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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3645

To amend the National Environmental Education Act to extend the programs

under the Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 13, 1996

Mr. KLUG (for himself, Mr. WALSH, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. PALLONE,

and Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was

referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Environ5 mental Education Amendments Act of 1996’’.

6 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

7 Section 4 of the National Environmental Education

8 Act (20 U.S.C. 5503) is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (b)—
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1 (A) in paragraph (1) by inserting after

2 ‘‘support’’ the following: ‘‘balanced and scientif3 ically sound’’;

4 (B) by striking paragraph (6);

5 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (7)

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

7 respectively; and

8 (D) in paragraph (12) (as so redesig9 nated), by inserting before the period the fol10 lowing: ‘‘through the headquarters and the re11 gional offices of the Agency’’; and

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

13 following:

14 ‘‘(c) STAFF.—The Office of Environmental Edu15 cation shall—

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

17 than 10 full-time equivalent employees; and

18 ‘‘(2) be supported by 1 full-time equivalent em19 ployee in each Agency regional office.

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

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

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

23 SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS.

24 Section 6 of the National Environmental Education

25 Act (20 U.S.C. 5505) is amended—
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1 (1) in the second sentence of subsection (i), by

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

3 and

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

5 ‘‘(j) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—A grant under this sec6 tion may not be used to fund a lobbying activity (as de7 scribed in the documents issued by the Office of Manage8 ment and Budget and designated as OMB Circulars No.

9 A–21 and No. A–122).’’.

10 SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOW11 SHIPS.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Environmental

13 Education Act is amended—

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

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

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

17 10, respectively.

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The National En19 vironmental Education Act is amended—

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

21 U.S.C. prec. 5501)—

22 (A) by striking the item relating to section

23 7; and
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1 (B) by redesignating the to sections 8

2 through 11 as items relating to sections 7

3 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 Training Foundation’’ and inserting ‘‘Founda2 tion 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) CONDITIONS OF DONATIONS.—Section 9 of the

7 National Environmental Education Act (as redesignated

8 by section 4(a)(2)) is amended in subsection (d) by strik9 ing paragraph (3).

10 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

11 Section 10 of the National Environmental Education

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

13 striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the follow14 ing:

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap16 propriated to the Environmental Protection Agency to

17 carry out this Act—

18 ‘‘(1) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997,

19 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002; and

20 ‘‘(2) such sums as are necessary for each of fis21 cal years 2003 through 2007.

22 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—

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

24 of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a)

25 for a fiscal year—
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1 ‘‘(A) not more than 25 percent may be

2 used for the activities of the Office of Environ3 mental Education;

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

5 used for the operation of the environmental

6 education and training program;

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

8 for environmental education grants; and

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

10 Foundation for Environmental Education.

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

12 amounts made available under paragraph (1) for a

13 fiscal year for the activities of the Office of Environ14 mental Education, not more than 25 percent may be

15 used for administrative expenses.’’.

16 SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.

17 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect

18 as of the later of—

19 (1) October 1, 1996; or

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

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