Union Calendar No. 207

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1994

[Report No. 103–376]

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for environmental reyears 1994, and for other purposes. search, development, and demonstration for fiscal

NOVEMBER 18, 1993

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee

dered to be printedof the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
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Union Calendar No. 207

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1994

[Report No. 103–376]

To authorize appropriations for environmental research, development, and

demonstration for fiscal years 1994, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 5, 1993

Mr. VALENTINE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

NOVEMBER 18, 1993

Additional sponsors: Mrs. MORELLA and Mr. KLEIN

NOVEMBER 18, 1993

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 5, 1993]

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for environmental research, development, and demonstration for fiscal years 1994, 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 ‘‘Environmental Re3 search, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act

4 of 1993’’.

5 SEC. 2. GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.

6 (a) ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND

7 DEMONSTRATION.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap9 propriated to the Administrator of the Environmental

10 Protection Agency (hereafter in this Act referred to as

11 the ‘‘Administrator’’) $475,400,000 for fiscal year

12 1994 for environmental research, development, and

13 demonstration activities and for program manage14 ment and support of the Office of Research and Devel15 opment.

16 (2) AUTHORIZATIONS OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVI17 TIES.—Of the amount authorized in paragraph (1)

18 for fiscal year 1994, there are authorized to be appro19 priated for such fiscal year the following:

20 (A) For air related research, $126,000,000.

21 (B) For water related research, $49,000,000.

22 (C) For toxic chemical related research,

23 $76,000,000.

24 (D) For lab and field expenses, $49,000,000.

25 (E) For headquarters expenses, $5,400,000.
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1 (F) For multimedia related research ex2 penses, $163,000,000.

3 (G) For program management expenses,

4 $7,000,000.

5 (3) EFFECT ON OTHER AUTHORIZATION.—Noth6 ing in this Act shall affect amounts authorized for fis7 cal year 1994 for Superfund research activities as au8 thorized by the Superfund Amendments and Reau9 thorization Act of 1986 (P.L. 99–499; 100 Stat.

10 1613).

11 (b) LIMITATION ON CLOSING OFFICES AND REDUC12 TIONS-IN-FORCE.—The Administrator shall not close any

13 field station, regional office, laboratory, or other research

14 center, or permit any reduction-in-force, and no closing or

15 reduction shall be finalized, unless at least 30 days prior

16 to the issuing of any general notice of such closing or reduc17 tion the Administrator informs the appropriate legislative

18 and appropriations committees of the House of Representa19 tives and the Senate in writing of the reasons for such clos20 ing or reduction, the impact of such closing or reduction

21 on carrying out the provisions of this Act, the details of

22 such reduction or closing, and other pertinent information.

23 (c) AVAILABILITY.—Appropriations made pursuant to

24 this Act shall remain available for obligation or expenditure
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1 for such periods as may be specified in the Acts making

2 such appropriations.

3 (d) LIMITATION ON APPROPRIATIONS.—Notwithstand4 ing any other provision of this Act, no funds are authorized

5 to be appropriated for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1994

6 for carrying out the programs and activities for which

7 funds are authorized by this Act, or the amendments made

8 by this Act.

9 (e) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF UNAUTHORIZED

10 APPROPRIATIONS.—

11 (1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para12 graph (2), no funds appropriated for research, devel13 opment, and demonstration activities of the Environ14 mental Protection Agency may be obligated unless the

15 funds are specifically authorized for such activities

16 under this Act or any other authorization Act.

17 (2) CONTINUING AUTHORITY.—The Adminis18 trator may, during a fiscal year, obligate funds ap19 propriated for an activity described in paragraph (1)

20 that have not been authorized by this Act or any other

21 authorization Act in an amount that does not exceed

22 the lesser of—

23 (A) the amount of funds appropriated for

24 the activity in the fiscal year preceding such fis25 cal year; or
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1 (B) ninety percent of the amount of funds

2 appropriated for the activity in such fiscal year.

