103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1994

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for environmental reyear 1994, and for other purposes. search, development, and demonstration for fiscal
103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1994

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for environmental research, development, and demonstration for fiscal year 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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Environmental Re5 search, Development, and Demonstration Authorization

6 Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.

2 (a) ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,

3 AND DEMONSTRATION.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

5 appropriated to the Administrator of the Environ6 mental Protection Agency (hereafter in this Act re7 ferred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) $475,400,000 for

8 fiscal year 1994 for the Office of Research and De9 velopment for environmental research, development,

10 and demonstration activities and program manage11 ment and support.

12 (2) AUTHORIZATIONS OF PROGRAMS AND AC13 TIVITIES.—Of the amount authorized in paragraph

14 (1) for fiscal year 1994 for such Office, there are

15 authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year

16 the following:

17 (A) For air related research,

18 $126,000,000.

19 (B) For water related research,

20 $49,000,000.

21 (C) For toxic chemical related research,

22 $76,000,000.

23 (D) For lab and field expenses,

24 $49,000,000.

25 (E) For headquarters expenses of such Of26 fice, $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.—

6 (A) SUPERFUND.—Nothing in this Act

7 shall affect amounts authorized for fiscal year

8 1994 for Superfund research activities as au9 thorized by the Superfund Amendments and

10 Reauthorization Act of 1986 (P.L. 99–499; 100

11 Stat. 1613).

12 (B) OTHER EPA OFFICES.—Nothing in

13 this Act shall affect research, testing, studies,

14 or other activities of other offices within the

15 Environmental Protection Agency.

16 (b) LIMITATION ON CLOSING OFFICES AND REDUC17 TIONS-IN-FORCE.—The Administrator shall not close any

18 Office of Research and Development field station, regional

19 office, laboratory, or other research center, or permit any

20 Office of Research and Development reduction-in-force,

21 and no closing or reduction shall be finalized, unless at

22 least 30 days prior to the issuing of any general notice

23 of such closing or reduction the Administrator informs the

24 appropriate legislative and appropriations committees of

25 the House of Representatives and the Senate in writing
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1 of the reasons for such closing or reduction, the impact

2 of such closing or reduction on carrying out the provisions

3 of this Act, the details of such reduction or closing, and

4 other pertinent information.

5 (c) AVAILABILITY.—Appropriations made pursuant

6 to this Act shall remain available for obligation or expendi7 ture for such periods as may be specified in the Acts mak8 ing such appropriations.

9 (d) LIMITATION ON APPROPRIATIONS.—Nothing in

10 this Act authorizes appropriations for the research, devel11 opment, and demonstration activities of the Office of Re12 search and Development of the Environmental Protection

13 Agency for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1994.

14 (e) REPORT ON UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS.—

15 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment

16 of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report to

17 Congress which specifies—

18 (1) the portion of such appropriations which are

19 for programs, projects, or activities not specifically

20 authorized under subsection (a), or which are in ex21 cess of amounts authorized for the relevant program,

22 project, or activity under this Act; and

23 (2) the portion of such appropriations which are

24 specifically authorized under this Act.
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1 SEC. 3. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In addition to providing re3 search support for the regulatory needs of the program

4 offices, the Administrator shall establish in the Office of

5 Research and Development separately identified research

6 programs consisting of fundamental research on ecology

7 and environmental science and fundamental research on

8 exposure to, and effects of, environmental contamination.

9 Such research shall be undertaken for the purpose of gen10 erating fundamental knowledge necessary to support ef11 forts to identify, assess, and mitigate serious environ12 mental risks.

13 (b) AUTHORITY.—In carrying out programs under

14 this section, the Administrator may support research on

15 environmental processes and trends, identification and as16 sessment of potential environmental risks, and approaches

17 to prevent and reduce such risks. The Administrator is

18 authorized to establish and maintain resources, expertise,

19 and facilities necessary to the advancement of the fun20 damental research programs established in this section.

