State and local govern21 ments if the Administrator determines that such funds will

22 be used to carry out the statutory purposes of the Founda23 tion in a manner consistent with the goals, objectives, and

24 programs of this Act.’’.

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