3 (3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub4 section—

5 (A) the term ‘‘authorization Act’’ means an

6 Act which provides for the authorization of ap7 propriations for research, development, and dem8 onstration activities of the Environmental Pro9 tection Agency, except that such term does not

10 include general or supplemental appropriations

11 Acts or any other Act which provides for budget

12 authority; and

13 (B) the term ‘‘budget authority’’ has the

14 same meaning given such term in section 3(2) of

15 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act

16 of 1974.

17 SEC. 3. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In addition to providing re19 search support for the regulatory needs of the program of20 fices, the Administrator shall establish separately identified

21 research programs consisting of fundamental ecological,

22 health, and risk reduction research. Such research shall be

23 undertaken for the purpose of generating fundamental

24 knowledge necessary to support efforts to identify, assess,

25 and mitigate serious environmental risks.
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1 (b) AUTHORITY.—In carrying out programs under this

2 section, the Administrator may support research on envi3 ronmental processes and trends, identification and assess4 ment of potential risks to human health and the environ5 ment, and approaches to prevent and reduce such risks. The

6 Administrator is authorized to establish and maintain re7 sources, expertise, and facilities necessary to the advance8 ment of the fundamental research programs established in

9 this section.

10 (c) REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.—The Adminis11 trator shall biennially prepare and submit to the Congress

12 and the Science Advisory Board referred to in subsection

13 (d) a report containing the Administrator’s assessment of

14 the programs established pursuant to subsection (a).

15 (d) SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD.—The Science Advi16 sory Board established under the Environmental Research,

17 Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of

18 1978 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Science Advi19 sory Board’’), or a designated subcommittee thereof, shall—

20 (1) review the activities undertaken under the

21 programs established under subsection (a);

22 (2) make recommendations on the appropriate

23 balance between the fundamental research and the

24 programmatic research undertaken by the Environ-
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1 mental Protection Agency and update such rec2 ommendations at least every two years;

3 (3) make any recommendations with respect to

4 the programs established under subsection (a) that the

5 Science Advisory Board considers to be appropriate;

6 and

7 (4) every two years beginning in March 1994,

8 submit to the Administrator and the Congress a re9 port containing—

10 (A) an assessment of the most recent report

11 of the Administrator prepared pursuant to sub12 section (c);

13 (B) the results of a review undertaken pur14 suant to paragraph (1); and

15 (C) the recommendations (with any updates

16 thereto) made pursuant to paragraphs (2) and

17 (3).

18 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of the Envi19 ronmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Au20 thorization Act of 1981 is amended by striking subsection

21 (f).

22 SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

23 PROGRAM.

24 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall estab25 lish an Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Pro-
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1 gram to conduct comprehensive, long-term environmental

2 monitoring, data collection, and data analysis as a means

3 of assessing and responding to the current and long-term

4 status and trends of the ecological resources of the United

5 States.

6 (b) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall coordi7 nate the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Pro8 gram activities with the heads of other Federal agencies in

9 order to identify, integrate, and fully utilize results of relat10 ed efforts undertaken by other agencies and minimize dupli11 cation of efforts.

12 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall pub13 lish an annual report identifying and assessing the per14 formance of the activities undertaken under the Environ15 mental Monitoring and Assessment Program, the effective16 ness of interagency coordination, and the contributions of

17 multiagency research to the advancement of research goals.

18 (d) PUBLIC DATA.—The Administrator shall periodi19 cally submit to Congress and make publicly available a

20 compilation of any statistical data summaries and inter21 pretive reports on ecological status and trends developed as

22 a result of the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

23 Program.
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1 SEC. 5. MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.

2 (a) MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.—The Administrator

3 shall establish a modernization program designed to iden4 tify, acquire, and maintain modern buildings, facilities,

5 supplies, and equipment needed to conduct high quality re6 search. In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall

7 ensure that such buildings, facilities, supplies, and equip8 ment shall at a minimum meet the standards generally ac9 cepted by the scientific community as appropriate for con10 ducting research, including research instrumentation re11 placement standards.