21 (c) REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.—The Admin22 istrator shall biennially prepare and submit to the Con23 gress and the Science Advisory Board referred to in sub24 section (d) a report containing the Administrator’s assess25 ment of the programs established pursuant to subsection

26 (a).
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1 (d) SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD.—The Science Advi2 sory Board established under the Environmental Re3 search, Development, and Demonstration Authorization

4 Act of 1978 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the

5 ‘‘Science Advisory Board’’), or a designated subcommittee

6 thereof, shall—

7 (1) review the activities undertaken under the

8 programs established under subsection (a);

9 (2) make recommendations on the appropriate

10 balance between the fundamental research and the

11 programmatic research undertaken by the Environ12 mental Protection Agency and update such rec13 ommendations at least every two years;

14 (3) make any recommendations with respect to

15 the programs established under subsection (a) that

16 the Science Advisory Board considers to be appro17 priate; and

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

19 submit to the Administrator and the Congress a re20 port containing—

21 (A) an assessment of the most recent re22 port of the Administrator prepared pursuant to

23 subsection (c);

24 (B) the results of a review undertaken pur25 suant to paragraph (1); and
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1 (C) the recommendations (with any up2 dates thereto) made pursuant to paragraphs (2)

3 and (3).

4 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of the

5 Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstra6 tion Authorization Act of 1981 is amended by striking

7 subsection (f).

8 SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

9 PROGRAM.

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es11 tablish an Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

12 Program to conduct environmental research and develop13 ment to design a long-term environmental monitoring pro14 gram to determine the current condition of, and trends

15 in, the ecological resources of the United States.

16 (b) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall coordi17 nate the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Pro18 gram activities, including activities under the National

19 Coastal Monitoring Act (33 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), with the

20 heads of other Federal agencies in order to identify, inte21 grate, and fully utilize results of related efforts under22 taken by other agencies and minimize duplication of

23 efforts.

24 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall pub25 lish an annual report identifying and assessing the per-
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1 formance of the activities undertaken under the Environ2 mental Monitoring and Assessment Program, the effec3 tiveness of interagency coordination, and the contributions

4 of multiagency research to the advancement of research

5 goals.

6 (d) PUBLIC DATA.—The Administrator shall periodi7 cally submit to Congress and make publicly available a

8 compilation of statistical data summaries and interpretive

9 reports on ecological status and trends developed as a re10 sult of the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

11 Program.

12 SEC. 5. MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.

13 (a) MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.—The Administrator

14 shall establish, from funds authorized to be appropriated

15 in section 2, a modernization program for laboratories of

16 the Office of Research and Development of the Environ17 mental Protection Agency that are designed to identify,

18 acquire, and maintain modern buildings, facilities, sup19 plies, and equipment to conduct high quality research. In

20 carrying out this section, the Administrator shall ensure

21 that such buildings, facilities, supplies, and equipment

22 meet, at a minimum, the standards generally accepted by

23 the scientific community as appropriate for conducting re24 search, including research instrumentation replacement

25 standards.
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1 (b) STUDIES.—The Administrator shall conduct

2 studies in the Office of Research and Development—

3 (1) to evaluate and determine the adequacy of

4 current buildings, facilities, supplies, and equipment

5 and identify future building, facility, supplies, equip6 ment and research instrumentation needs; and

7 (2) to identify and assess future research per8 sonnel needs and make recommendations for attract9 ing and retaining qualified scientists, engineers and

10 other personnel to meet such needs.

11 (c) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—The studies re12 quired by this section shall be submitted to the Committee

13 on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub15 lic Works of the Senate within one year after the date

16 of the enactment of this Act.

17 SEC. 6. REPEAL OF 5-YEAR RESEARCH REPORT REQUIRE18 MENT.

19 (a) REPEAL.—Section 5 of the Environmental Re20 search, Development, and Demonstration Authorization

21 Act of 1976 is repealed.

22 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RE23 SEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION AUTHOR24 IZATION ACT OF 1978.—The Environmental Research,
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1 Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of

2 1978 is amended as follows:

3 (1) Strike section 4.

4 (2) Strike ‘‘including those defined in the five5 year research plan’’ at the end of section 7(a).

6 (3) Strike section 8(c).

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

8 and all that follows through the end of the sub9 section in section 9(a).

10 SEC. 7. SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD.

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

12 shall submit to Congress and to the Administrator an an13 nual report that contains the views of the Science Advisory

14 Board on proposed research programs as described in the

15 President’s budget for research, development, and dem16 onstration activities at the Environmental Protection

17 Agency. Such report shall be submitted to Congress as

18 soon as practicable after the submission of the President’s

19 budget to Congress. The Administrator shall cooperate

20 with the Director of the Science Advisory Board, particu21 larly with respect to the timely provision of budget infor22 mation to the Science Advisory Board, to allow the Science

23 Advisory Board to carry out its duties under this sub24 section.
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1 (b) EVALUATION.—The Science Advisory Board shall

2 conduct periodic evaluations of selected areas of the cur3 rent and planned research, development, and demonstra4 tion activities of the Environmental Protection Agency.

