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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1873

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 4, 1996

Referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

AN ACT

To amend the National Environmental Education Act 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.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Environ5 mental Education Amendments Act of 1996’’.
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1 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

2 Section 4 of the National Environmental Education

3 Act (20 U.S.C. 5503) is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (b)—

5 (A) in paragraph (1) by inserting after

6 ‘‘support’’ the following: ‘‘balanced and scientif7 ically sound’’;

8 (B) by striking paragraph (6);

9 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (7)

10 through (13) as paragraphs (6) through (12),

11 respectively; and

12 (D) in paragraph (12) (as so redesig13 nated), by inserting before the period the fol14 lowing: ‘‘through the headquarters and the re15 gional offices of the Agency’’; and

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

17 following:

18 ‘‘(c) STAFF.—The Office of Environmental Edu19 cation shall—

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

21 than 10 full-time equivalent employees; and

22 ‘‘(2) be supported by 1 full-time equivalent em23 ployee in each Agency regional office.

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

25 the activities specified in subsection (b) directly or through

26 awards of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.’’.
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1 SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS.

2 Section 6 of the National Environmental Education

3 Act (20 U.S.C. 5505) is amended—

4 (1) in the second sentence of subsection (i), by

5 striking ‘‘25 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’;

6 and

7 (2) by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(j) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—A grant under this sec9 tion may not be used to support a lobbying activity (as

10 described in the documents issued by the Office of Man11 agement and Budget and designated as OMB Circulars

12 No. A–21 and No. A–122).’’.

13 SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOW14 SHIPS.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Environmental

16 Education Act is amended—

17 (1) by striking section 7 (20 U.S.C. 5506); and

18 (2) by redesignating sections 8 through 11 (20

19 U.S.C. 5507 through 5510) as sections 7 through

20 10, respectively.

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The National En22 vironmental Education Act is amended—

23 (1) in the table of contents in section 1(b) (20

24 U.S.C. prec. 5501)—

25 (A) by striking the item relating to section

26 7; and
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1 (B) by redesignating the items relating to

2 sections 8 through 11 as items relating to sec3 tions 7 through 10, respectively;

4 (2) in section 4(b) (20 U.S.C. 5503(b))—

5 (A) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by

6 section 2(1)(C)), by striking ‘‘section 8 of this

7 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7’’; and

8 (B) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated),

9 by striking ‘‘section 9 of this Act’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘section 8’’;

11 (3) in section 6(c)(3) (20 U.S.C. 5505(c)(3)),

12 by striking ‘‘section 9(d) of this Act’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘section 8(d)’’;

14 (4) in the matter preceding subsection (c)(3)(A)

15 of section 9 (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)),

16 by striking ‘‘section 10(a) of this Act’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and

18 (5) in subsection (c)(2) of section 10 (as redes19 ignated by subsection (a)(2)), by striking ‘‘section

20 10(d) of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9(d)’’.

21 SEC. 5. NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS.

22 Section 7 of the National Environmental Education

23 Act (as redesignated by section 4(a)(2)) is amended to

24 read as follows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 7. NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS.

2 ‘‘The Administrator may provide for awards to be

3 known as the ‘President’s Environmental Youth Awards’

4 to be given to young people in grades kindergarten

5 through 12 for outstanding projects to promote local envi6 ronmental awareness.’’.

7 SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

8 AND TASK FORCE.

9 Section 8 of the National Environmental Education

10 Act (as redesignated by section 4(a)(2)) is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking the first

12 and second sentences and inserting the following:

13 ‘‘The Advisory Council shall consist of not more

14 than 11 members appointed by the Administrator

15 after consultation with the Secretary. To the extent

16 practicable, the Administrator shall appoint to the

17 Advisory Council at least 1 representative from each

18 of the following sectors: primary and secondary edu19 cation; colleges and universities; not-for-profit orga20 nizations involved in environmental education; State

21 departments of education and natural resources;

22 business and industry; and senior Americans.’’;

23 (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2)

24 and inserting the following:

25 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—Membership on the Task

26 Force shall be open to representatives of any Fed-
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1 eral agency actively engaged in environmental edu2 cation.’’; and

3 (3) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (1)

4 and inserting the following:

5 ‘‘(1) BIENNIAL MEETINGS.—The Advisory

6 Council shall hold a biennial meeting on timely is7 sues regarding environmental education and issue a

8 report and recommendations on the proceedings of

9 the meeting.’’.