12 (b) STUDIES.—The Administrator shall conduct stud13 ies—

14 (1) to evaluate and determine the adequacy of

15 current buildings, facilities, supplies, and equipment

16 and identify future building, facility, supplies, equip17 ment and research instrumentation needs; and

18 (2) to identify and assess future research person19 nel needs and make recommendations for attracting

20 and retaining qualified scientists, engineers and other

21 personnel to meet such needs.

22 (c) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—The studies required

23 by this section shall be submitted to the Committee on

24 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representa25 tives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works
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1 of the Senate within one year after the date of enactment

2 of this Act.

3 SEC. 6. REPEAL OF 5-YEAR RESEARCH REPORT REQUIRE4 MENT.

5 (a) REPEAL.—Section 5 of the Environmental Re6 search, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act

7 of 1976 is repealed.

8 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RE9 SEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION AUTHOR10 IZATION ACT OF 1978.—The Environmental Research, De11 velopment, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978

12 is amended as follows:

13 (1) Strike section 4.

14 (2) Strike ‘‘including those defined in the five15 year research plan’’ at the end of section 7(a).

16 (3) Strike section 8(c).

17 (4) Strike ‘‘The Administrator shall include’’

18 and all that follows through the end of the subsection

19 in section 9(a).

20 SEC. 7. SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD.

21 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Science Advisory Board

22 shall submit to Congress and to the Administrator an an23 nual report that contains the views of the Science Advisory

24 Board on proposed research programs as described in the

25 President’s budget for research, development, and dem-
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1 onstration activities at the Environmental Protection Agen2 cy. Such report shall be submitted to Congress as soon as

3 practicable after the submission of the President’s budget

4 to Congress. The Administrator shall cooperate with the Di5 rector of the Science Advisory Board, particularly with re6 spect to the timely provision of budget information to the

7 Science Advisory Board, to allow the Science Advisory

8 Board to carry out its duties under this subsection.

9 (b) EVALUATION.—The Science Advisory Board shall

10 conduct periodic evaluations of selected areas of the current

11 and planned research, development, and demonstration ac12 tivities of the Environmental Protection Agency. The areas

13 of evaluation shall be selected by the Science Advisory

14 Board in consultation with the Administrator, the Office

15 of Research and Development, other Agency programs, the

16 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House

17 of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and

18 Public Works of the Senate. Reports containing the Science

19 Advisory Board’s evaluations and recommendations shall

20 be filed with such committees and the Administrator. The

21 Administrator shall provide to such committees a written

22 response to the Science Advisory Board’s evaluation and

23 recommendations within 60 days after the Science Advisory

24 Board’s report has been submitted.
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1 (c) REVIEW OF CERTAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—The

2 Science Advisory Board shall annually review the research

3 activities of the Environmental Protection Agency under

4 section 14(b)(2) and shall include the results of such review

5 in the annual report required by section 7.

6 (d) CONCURRENT SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Any

7 report required by law to be submitted by the Science Advi8 sory Board to the Administrator shall be concurrently sub9 mitted to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

10 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Envi11 ronment and Public Works in the Senate.

12 SEC. 8. MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORIZATION FOR COOPERA13 TIVE AGREEMENTS.

14 In reviewing research, development and demonstration

15 grant, contract, and cooperative agreement applications,

16 the Administrator may enter into cooperative agreements

17 to conduct appropriate scientific and professional reviews

18 of such applications and may use research funds authorized

19 by this Act for such cooperative agreements.

20 SEC. 9. RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT.

21 The Administrator shall submit an annual report to

22 the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the

23 House of Representatives and the Committee on Environ24 ment and Public Works of the Senate setting out the accom25 plishments of the research, development, and demonstration
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1 programs for which funds are authorized by this Act and

2 the significance of such accomplishments to the Environ3 mental Protection Agency’s mission.

