Calendar No. 542

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1873

[Report No. 104–336]

A BILL

To amend the National Environmental Education

for other purposes.Act to extend the programs under the Act, and

JULY 29, 1996

Reported with an amendment
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Calendar No. 542

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1873

[Report No. 104–336]

To amend the National Environmental Education Act to extend the programs

under the Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 13, 1996

Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. FAIRCLOTH,

Mr. KEMPTHORNE, Mr. MOYNIHAN, Mr. REID, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. COHEN,

Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. KASSEBAUM, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr.

GRAHAM, Mr. DOMENICI, and Mr. SMITH) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and

Public Works

JULY 29, 1996

Reported by Mr. CHAFEE, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Environ3 mental Education Amendments Act of 1996’’.

4 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

5 Section 4 of the National Environmental Education

6 Act (20 U.S.C. 5503) is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (b)—

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

9 ‘‘support’’ the following: ‘‘balanced and scientif10 ically sound’’;

11 (B) by striking paragraph (6);

12 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (7)

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

14 respectively; and

15 (D) in paragraph (12) (as so redesig16 nated), by inserting before the period the fol17 lowing: ‘‘through the headquarters and the re18 gional offices of the Agency’’; and

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

20 following:

21 ‘‘(c) STAFF.—The Office of Environmental Edu22 cation shall—

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

24 than 10 full-time equivalent employees; and

25 ‘‘(2) be supported by 1 full-time equivalent em26 ployee in each Agency regional office.
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1 ‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—The Administrator may carry out

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

3 awards of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.’’.

4 SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS.

5 Section 6 of the National Environmental Education

6 Act (20 U.S.C. 5505) is amended—

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

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

9 and

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

11 ‘‘(j) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—A grant under this sec12 tion may not be used to fund a lobbying activity (as de13 scribed in the documents issued by the Office of Manage14 ment and Budget and designated as OMB Circulars No.

15 A–21 and No. A–122).’’.

16 SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOW17 SHIPS.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Environmental

19 Education Act is amended—

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

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

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

23 10, respectively.

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The National En25 vironmental Education Act is amended—
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1 (1) in the table of contents in section 1(b) (20

2 U.S.C. prec. 5501)—

3 (A) by striking the item relating to section

4 7; and

5 (B) by redesignating the items relating to

6 sections 8 through 11 as items relating to sec7 tions 7 through 10, respectively;

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 ‘‘section 8’’;

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

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

17 ‘‘section 8(d)’’;

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

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

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

21 ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and

22 (5) in subsection (c)(2) of section 10 (as redes23 ignated by subsection (a)(2)), by striking ‘‘section

24 10(d) of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9(d)’’.
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1 SEC. 5. NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS.

2 Section 7 of the National Environmental Education

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

4 read as follows:

5 ‘‘SEC. 7. NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS.

6 ‘‘The Administrator may provide for awards to be

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

8 to be given to young people in grades kindergarten

9 through 12 for outstanding projects to promote local envi10 ronmental awareness.’’.

11 SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

12 AND TASK FORCE.

13 Section 8 of the National Environmental Education

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

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

16 and second sentences and inserting the following:

17 ‘‘The Advisory Council shall consist of not more

18 than 11 members appointed by the Administrator

19 after consultation with the Secretary. To the extent

20 practicable, the Administrator shall appoint to the

21 Advisory Council at least 1 representative from each

22 of the following sectors: primary and secondary edu23 cation; colleges and universities; not-for-profit orga24 nizations involved in environmental education; State

25 departments of education and natural resources;

26 business and industry; and senior Americans.’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2)

2 and inserting the following:

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

4 Force shall be open to representatives of any Fed5 eral agency actively engaged in environmental edu6 cation.’’; and

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

8 and inserting the following:

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

10 Council shall hold a biennial meeting on timely is11 sues regarding environmental education and issue a

12 report and recommendations on the proceedings of

13 the meeting.’’.

14 SEC. 7. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND

15 TRAINING FOUNDATION.

16 (a) CHANGE IN NAME.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of sub18 section (a)(1)(A) of section 9 of the National Envi19 ronmental Education Act (as redesignated by section

20 4(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘National Environ21 mental Education and Training Foundation’’ and in22 serting ‘‘Foundation for Environmental Education’’.