5 The areas of evaluation shall be selected by the Science

6 Advisory Board in consultation with the Administrator,

7 the Office of Research and Development, other Agency

8 programs, and appropriate committees of the Congress.

9 Reports containing the Science Advisory Board’s evalua10 tions and recommendations shall be filed with such com11 mittees and the Administrator. The Administrator shall

12 provide to such committees a written response to the

13 Science Advisory Board’s evaluation and recommendations

14 within 60 days after the Science Advisory Board’s report

15 has been submitted.

16 (c) REVIEW OF CERTAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—

17 The Science Advisory Board shall annually review the re18 search activities of the Environmental Protection Agency

19 under section 14(b)(2) and shall include the results of

20 such review in the annual report required by section 7.

21 (d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator

22 shall submit to the Congress any report required by law

23 to be submitted to the Administrator by the Science Advi24 sory Board. The Administrator shall make any such sub-
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1 mission not later than 60 days after the Administrator

2 receives the report from the Science Advisory Board.

3 SEC. 8. MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORIZATION FOR COOPERA4 TIVE AGREEMENTS.

5 In reviewing research, development and demonstra6 tion grant, contract, and cooperative agreement applica7 tions, the Administrator may enter into cooperative agree8 ments to conduct appropriate scientific and professional

9 reviews of such applications and may use research funds

10 authorized by this Act for such cooperative agreements.

11 SEC. 9. RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT.

12 The Administrator shall submit an annual report to

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

14 House of Representatives and the Committee on Environ15 ment and Public Works of the Senate setting out the ac16 complishments of the research, development, and dem17 onstration programs for which funds are authorized by

18 this Act for the Office of Research and Development of

19 the Environmental Protection Agency and the significance

20 of such accomplishments to the Environmental Protection

21 Agency’s mission.

22 SEC. 10. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND INFORMATION EX23 CHANGE.

24 The Administrator shall carry out a program of envi25 ronmental technology transfer and exchange of scientific
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1 and technical information designed to make full and effec2 tive use of the research, development, and demonstration

3 efforts of the Office of Research and Development of the

4 Environmental Protection Agency. The Administrator

5 may establish and maintain resources necessary to ad6 vance such technology transfer and information exchange

7 program in the Office of Research and Development.

8 SEC. 11. RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THE EVALUATION OF THE

9 RISK OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION.

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es11 tablish in the Office of Research and Development a sepa12 rately identified risk assessment research program de13 signed to improve the capability of the Environmental

14 Protection Agency to identify, assess, and compare risks

15 resulting from contamination of the environment.

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

17 subsection (a), the Administrator may conduct research

18 to—

19 (1) develop and improve methodologies for the

20 comparison of such risks that result from contami21 nation of different environmental media;

22 (2) identify and develop protocols for monitor23 ing of pollutants and contaminants discharged to the

24 environment;
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1 (3) identify and develop methodologies for as2 sessing and reducing risks to natural ecosystems;

3 (4) develop and improve methodologies for the

4 assessment of noncancer risks and the integrated as5 sessment of cancer and noncancer risks; and

6 (5) develop improved methodologies for evaluat7 ing the benefits, both quantitatively and quali8 tatively, of environmental protection activities, in9 cluding improved methods to account for long-term

10 environmental effects in the Agency’s economic

11 analysis.

12 SEC. 12. LEAD RESEARCH PROGRAM.

13 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Adminis14 trator shall establish a program to conduct research, in15 cluding laboratory research in a controlled setting, on lead,

16 in furtherance of laws regulating human exposure. The re17 search shall also include the following:

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

19 detecting and measuring lead levels in soil, dust, and

20 other environmental media.

21 (2) Research on short-term and long-term cost22 effective technologies for the removal of lead-based

23 paint and in-place management techniques. Such re24 search shall address the relative risk of, and the en25 vironmental protection afforded by, various options
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1 to remove or otherwise ameliorate the toxic effects of

2 lead-based paint, including the potential adverse ef3 fects of removal, compared to other lead abatement

4 methods.

5 (3) A long-term research study of environ6 mentally compatible methods for, and costs of, per7 manent disposal, recycling, or recovery of lead in

8 lead-contaminated soil, dust, or other environmental

9 media.