4 SEC. 10. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND INFORMATION EX5 CHANGE.

6 The Administrator shall carry out a program of envi7 ronmental technology transfer and exchange of scientific

8 and technical information designed to make full and effec9 tive use of the Agency’s research, development, and dem10 onstration efforts. The Administrator may establish and

11 maintain resources necessary to advance such technology

12 transfer and information exchange program.

13 SEC. 11. RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THE EVALUATION OF

14 HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL RISK.

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall estab16 lish a separately identified research program designed to

17 improve the capability of the Environmental Protection

18 Agency to identify, assess, and compare risks to public

19 health and natural ecosystems resulting from contamina20 tion of the environment.

21 (b) OBJECTIVES.—Under the program authorized by

22 subsection (a), the Administrator may conduct research

23 to—

24 (1) develop and improve methodologies for the

25 comparison of risks to public health and natural
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1 ecosystems, including risks resulting from contamina2 tion of different environmental media;

3 (2) facilitate the monitoring of pollutants and

4 contaminants discharged to the environment;

5 (3) identify and develop methodologies for assess6 ing and reducing risks to natural ecosystems;

7 (4) develop and improve methodologies for the

8 assessment of noncancer risks to public health and the

9 integrated assessment of cancer and noncancer health

10 risks;

11 (5) support any other activities of the Environ12 mental Protection Agency relating to the identifica13 tion, assessment, or comparison of risks to public

14 health and natural ecosystems resulting from con15 tamination of the environment; and

16 (6) develop improved methodologies for evaluat17 ing the benefits, both quantitatively and qualitatively,

18 of ecological protection activities, including improved

19 methods to value natural resources and to account for

20 long-term environmental effects in the Agency’s eco21 nomic analysis.

22 SEC. 12. BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY RESEARCH.

23 The Administrator shall, from funds authorized in sec24 tion 2, conduct a program of fundamental research on, and

25 monitoring of, natural and human-generated impacts on
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1 biological diversity. The program shall be conducted in con2 sultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal agen3 cies and a biodiversity research council established by the

4 Administrator. The research may include—

5 (1) assessments of relevant species or popu6 lations;

7 (2) assessments of biological diversity trends;

8 (3) technologies to identify and assess the effects

9 of environmental pollution and perturbation, com10 pared to the effects of natural occurrences, on biologi11 cal diversity; and

12 (4) assessments of cost-effective strategies to miti13 gate such effects.

14 SEC. 13. LEAD RESEARCH PROGRAM.

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Adminis16 trator shall establish a program to conduct research, includ17 ing laboratory research in a controlled setting, on lead. The

18 research shall also include the following:

19 (1) Research on state-of-the-art technologies for

20 detecting lead in paint films and dust.

21 (2) Research on short-term and long-term cost-ef22 fective technologies for the removal of lead-based paint

23 and in-place management techniques. Such research

24 shall address the relative risk of, and the environ25 mental protection afforded by, various options to re-
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1 move or ameliorate the toxic effects of lead-based

2 paint.

3 (3) A long-term research study in environ4 mentally compatible methods for permanent disposal,

5 recycling, or recovery of lead in lead contamination.

6 (4) A long-term research study to improve tech7 niques to measure lead levels, including levels of lead

8 in soil and dust. The study shall examine current and

9 proposed methods and technologies to measure lead

10 exposure hazards.

11 (5) A long-term research study to examine the

12 results of lead abatement activities. The study shall

13 evaluate the effectiveness of such activities and shall

14 include the long-term monitoring of post-abatement

15 lead exposure of children and adults.

16 (b) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGEN17 CIES.—The Administrator shall consult with the heads of

18 other appropriate Federal agencies with respect to the con19 duct of the research specified in subsection (a).

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of

21 amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 2,

22 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Adminis23 trator $2,400,000 to carry out activities under this section.
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1 SEC. 14. RISK ASSESSMENT RESEARCH PRIORITIES.