23 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The National

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

25 seq.) is amended—
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1 (A) in the item relating to section 9 (as re2 designated by section 4(b)(1)(B)) of the table of

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

4 by striking ‘‘National Environmental Education

5 and Training Foundation’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘Foundation for Environmental Education’’;

7 (B) in section 3 (20 U.S.C. 5502)—

8 (i) by striking paragraph (12) and in9 serting the following:

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

11 Foundation for Environmental Education estab12 lished by section 9; and’’; and

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

14 ‘‘National Environmental Education and

15 Training Foundation’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘Foundation for Environmental Edu17 cation’’;

18 (C) in the heading of section 9 (as redesig19 nated by section 4(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘NA20 TIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND

21 TRAINING FOUNDATION’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDU23 CATION’’; and

24 (D) in subsection (c) of section 10 (as re25 designated by section 4(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘Na-
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1 tional Environmental Education and Training

2 Foundation’’ and inserting ‘‘Foundation for

3 Environmental Education’’.

4 (b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS; NUMBER OF DIREC5 TORS.—The first sentence of subsection (b)(1)(A) of sec6 tion 9 of the National Environmental Education Act (as

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

8 ‘‘13’’ and inserting ‘‘19’’.

9 (c) CONDITIONS OF DONATIONS.—Section 9 of the

10 National Environmental Education Act (as redesignated

11 by section 4(a)(2)) is amended in subsection (d) by strik12 ing paragraph (3).

13 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

14 Section 10 of the National Environmental Education

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

16 striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the follow17 ing:

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap19 propriated to the Environmental Protection Agency to

20 carry out this Act—

21 ‘‘(1) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997,

22 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002; and

23 ‘‘(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fis24 cal years 2003 through 2007.

25 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

2 of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a)

3 for a fiscal year—

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

5 used for the activities of the Office of Environ6 mental Education;

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

8 used for the operation of the environmental

9 education and training program;

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

11 for environmental education grants; and

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

13 Foundation for Environmental Education.

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

15 amounts made available under paragraph (1) for a

16 fiscal year for the activities of the Office of Environ17 mental Education, not more than 25 percent may be

18 used for administrative expenses.’’.

19 SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.

20 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect

21 as of the later of—

22 (1) October 1, 1996; or

23 (2) the date of enactment of this Act.
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Environmental

3 Education Amendments Act of 1996’’.

4 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

5 Section 4 of the National Environmental Education

6 Act (20 U.S.C. 5503) is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (b)—

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

9 ‘‘support’’ the following: ‘‘balanced and scientif10 ically sound’’;

11 (B) by striking paragraph (6);

12 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (7)

13 through (13) as paragraphs (6) through (12), re14 spectively; and

15 (D) in paragraph (12) (as so redesignated),

16 by inserting before the period the following:

17 ‘‘through the headquarters and the regional of18 fices of the Agency’’; and

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

20 following:

21 ‘‘(c) STAFF.—The Office of Environmental Education

22 shall—

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

24 than 10 full-time equivalent employees; and

25 ‘‘(2) be supported by 1 full-time equivalent em26 ployee in each Agency regional office.
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1 ‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—The Administrator may carry out

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

3 awards of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.’’.

4 SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS.

5 Section 6 of the National Environmental Education

6 Act (20 U.S.C. 5505) is amended—

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

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

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

10 ‘‘(j) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—A grant under this sec11 tion may not be used to support a lobbying activity (as

12 described in the documents issued by the Office of Manage13 ment and Budget and designated as OMB Circulars No.

14 A–21 and No. A–122).’’.

15 SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Environmental Edu17 cation Act is amended—

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

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

20 U.S.C. 5507 through 5510) as sections 7 through 10,

21 respectively.

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The National Envi23 ronmental Education Act is amended—

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

25 U.S.C. prec. 5501)—
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1 (A) by striking the item relating to section

2 7; and

3 (B) by redesignating the items relating to

4 sections 8 through 11 as items relating to sec5 tions 7 through 10, respectively;

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 ‘‘section 8’’;

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

14 striking ‘‘section 9(d) of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘sec15 tion 8(d)’’;

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

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

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

19 ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and

20 (5) in subsection (c)(2) of section 10 (as redesig21 nated by subsection (a)(2)), by striking ‘‘section 10(d)

22 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9(d)’’.
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1 SEC. 5. NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS.