10 SEC. 7. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND

11 TRAINING FOUNDATION.

12 (a) CHANGE IN NAME.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of sub14 section (a)(1)(A) of section 9 of the National Envi15 ronmental Education Act (as redesignated by section

16 4(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘National Environ17 mental Education and Training Foundation’’ and in18 serting ‘‘Foundation for Environmental Education’’.

19 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The National

20 Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5501 et

21 seq.) is amended—

22 (A) in the item relating to section 9 (as re23 designated by section 4(b)(1)(B)) of the table of

24 contents in section 1(b) (20 U.S.C. prec. 5501),

25 by striking ‘‘National Environmental Education
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1 and Training Foundation’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘Foundation for Environmental Education’’;

3 (B) in section 3 (20 U.S.C. 5502)—

4 (i) by striking paragraph (12) and in5 serting the following:

6 ‘‘(12) FOUNDATION.—‘Foundation’ means the

7 Foundation for Environmental Education estab8 lished by section 9; and’’; and

9 (ii) in paragraph (13), by striking

10 ‘‘National Environmental Education and

11 Training Foundation’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘Foundation for Environmental Edu13 cation’’;

14 (C) in the heading of section 9 (as redesig15 nated by section 4(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘NA16 TIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND

17 TRAINING FOUNDATION’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDU19 CATION’’; and

20 (D) in subsection (c) of section 10 (as re21 designated by section 4(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘Na22 tional Environmental Education and Training

23 Foundation’’ and inserting ‘‘Foundation for

24 Environmental Education’’.
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1 (b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS; NUMBER OF DIREC2 TORS.—The first sentence of subsection (b)(1)(A) of sec3 tion 9 of the National Environmental Education Act (as

4 redesignated by section 4(a)(2)) is amended by striking

5 ‘‘13’’ and inserting ‘‘19’’.

6 (c) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DONATIONS.—Section

7 9(d) of the National Environmental Education Act (as re8 designated by section 4(a)(2)) is amended by striking

9 paragraph (3) and inserting the following:

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

11 Foundation may acknowledge receipt of donations by

12 means of a listing of the names of donors in mate13 rials distributed by the Foundation, but any such ac14 knowledgment—

15 ‘‘(A) shall not appear in educational mate16 rial to be presented to students; and

17 ‘‘(B) shall not identify a donor by means

18 of a logo, letterhead, or other corporate com19 mercial symbol, slogan, or product.’’.

20 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

21 Section 10 of the National Environmental Education

22 Act (as redesignated by section 4(a)(2)) is amended by

23 striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the follow24 ing:
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1 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap2 propriated to the Environmental Protection Agency to

3 carry out this Act—

4 ‘‘(1) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997,

5 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002; and

6 ‘‘(2) such sums as are necessary for each of fis7 cal years 2003 through 2007.

8 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—

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

10 of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a)

11 for a fiscal year—

12 ‘‘(A) not more than 25 percent may be

13 used for the activities of the Office of Environ14 mental Education;

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

16 used for the operation of the environmental

17 education and training program;

18 ‘‘(C) not less than 40 percent shall be used

19 for environmental education grants; and

20 ‘‘(D) 10 percent shall be used for the

21 Foundation for Environmental Education.

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

23 amounts made available under paragraph (1) for a

24 fiscal year for the activities of the Office of Environ-
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1 mental Education, not more than 25 percent may be

2 used for administrative expenses.’’.

3 SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.

4 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect

5 as of the later of—

6 (1) October 1, 1996; or

7 (2) the date of enactment of this Act.

Passed the Senate August 2, 1996.

Attest: KELLY D. JOHNSTON,

Secretary.