2 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY RISK ASSESSMENT

3 RESEARCH ISSUES.—

4 (1) REPORT.—Within six months after the date

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall

6 submit to the Congress a report that identifies at least

7 10 environmental research issues—

8 (A) correlating to the environmental haz9 ards which the Administrator estimates to be in

10 the category of highest risk;

11 (B) regarding which there are, as deter12 mined by the Administrator, significant sci13 entific uncertainties with respect to the assess14 ment of such environmental risks; and

15 (C) with respect to which such uncertainties

16 could be significantly reduced through research.

17 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—In addition to the

18 identification required by paragraph (1), the report

19 referred to in such paragraph shall include—

20 (A) an assessment of the research that has

21 been, or is being, conducted by the Environ22 mental Protection Agency with respect to each

23 issue identified under such paragraph;

24 (B) an identification, with respect to each

25 such issue, of the significant scientific uncertain-
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1 ties that exist with respect to the assessment of

2 the environmental risks posed by the issue;

3 (C) an identification of the research that

4 needs to be conducted by the Environmental Pro5 tection Agency to reduce significantly such sci6 entific uncertainties; and

7 (D) a list that identifies such issues in

8 order of the priority in which such research

9 should be conducted.

10 (b) RESEARCH PROGRAM.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall carry

12 out a research program to reduce the scientific uncer13 tainties with respect to the assessment of the environ14 mental risks posed by the issues identified under sub15 section (a). The research shall be conducted in accord16 ance with the priority list referred to in subsection

17 (a)(2)(D).

18 (2) ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT.—As part of

19 the research program conducted under paragraph (1),

20 the Administrator shall conduct research to improve

21 the methodologies used to assess the economic impact

22 of technologies developed as a result of such research

23 program.

24 (c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—In the first budget sub25 mitted by the President to the Congress immediately follow-
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1 ing the submission required by subsection (a), and in the

2 next four budgets submitted immediately after such budget,

3 the Administrator shall include a report that identifies the

4 research conducted by the Administrator in accordance with

5 the priority list referred to in subsection (a)(2)(D).

6 SEC. 15. REPORT ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEFENSE TECH7 NOLOGY TRANSFER IN DEVELOPMENT OF EN8 VIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE PRODUCTS.

9 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date

10 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit

11 to the Congress a report that identifies opportunities for

12 the technology transfer of defense-related research for envi13 ronmental applications. The report shall include informa14 tion on the development of environmentally sensitive prod15 ucts and processes that have dual-use or commercial appli16 cation, such as—

17 (1) the reduced use of toxic, hazardous, and envi18 ronmentally damaging substances;

19 (2) the development and employment of sub20 stitutes for such substances; and

21 (3) the reduction of emissions and waste genera22 tion in product design, manufacture, and mainte23 nance in relevant areas of technology.

24 (b) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report required

25 under subsection (a), the Administrator shall consult with
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1 the heads of appropriate Federal agencies to identify the

2 production and design capabilities that are applicable to

3 the development of products and processes described in such

4 subsection.

5 (c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

6 term ‘‘defense-related research for environmental applica7 tions’’ means research funded by the Department of Defense

8 to mitigate the environmental impact of activities carried

9 out for military purposes.

10 SEC. 16. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESEARCH ON

11 DRINKING WATER DISINFECTION.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Ad13 ministrator may enter into a cooperative agreement with

14 a non-Government research foundation to conduct research

15 on the disinfection of drinking water, including research on

16 disinfection byproducts in drinking water. Of amounts au17 thorized to be appropriated under section 2, there are au18 thorized to be appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal

19 year 1994 not more than $2,000,000 to carry out this sec20 tion.

21 (b) FUNDING LIMITATION.—The research referred to in

22 subsection (a) may not be conducted unless the Adminis23 trator receives from such foundation and provides for such

24 research for fiscal year 1994 an amount that equals at least

25 50 percent of the total funding for the research.
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1 SEC. 17. INVESTIGATION OF CONTRACT PRACTICES.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—

3 (1) ARRANGEMENT FOR PREPARATION OF

4 STUDY.—Not later than September 30, 1993, the Ad5 ministrator shall enter into an arrangement with a

6 private entity to prepare a study on, and rec7 ommendations regarding, the acquisition and assist8 ance management practices of the Office of Research

9 and Development.