2 Section 7 of the National Environmental Education

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

4 as follows:

5 ‘‘SEC. 7. NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS.

6 ‘‘The Administrator may provide for awards to be

7 known as the ‘President’s Environmental Youth Awards’ to

8 be given to young people in grades kindergarten through

9 12 for outstanding projects to promote local environmental

10 awareness.’’.

11 SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

12 AND TASK FORCE.

13 Section 8 of the National Environmental Education

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

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

16 second sentences and inserting the following: ‘‘The Ad17 visory Council shall consist of not more than 11 mem18 bers appointed by the Administrator after consulta19 tion with the Secretary. To the extent practicable, the

20 Administrator shall appoint to the Advisory Council

21 at least 1 representative from each of the following

22 sectors: primary and secondary education; colleges

23 and universities; not-for-profit organizations involved

24 in environmental education; State departments of

25 education and natural resources; business and indus26 try; and senior Americans.’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2)

2 and inserting the following:

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

4 Force shall be open to representatives of any Federal

5 agency actively engaged in environmental edu6 cation.’’; and

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

8 and inserting the following:

9 ‘‘(1) BIENNIAL MEETINGS.—The Advisory Coun10 cil shall hold a biennial meeting on timely issues re11 garding environmental education and issue a report

12 and recommendations on the proceedings of the meet13 ing.’’.

14 SEC. 7. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND

15 TRAINING FOUNDATION.

16 (a) CHANGE IN NAME.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of sub18 section (a)(1)(A) of section 9 of the National Environ19 mental Education Act (as redesignated by section

20 4(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘National Environ21 mental Education and Training Foundation’’ and in22 serting ‘‘Foundation for Environmental Education’’.

23 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The National

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

25 seq.) is amended—
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1 (A) in the item relating to section 9 (as re2 designated by section 4(b)(1)(B)) of the table of

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

4 by striking ‘‘National Environmental Education

5 and Training Foundation’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘Foundation for Environmental Education’’;

7 (B) in section 3 (20 U.S.C. 5502)—

8 (i) by striking paragraph (12) and in9 serting the following:

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

11 Foundation for Environmental Education established

12 by section 9; and’’; and

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

14 ‘‘National Environmental Education and

15 Training Foundation’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘Foundation for Environmental Edu17 cation’’;

18 (C) in the heading of section 9 (as redesig19 nated by section 4(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘NA20 TIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND

21 TRAINING FOUNDATION’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDU23 CATION’’; and

24 (D) in subsection (c) of section 10 (as redes25 ignated by section 4(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘Na-
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1 tional Environmental Education and Training

2 Foundation’’ and inserting ‘‘Foundation for En3 vironmental Education’’.

4 (b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS; NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.—

5 The first sentence of subsection (b)(1)(A) of section 9 of the

6 National Environmental Education Act (as redesignated by

7 section 4(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘19’’.

9 (c) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DONATIONS.—Section 9(d)

10 of the National Environmental Education Act (as redesig11 nated by section 4(a)(2)) is amended by striking paragraph

12 (3) and inserting the following:

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

14 Foundation may acknowledge receipt of donations by

15 means of a listing of the names of donors in materials

16 distributed by the Foundation, but any such acknowl17 edgment—

18 ‘‘(A) shall not appear in educational mate19 rial to be presented to students; and

20 ‘‘(B) shall not identify a donor by means of

21 a logo, letterhead, or other corporate commercial

22 symbol, slogan, or product.’’.
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1 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 Section 10 of the National Environmental Education

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

4 striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro6 priated to the Environmental Protection Agency to carry

7 out this Act—

8 ‘‘(1) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997,

9 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002; and

10 ‘‘(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal

11 years 2003 through 2007.

12 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—

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

14 the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for a

15 fiscal year—

16 ‘‘(A) not more than 25 percent may be used

17 for the activities of the Office of Environmental

18 Education;

19 ‘‘(B) not more than 25 percent may be used

20 for the operation of the environmental education

21 and training program;

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

23 for environmental education grants; and

24 ‘‘(D) 10 percent shall be used for the Foun25 dation for Environmental Education.
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1 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the

2 amounts made available under paragraph (1) for a

3 fiscal year for the activities of the Office of Environ4 mental Education, not more than 25 percent may be

5 used for administrative expenses.’’.

6 SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.

7 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as

8 of the later of—

9 (1) October 1, 1996; or

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