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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3531

To incorporate environmentally sound principles into certain ongoing

programs.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 18, 1993

Mr. SWETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Science, Space, and Technology

A BILL

To incorporate environmentally sound principles into certain

ongoing programs.

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 ‘‘Greener Government

5 Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds the following:

8 (1) The policies and programs of the Federal

9 Government should encourage sustainable economic

10 development.
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1 (2) The Federal Government spends substantial

2 sums annually on the development of new tech3 nologies.

4 (3) The development of environmental tech5 nologies can enhance the economic competitiveness

6 and environmental security of the United States.

7 (4) In order to contribute to the achievement of

8 sustainable economic development and to promote

9 the economic and environmental security of the

10 United States, environmental concerns should be in11 corporated into the technology development pro12 grams of the Federal Government.

13 SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGIES IN ON14 GOING PROGRAMS.

15 (a) STEVENSON-WYDLER AMENDMENTS.—The Ste16 venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15

17 U.S.C. 3701) is amended—

18 (1) in section 2(2), by inserting ‘‘greater envi19 ronmental sustainability,’’ after ‘‘employment oppor20 tunities,’’;

21 (2) in section 3(1), by inserting ‘‘for sustainable

22 economic development’’ after ‘‘stimulate technology’’;

23 (3) in section 4, by adding at the end the fol24 lowing new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(14) ‘Sustainable economic development’

2 means the integration of environment and economic

3 development concerns leading to long-term economic

4 development with reduced pollution and the more ef5 ficient use of energy and materials;’’;

6 (4) in section 6(a), by inserting ‘‘and sustain7 able economic development in their regions’’ after

8 ‘‘enhance the competitiveness of American busi9 ness’’;

10 (5) in section 6(d), by inserting ‘‘and sustain11 able economic development of their regions’’ after

12 ‘‘enhance the competitiveness of American busi13 nesses’’;

14 (6) in section 7(a), by inserting ‘‘and sustain15 able economic development’’ after ‘‘enhance techno16 logical innovation’’;

17 (7) in section 7(c)(1), by striking ‘‘economic

18 competitiveness’’ and inserting ‘‘sustainable eco19 nomic development’’;

20 (8) in section 9(a), by inserting ‘‘and sustain21 able economic development’’ after ‘‘enhance techno22 logical innovation’’; and

23 (9) in section 11(c)(1) by inserting ‘‘and would

24 enhance sustainable economic development’’ after

25 ‘‘commercial applications’’.
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1 (b) NIST AMENDMENTS.—The National Institute of

2 Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 271) is amend3 ed—

4 (1) in section 1(b)(1), by inserting ‘‘sustainable

5 economic development,’’ after ‘‘improved product re6 liability and manufacturing processes,’’;

7 (2) in section 1, by adding after subsection (b)

8 the following new subsection:

9 ‘‘(c) For purposes of the this section, the term ‘sus10 tainable economic development’ means the integration of

11 environment and economic development concerns leading

12 to long-term economic development with reduced pollution

13 and the more efficient use of energy and materials.’’; and

14 (3) in section 2(b)(1), by inserting ‘‘to enhance

15 sustainable economic development (as that term is

16 defined in section 1(c))’’ after ‘‘to improve quality,’’.

17 (c) NASA AMENDMENTS.—The National Aero18 nautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451 note) is

19 amended—

20 (1) in section 102(d)—

21 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7),

22 (8), and (9) as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and

23 (10), respectively; and

24 (B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the

25 following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(6) The making available to Federal and non2 Federal entities of the United States, technologies

3 that will enhance the sustainable economic develop4 ment of the Nation.’’; and

5 (2) in section 103—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘; and’’ in paragraph (1)

7 and inserting a semicolon;

8 (B) by striking the period at the end of

9 paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

10 (C) by adding at the end the following new

11 paragraph:

12 ‘‘(3) the term ‘sustainable economic develop13 ment’ means the integration of environment and eco14 nomic development concerns leading to long-term

15 economic development with reduced pollution and

16 the more efficient use of energy and materials.’’.

17 (d) NSF AMENDMENTS.—

18 (1) FUNCTIONS.—Section 3(a) of the National

19 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et

20 seq.) is amended—

21 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’

22 and inserting a semicolon;

23 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe24 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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1 (C) by adding at the end the following new

2 paragraph:

3 ‘‘(8) to foster education and research that

4 would promote sustainable economic development

5 nationally and internationally.’’.

6 (2) DEFINITION.—Subsection (g) of section 14

7 of such Act is amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(g) For purposes of this Act:

9 ‘‘(1) The term ‘United States’ when used in a

10 geographical sense means the States, the District of

11 Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and

12 all territories and possessions of the United States.

13 ‘‘(2) The term ‘sustainable economic develop14 ment’ means the integration of environment and eco15 nomic development concerns leading to long-term

16 economic development with reduced pollution and

17 the more efficient use of energy and materials.’’.

18 (e) TITLE 10 AMENDMENTS.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2501(b) of title 10,

20 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘eco21 nomic growth’’ in paragraphs (1) and (2) and insert22 ing ‘‘sustainable economic development’’.

23 (2) DEFINITION.—Section 2491 of such title is

24 amended by adding at the end the following new

25 paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(13) The term ‘sustainable economic develop2 ment’ means the integration of environment and eco3 nomic development concerns leading to long-term

4 economic development with reduced pollution and

5 the more efficient use of energy and materials.’’.

6 (f) TITLE 49 AMENDMENT.—Section 101(b)(4) of

7 title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and

8 sustainable economic development (as defined in section

9 4(14) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act

10 of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703(14))’’ after ‘‘technological

11 advances’’.

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