10 (2) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF ENTITY.—The

11 private entity with which the Administrator enters

12 into an arrangement under paragraph (1) is a busi13 ness, legal, or environmental organization which, as

14 determined by the Administrator—

15 (A) has substantial experience in Federal

16 acquisition and assistance management proce17 dures and regulations;

18 (B) has sufficient financial and labor capa19 bilities to adequately carry out the duties of the

20 entity under the arrangement referred to in

21 paragraph (1); and

22 (C) is not subject to any conflicts of interest

23 which would impair the ability of the entity to

24 carry out its duties under such arrangement.

25 (b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study prepared pursu26 ant to subsection (a) shall include the following:
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1 (1) A summary of the investigations and audits

2 of the acquisition and assistance management prac3 tices of the Office of Research and Development con4 ducted by the Office of the Inspector General of the

5 Environmental Protection Agency since 1985.

6 (2) A summary of the policies and programs im7 plemented by the Environmental Protection Agency

8 since 1985 relating to acquisition and assistance

9 management by the Environmental Protection Agency

10 and the Office of Research and Development, with em11 phasis on any policy or program implemented in con12 nection with, or as a result of, an investigation or

13 audit by the Office of Inspector General of the Envi14 ronmental Protection Agency or any other entity.

15 (3) An analysis of the acquisition and assistance

16 management practices and procedures of the Environ17 mental Protection Agency, including an analysis of

18 the following:

19 (A) The adequacy of Environmental Protec20 tion Agency statements of work, assignments,

21 technical directives, and similar control mecha22 nisms, including the adequacy of the review of

23 such statements and the amount of detail pro24 vided in such statements.
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1 (B) The adequacy of the mechanisms for au2 thorizing and reviewing contract charges and in3 voices, including mechanisms for independently

4 verifying that such charges and invoices are rea5 sonable and supportable.

6 (C) The level of actual competition in com7 petitive bidding for contracts.

8 (D) The overall distribution of contracts by

9 the Environmental Protection Agency and any

10 reliance on particular contractors that may re11 sult from such distribution.

12 (E) The adequacy of Environmental Protec13 tion Agency staffing qualifications and training

14 with respect to acquisition and assistance man15 agement.

16 (F) Specific recommendations of the entity

17 regarding management practices and internal

18 controls to remedy problems in acquisition and

19 assistance management practices of the Environ20 mental Protection Agency exposed as a result of

21 the study.

22 (G) An estimate of the cost and effectiveness

23 of carrying out the recommendations provided in

24 subparagraph (F).

25 (c) REPORTS.—
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1 (1) REPORT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR.—Not later

2 than one year after the date the Administrator enters

3 into an arrangement with a private entity under sub4 section (a), the private entity shall submit to the Ad5 ministrator the study prepared pursuant to such sub6 section.

7 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than two

8 weeks after the Administrator receives the study re9 quired to be submitted under paragraph (1), the Ad10 ministrator shall submit the study to the Congress to11 gether with any comments of the Administrator with

12 respect to the report.

13 (d) FUNDING.—Of amounts authorized to be appro14 priated under section 2, there are authorized to be appro15 priated to the Administrator not more than $500,000 to

16 carry out this section.

17 SEC. 18. PURCHASE OF AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT AND

18 PRODUCTS.

19 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress

20 that any recipient of a grant under this Act, or under any

21 amendment made by this Act, should purchase, when avail22 able and cost-effective, American made equipment and

23 products when expending grant monies.

24 (b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In allo25 cating grants under this Act, or under any amendment
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1 made by this Act, the Secretary shall provide to each recipi2 ent a notice describing the statement made in subsection

3 (a) by the Congress.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize

appropriations for environmental research, development,

and demonstration for fiscal year 1994, and for other

purposes.’’.

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