Calendar No. 515

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1946

[Report No. 106–272]

A BILL

To amend the National Environmental Education

Act to redesignate that Act as the ‘‘John H.Chafee Environmental Education Act’’, to establish the John H. Chafee Memorial FellowshipProgram, to extend the programs under that Act,and for other purposes.

APRIL 13, 2000

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 515

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1946

[Report No. 106–272]

To amend the National Environmental Education Act to redesignate that

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

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 17, 1999

Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. WARNER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. MOYNIHAN,

Ms. COLLINS, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. KERRY, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. REID,

Mr. REED, Mr. L. CHAFEE, Mr. BREAUX, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. ROBB, and

Mr. CLELAND) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

APRIL 13, 2000

Reported by Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To amend the National Environmental Education Act to

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

Memorial Fellowship Program, to extend the programs

under that Act, and for other purposes.
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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 (a) THIS ACT.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘John

5 H. Chafee Environmental Education Act of 1999’’.

6 (b) NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACT.—

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

8 (20 U.S.C. 5501 note) is amended by striking ‘‘National

9 Environmental Education Act’’ and inserting ‘‘John H.

10 Chafee Environmental Education Act’’.

11 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

12 Section 4 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu13 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5503) is amended—

14 (1) in subsection (b)—

15 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘bal16 anced and scientifically sound’’ after ‘‘support’’;

17 (B) by striking paragraph (6);

18 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (7)

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

20 respectively; and

21 (D) in paragraph (12) (as so redesig22 nated), by inserting before the period at the end

23 the following: ‘‘through the headquarters and

24 the regional offices of the Agency’’; and
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1 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the

2 following:

3 ‘‘(c) STAFF.—The Office of Environmental Edu4 cation shall—

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

6 than 10 full-time equivalent employees; and

7 ‘‘(2) be supported by 1 full-time equivalent em8 ployee in each regional office of the Agency.

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

10 the activities described in subsection (b) directly or

11 through awards of grants, cooperative agreements, or con12 tracts.’’.

13 SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS.

14 Section 6 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu15 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5505) is amended—

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

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

18 and

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

20 ‘‘(j) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—A grant under this sec21 tion may not be used to support a lobbying activity (as

22 described in the documents issued by the Office of Man23 agement and Budget and designated as OMB Circulars

24 No. A–21 and No. A–122).
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1 ‘‘(k) GUIDANCE REVIEW.—Before the Administrator

2 issues any guidance to grant applicants, the guidance shall

3 be reviewed and approved by the Science Advisory Board

4 of the Agency established by section 8 of the Environ5 mental Research, Development, and Demonstration Au6 thorization Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 4365).’’.

7 SEC. 4. JOHN H. CHAFEE MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PRO8 GRAM.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of the John H. Chafee

10 Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5506) is amend11 ed to read as follows:

12 ‘‘SEC. 7. JOHN H. CHAFEE MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PRO13 GRAM.

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

15 John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program for the

16 award and administration of 5 annual 1-year higher edu17 cation fellowships in environmental sciences, to be known

18 as ‘John H. Chafee Fellowships’.

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

20 Memorial Fellowship Program is to stimulate innovative

21 graduate level study and the development of expertise in

22 complex, relevant, and important environmental issues

23 and effective approaches to addressing those issues

24 through organized programs of guided independent study

25 and environmental research.
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1 ‘‘(c) AWARD.—Each John H. Chafee Fellowship

2 shall—

3 ‘‘(1) be made available to individual candidates

4 through a sponsoring institution and in accordance

5 with an annual competitive selection process estab6 lished under subsection (f)(3); and

7 ‘‘(2) be in the amount of $25,000.

8 ‘‘(d) FOCUS.—Each John H. Chafee Fellowship shall

9 focus on—

10 ‘‘(1) effective land and resource management;

11 ‘‘(2) innovative open space preservation;

12 ‘‘(3) science associated with such worldwide

13 issues as global climate change and sustainable ma14 rine resources; or

15 ‘‘(4) any other issue that a sponsoring institu16 tion determines to be appropriate.

17 ‘‘(e) SPONSORING INSTITUTIONS.—Each year—

18 ‘‘(1) 2 John H. Chafee Fellowships shall be

19 awarded by the University of Rhode Island; and

20 ‘‘(2) 3 John H. Chafee Fellowships may be ap21 plied for through any other sponsoring institution.

22 ‘‘(f) PANEL.—

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation The Na24 tional Environmental Education Advisory Council es-
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1 tablished by section 9(a) shall establish and admin2 ister the John H. Chafee Fellowship Panel.