10 (4) A long-term research study, in cooperation

11 with other appropriate agencies, to examine the ef12 fectiveness of lead abatement activities.

13 (b) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGEN14 CIES.—The Administrator shall consult with the heads of

15 other appropriate Federal agencies with respect to the

16 conduct of the research specified in subsection (a).

17 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of

18 amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 2,

19 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Adminis20 trator $2,400,000 to carry out activities under this

21 section.

22 SEC. 13. RISK ASSESSMENT RESEARCH PRIORITIES.

23 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY RISK ASSESSMENT

24 RESEARCH ISSUES.—
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1 (1) REPORT.—Within six months after the date

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall

3 submit to the Congress a report that identifies at

4 least 10 environmental research issues—

5 (A) correlating to the environmental haz6 ards which the Administrator estimates to be in

7 the category of highest risk;

8 (B) regarding which there are, as deter9 mined by the Administrator, significant sci10 entific uncertainties with respect to the assess11 ment of such environmental risks; and

12 (C) with respect to which such uncertain13 ties could be significantly reduced through re14 search.

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

16 identification required by paragraph (1), the report

17 referred to in such paragraph shall include—

18 (A) an assessment of the research that has

19 been, or is being, conducted by the Environ20 mental Protection Agency with respect to each

21 issue identified under such paragraph;

22 (B) an identification, with respect to each

23 such issue, of the significant scientific uncer24 tainties that exist with respect to the assess-
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1 ment of the environmental risks posed by the

2 issue;

3 (C) an identification of the research that

4 needs to be conducted by the Environmental

5 Protection Agency to reduce significantly such

6 scientific uncertainties, the time it will take to

7 conduct such research, and the cost of such re8 search; and

9 (D) a list that identifies such issues in

10 order of the priority in which such research

11 should be conducted and includes the reasons

12 for that priority.

13 (b) RESEARCH PROGRAM.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall

15 carry out a research program within the Office of

16 Research and Development to reduce the scientific

17 uncertainties with respect to the assessment of the

18 environmental risks posed by the issues identified

19 under subsection (a). In conducting the research, the

20 Administrator shall consider the priority list referred

21 to in subsection (a)(2)(D).

22 (2) ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT.—As part

23 of the research program conducted under paragraph

24 (1), the Administrator shall conduct research to im25 prove the methodologies used to assess the economic
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1 impact of technologies developed as a result of such

2 research program.

3 (3) EFFECT ON OTHER AUTHORIZATION.—

4 Nothing in this section shall affect amounts author5 ized for fiscal year 1994 for other research activities

6 of the Environmental Protection Agency as author7 ized by any other law.

8 (c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—In the first budget

9 submitted by the President to the Congress immediately

10 following the submission required by subsection (a), and

11 in the next four budgets submitted immediately after such

12 budget, the Administrator shall include a report that iden13 tifies the research conducted by the Administrator in ac14 cordance with the priority list referred to in subsection

15 (a)(2)(D).

16 SEC. 14. REPORT ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEFENSE TECH17 NOLOGY TRANSFER IN DEVELOPMENT OF EN18 VIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE PRODUCTS.

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

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub21 mit to the Congress a report, prepared by the Office of

22 Research and Development, that identifies opportunities

23 for the technology transfer of defense-related research for

24 environmental applications. The report shall include infor25 mation on the development of environmentally sensitive
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1 products and processes that have dual-use or commercial

2 application, such as—

3 (1) the reduced use of toxic, hazardous, and en4 vironmentally damaging substances;

5 (2) the development and employment of sub6 stitutes for such substances; and

7 (3) the reduction of emissions and waste gen8 eration in product design, manufacture, and mainte9 nance in relevant areas of technology.

10 (b) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report re11 quired under subsection (a), the Administrator shall con12 sult with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies to

13 identify the production and design capabilities that are ap14 plicable to the development of products and processes

15 described in such subsection.

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

17 term ‘‘defense-related research for environmental applica18 tions’’ means research funded by the Department of De19 fense to mitigate the environmental impact of activities

20 carried out for military purposes.

21 SEC. 15. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESEARCH ON

22 DRINKING WATER DISINFECTION.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Ad24 ministrator may enter into a cooperative agreement with

25 a non-Government research foundation to conduct re-
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1 search on the disinfection of drinking water, including re2 search on disinfection byproducts in drinking water. Of

3 amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 2,

4 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Adminis5 trator for fiscal year 1994 not more than $2,000,000 to

6 carry out this section.

