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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1814

To authorize appropriations for environmental research, development, and

demonstration activities of the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 13, 1995

Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself and Mr. HAYES) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Science

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for environmental research, development, and demonstration activities of the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 1996, 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.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Environmental Re5 search, Development, and Demonstration Authorization

6 Act of 1995’’.

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

8 For the purposes of this Act, the term—
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1 (1) ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator

2 of the Environmental Protection Agency;

3 (2) ‘‘Agency’’ means the Environmental Protec4 tion Agency;

5 (3) ‘‘Agency action’’ means any Agency—

6 (A) proposed or final major rule;

7 (B) proposed or final cleanup plan for a

8 facility or guidelines for the issuance of any

9 such plan;

10 (C) report to Congress;

11 (D) regulatory action placing a substance

12 on any official list of carcinogens or toxic or

13 hazardous substances or placing a new health

14 effects value on such list, including the Inte15 grated Risk Information System Database; or

16 (E) written guidance, including protocols

17 of general applicability, establishing policy re18 garding risk assessment or risk characteriza19 tion; and

20 (4) ‘‘Assistant Administrator’’ means the As21 sistant Administrator for Research and Development

22 of the Agency.

23 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro25 priated to the Administrator $490,000,000 for fiscal year
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1 1996 for the Office of Research and Development for envi2 ronmental research, development, and demonstration ac3 tivities, including program management and support, in

4 the areas specified in subsection (b), of which—

5 (1) $321,694,800 shall be for Research and De6 velopment; and

7 (2) $109,263,400 shall be for Program and Re8 search Operations.

9 (b) SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—Of the

10 amount authorized in subsection (a), there are authorized

11 to be appropriated the following:

12 (1) For air related research, $98,915,200, of

13 which—

14 (A) $72,111,400 shall be for Research and

15 Development; and

16 (B) $26,803,800 shall be for Program and

17 Research Operations.

18 (2) For global change research, $2,385,700, of

19 which—

20 (A) $2,125,400 shall be for Research and

21 Development; and

22 (B) $260,300 shall be for Program and

23 Research Operations.

24 (3) For water quality related research,

25 $21,243,100, of which—
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1 (A) $9,453,100 shall be for Research and

2 Development; and

3 (B) $11,790,000 shall be for Program and

4 Research Operations.

5 (4) For drinking water related research,

6 $20,652,400, of which—

7 (A) $10,376,500 shall be for Research and

8 Development; and

9 (B) $10,275,900 shall be for Program and

10 Research Operations.

11 (5) For toxic chemical related research,

12 $11,053,900, of which—

13 (A) $5,028,600 shall be for Research and

14 Development; and

15 (B) $6,025,300 shall be for Program and

16 Research Operations.

17 (6) For lab and field expenses, $73,031,600, all

18 of which shall be for Research and Development.

19 (7) For headquarters expenses of the Office of

20 Research and Development, $9,254,800, all of which

21 shall be for Research and Development.

22 (8) For multimedia related research expenses,

23 $153,656,800, of which—

24 (A) $122,142,900 shall be for Research

25 and Development; and
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1 (B) $31,513,900 shall be for Program and

2 Research Operations.

3 (9) For program management expenses,

4 $6,399,300, all of which shall be for Program and

5 Research Operations.

6 (10) For pesticide related research,

7 $13,345,200, of which—

8 (A) $7,192,800 shall be for Research and

9 Development; and

10 (B) $6,152,400 shall be for Program and

11 Research Operations.

12 (11) For oil pollution related research,

13 $2,076,900.

14 (12) For research related to leaking under15 ground storage tanks, $769,400.

16 (13) For research related to cleanup of con17 taminated sites, $56,195,500.

18 (14) For research related to hazardous waste,

19 $21,020,200, of which—

20 (A) $10,977,700 shall be for Research and

21 Development; and

22 (B) $10,042,500 shall be for Program and

23 Research Operations.

24 (c) LIMITATIONS.—(1) No funds are authorized to be

25 appropriated by this Act for—
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1 (A) the Environmental Technology Initiative;

2 (B) the Climate Change Action Plan; or

3 (C) environmental education, including grad4 uate student fellowships.

5 (2) No funds are authorized to be appropriated for

6 any fiscal year after fiscal year 1996 for carrying out the

7 programs and activities for which funds are authorized by

8 this Act.

9 SEC. 4. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH REVIEW.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall assign to

11 the Assistant Administrator the duties of—

12 (1) developing a strategic plan for scientific and

13 technical activities throughout the Agency;

14 (2) integrating that strategic plan into ongoing

15 Agency planning activities; and

16 (3) reviewing all Agency research to ensure the

17 research—

18 (A) is of high quality;

19 (B) does not duplicate any other research

20 being conducted by the Agency; and

21 (C) is adequate to support any Agency ac22 tion based on that research.

23 (b) REPORT.—The Assistant Administrator shall

24 transmit annually to the Administrator and to the Com25 mittee on Science of the House of Representatives and the
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1 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen2 ate a report detailing—

3 (1) all Agency research the Assistant Adminis4 trator finds is not of sufficiently high quality;

5 (2) all Agency research the Assistant Adminis6 trator finds duplicates other Agency research; and

7 (3) any Agency action the Assistant Adminis8 trator finds is not supported by adequate scientific

9 data.

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