3 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Panel shall consist of

4 5 members, appointed by a majority vote of mem5 bers of the National Environmental Education Advi6 sory Council established by section 9(a), Council, of

7 whom—

8 ‘‘(A) 2 members shall be professional edu9 cators in higher education;

10 ‘‘(B) 2 members shall be environmental

11 scientists; and

12 ‘‘(C) 1 member shall be a public environ13 mental policy analyst.

14 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Panel shall—

15 ‘‘(A) establish criteria for a competitive se16 lection process for recipients of John H. Chafee

17 Fellowships;

18 ‘‘(B) receive applications for John H.

19 Chafee Fellowships; and

20 ‘‘(C) annually review applications and se21 lect recipients of John H. Chafee Fellowships.

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

23 each John H. Chafee Fellowship shall be provided directly

24 to each recipient selected by the Panel upon receipt of a
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1 certification from the recipient that the recipient will ad2 here to a specific and detailed plan of study and research.

3 ‘‘(h) FUNDING.—From amounts made available

4 under section 11(b)(1)(D) section 11(b)(1)(C) for each fis5 cal year, the Foundation Office of Environmental Edu6 cation shall make available—

7 ‘‘(1) $125,000 for John H. Chafee Memorial

8 Fellowships; and

9 ‘‘(2) $25,000 to pay administrative expenses in10 curred in carrying out the John H. Chafee Memorial

11 Fellowship Program.’’.

12 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the John H. Chafee

13 Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5502) is

14 amended—

15 (1) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

16 end;

17 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking the period at

18 the end and inserting a semicolon; and

19 (3) by adding at the end the following:

20 ‘‘(14) ‘Panel’ means the John H. Chafee Fel21 lowship Panel established under section 7(f);

22 ‘‘(15) ‘sponsoring institution’ means an institu23 tion of higher education (as defined in section 101

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

25 1001));’’.
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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con2 tents in section 1(b) of the John H. Chafee Environmental

3 Education Act (20 U.S.C. prec. 5501) is amended by

4 striking the item relating to section 7 and inserting the

5 following:

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

6 SEC. 5. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AWARDS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8 of the John H. Chafee

8 Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5507) is amend9 ed to read as follows:

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

11 ‘‘(a) PRESIDENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH

12 AWARDS.—The Administrator may establish a program

13 for the granting and administration of awards, to be

14 known as ‘President’s Environmental Youth Awards’, to

15 young people in grades kindergarten through 12 to recog16 nize outstanding projects to promote local environmental

17 awareness.

18 ‘‘(b) TEACHERS’ AWARDS.—

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

20 Council on Environmental Quality, on behalf of the

21 President, may establish a program for the granting

22 and administration of awards to recognize—

23 ‘‘(A) teachers in elementary schools and

24 secondary schools who demonstrate excellence
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1 in advancing environmental education through

2 innovative approaches; and

3 ‘‘(B) the local educational agencies of the

4 recognized teachers.

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

6 education agency employing the teacher, from each

7 State, the District of Columbia, and the Common8 wealth of Puerto Rico, shall be eligible to be selected

9 for an award under this subsection.’’.

10 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the John H. Chafee

11 Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5502) (as

12 amended by section 4(b)) is amended by adding at the

13 end the following:

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

15 given the term in section 14101 of the Elementary

16 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

17 8801); and

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

19 the term in section 14101 of the Elementary and

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

21 8801).’’.

22 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con23 tents in section 1(b) of the John H. Chafee Environmental

24 Education Act (20 U.S.C. prec. 5501) is amended by
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1 striking the item relating to section 8 and inserting the

2 following:

‘‘Sec. 8. National environmental education awards.’’.

3 SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

4 AND TASK FORCE.

5 Section 9 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu6 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5508) is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (b)(2)—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘(2) The’’ and all that fol9 lows through the end of the second sentence

10 and inserting the following:

11 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Council

13 shall consist of not more than 11 members ap14 pointed by the Administrator after consultation

15 with the Secretary.