7 (b) FUNDING LIMITATION.—The research referred to

8 in subsection (a) may not be conducted unless the Admin9 istrator receives from such foundation and provides for

10 such research for fiscal year 1994 an amount that equals

11 at least 50 percent of the total funding for the research.

12 SEC. 16. INVESTIGATION OF CONTRACT PRACTICES.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—

14 (1) ARRANGEMENT FOR PREPARATION OF

15 STUDY.—Not later than six months after the date of

16 the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall,

17 consistent with applicable provisions of Federal pro18 curement law, enter into an arrangement with a pri19 vate entity to prepare a study on, and recommenda20 tions regarding, the acquisition and assistance man21 agement practices of the Office of Research and De22 velopment.

23 (2) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF ENTITY.—

24 The private entity with which the Administrator en25 ters into an arrangement under paragraph (1) is a
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1 business, legal, or environmental organization which,

2 as determined by the Administrator—

3 (A) has substantial experience in Federal

4 acquisition and assistance management proce5 dures and regulations;

6 (B) has sufficient financial and labor capa7 bilities to adequately carry out the duties of the

8 entity under the arrangement referred to in

9 paragraph (1); and

10 (C) is not subject to any conflicts of inter11 est which would impair the ability of the entity

12 to carry out its duties under such arrangement.

13 (b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study prepared pur14 suant to subsection (a) shall include the following:

15 (1) A summary of the investigations and audits

16 of the acquisition and assistance management prac17 tices of the Office of Research and Development con18 ducted by the Office of the Inspector General of the

19 Environmental Protection Agency since 1985.

20 (2) A summary of the policies and programs

21 implemented by the Environmental Protection Agen22 cy since 1985 relating to acquisition and assistance

23 management by the Office of Research and Develop24 ment, with emphasis on any policy or program im25 plemented in connection with, or as a result of, an
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1 investigation or audit by the Office of Inspector

2 General of the Environmental Protection Agency or

3 any other entity.

4 (3) An analysis of the acquisition and assist5 ance management practices and procedures of the

6 Office of Research and Development, including an

7 analysis of the following:

8 (A) The adequacy of Office of Research

9 and Development statements of work, assign10 ments, technical directives, and similar control

11 mechanisms, including the adequacy of the re12 view of such statements and the amount of de13 tail provided in such statements.

14 (B) The adequacy of the mechanisms for

15 authorizing and reviewing contract charges and

16 invoices, including mechanisms for independ17 ently verifying that such charges and invoices

18 are reasonable and supportable.

19 (C) The level of actual competition in com20 petitive bidding for contracts.

21 (D) The overall distribution of contracts by

22 the Office of Research and Development and

23 any reliance on particular contractors that may

24 result from such distribution.
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1 (E) The adequacy of the Office of Re2 search and Development staffing qualifications

3 and training with respect to acquisition and as4 sistance management.

5 (F) Specific recommendations of the entity

6 regarding management practices and internal

7 controls to remedy problems in acquisition and

8 assistance management practices of the Office

9 of Research and Development exposed as a re10 sult of the study.

11 (G) An estimate of the cost and effective12 ness of carrying out the recommendations pro13 vided in subparagraph (F).

14 (c) REPORTS.—

15 (1) REPORT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR.—Not

16 later than one year after the date the Administrator

17 enters into an arrangement with a private entity

18 under subsection (a), the private entity shall submit

19 to the Administrator the study prepared pursuant to

20 such subsection.

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

22 weeks after the Administrator receives the study re23 quired to be submitted under paragraph (1), the Ad24 ministrator shall submit the study to the Congress
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1 together with any comments of the Administrator

2 with respect to the report.

3 (d) FUNDING.—Of amounts authorized to be appro4 priated under section 2, there are authorized to be appro5 priated to the Administrator not more than $500,000 to

6 carry out this section.

7 SEC. 17. PURCHASE OF AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT AND

8 PRODUCTS.

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con10 gress that any recipient of a grant under this Act, or

11 under any amendment made by this Act, should purchase,

12 when available and cost-effective, American made equip13 ment and products when expending grant monies.

14 (b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In al15 locating grants under this Act, or under any amendment

16 made by this Act, the Secretary shall provide to each re17 cipient a notice describing the statement made in sub18 section (a) by the Congress.

Passed the House of Representatives November 20,

1993.

Attest:

Clerk.

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