16 ‘‘(B) REPRESENTATIVES OF SECTORS.—To

17 the maximum extent practicable, the Adminis18 trator shall appoint to the Advisory Council at

19 least 1 member to represent each of—

20 ‘‘(i) elementary schools and secondary

21 schools;

22 ‘‘(ii) colleges and universities;

23 ‘‘(iii) not-for-profit organizations in24 volved in environmental education;
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1 ‘‘(iv) State departments of education

2 and natural resources;

3 ‘‘(v) business and industry; and

4 ‘‘(vi) senior Americans.’’;

5 (B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘A

6 representative’’ and inserting the following:

7 ‘‘(C) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SEC8 RETARY.—A representative’’; and

9 (C) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘The

10 conflict’’ and inserting the following:

11 ‘‘(D) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—The con12 flict’’;

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

14 and inserting the following:

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

16 Force shall be open to representatives of any Fed17 eral agency actively engaged in environmental edu18 cation.’’; and

19 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(d)(1)’’ and

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

21 following:

22 ‘‘(d) MEETINGS AND REPORTS.—

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

24 shall—
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1 ‘‘(A) hold biennial meetings on timely

2 issues regarding environmental education; and

3 ‘‘(B) issue a report describing the pro4 ceedings of each meeting and recommendations

5 resulting from the meeting.

6 ‘‘(2) REVIEW AND COMMENT ON DRAFT RE7 PORTS.—The’’.

8 SEC. 7. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOUNDA9 TION.

10 (a) CHANGE IN NAME.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 10 of the John H.

12 Chafee Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C.

13 5509) is amended—

14 (A) by striking the section heading and in15 serting the following:

16 ‘‘SEC. 10. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOUNDA17 TION.’’;

18 and

19 (B) in the first sentence of subsection

20 (a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘National Environmental

21 Education and Training Foundation’’ and in22 serting ‘‘National Environmental Learning

23 Foundation’’.

24 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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1 (A) The table of contents in section 1(b) of

2 the John H. Chafee Environmental Education

3 Act (20 U.S.C. prec. 5501) is amended by

4 striking the item relating to section 10 and in5 serting the following:

‘‘Sec. 10. National Environmental Learning Foundation.’’.

6 (B) Section 3 of the John H. Chafee Envi7 ronmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5502) (as

8 amended by section 4(b)) is amended—

9 (i) by striking paragraph (12) and in10 serting the following:

11 ‘‘(12) ‘Foundation’ means the National Envi12 ronmental Learning Foundation established by sec13 tion 10;’’; and

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

15 ‘‘National Environmental Education and

16 Training Foundation’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘Foundation’’.

18 (C) Section 11(c) of the John H. Chafee

19 Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C.

20 5510(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘National En21 vironmental Education and Training Founda22 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘Foundation’’.

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

24 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act (20
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1 U.S.C. 5509(b)(1)(A)) is amended in the first sentence by

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

3 (c) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DONORS.—Section 10(d)

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

5 U.S.C. 5509(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and

6 inserting the following:

7 ‘‘(3) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DONORS.—The

8 Foundation may acknowledge receipt of donations by

9 means of a listing of the names of donors in mate10 rials distributed by the Foundation, except that any

11 such acknowledgment—

12 ‘‘(A) shall not appear in educational mate13 rial presented to students; and

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

15 of a logo, letterhead, or other corporate com16 mercial symbol, slogan, or product.’’.

17 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT.—

18 Section 10(e) of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu19 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5509(e)) is amended in the first

20 sentence by striking ‘‘for a period of up to 4 years from

21 the date of enactment of this Act,’’.

22 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11 of the John H. Chafee

24 Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5510) is

25 amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub2 section (d);

3 (2) by striking the section heading and sub4 sections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:

5 ‘‘SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro7 priated to the Environmental Protection Agency to carry

8 out this Act $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000

9 through 2005.

10 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—

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

12 of the amounts made available under subsection (a)

13 for each fiscal year—

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

15 used for the activities of the Office of Environ16 mental Education established under section 4;

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

18 used for the operation of the environmental

19 education and training program under section

20 5;

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

22 for environmental education grants under sec23 tion 6 and for the John H. Chafee Memorial Fel24 lowship Program under section 7; and
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1 ‘‘(D) 10 percent shall be used for the ac2 tivities of the Foundation under sections 7 and

3 10.

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

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

6 each fiscal year, not more than 25 percent may be

7 used for administrative expenses of the Office of En8 vironmental Education.

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

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

11 submit to Congress a report describing in detail the activi12 ties for which funds appropriated for the fiscal year were

13 expended.’’; and

14 (3) in subsection (d)(2) (as so redesignated), by

15 striking ‘‘section 10(d) of this Act’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘section 10(e)’’.

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con18 tents in section 1(b) of the John H. Chafee Environmental

19 Education Act (20 U.S.C. prec. 5501) is amended by

20 striking the item relating to section 11 and inserting the

21 following:

‘‘Sec. 11. Authorization of appropriations.’’.