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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3531
To incorporate environmentally sound principles into certain ongoing
programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1993
Mr. SWETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Science, Space, and Technology
A BILL
To incorporate environmentally sound principles into certain
ongoing programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Greener Government
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The policies and programs of the Federal
Government should encourage sustainable economic
development.
(2) The Federal Government spends substantial
sums annually on the development of new tech-
nologies.
(3) The development of environmental tech-
nologies can enhance the economic competitiveness
and environmental security of the United States.
(4) In order to contribute to the achievement of
sustainable economic development and to promote
the economic and environmental security of the
United States, environmental concerns should be in-
corporated into the technology development pro-
grams of the Federal Government.
SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGIES IN ON-
GOING PROGRAMS.
(a) STEVENSON-WYDLER AMENDMENTS.—The Ste-
venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15
U.S.C. 3701) is amended—
(1) in section 2(2), by inserting ‘‘greater envi-
ronmental sustainability,’’ after ‘‘employment oppor-
tunities,’’;
(2) in section 3(1), by inserting ‘‘for sustainable
economic development’’ after ‘‘stimulate technology’’;
(3) in section 4, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(14) 
‘Sustainable 
economic 
development’
means the integration of environment and economic
development concerns leading to long-term economic
development with reduced pollution and the more ef-
ficient use of energy and materials;’’;
(4) in section 6(a), by inserting ‘‘and sustain-
able economic development in their regions’’ after
‘‘enhance the competitiveness of American busi-
ness’’;
(5) in section 6(d), by inserting ‘‘and sustain-
able economic development of their regions’’ after
‘‘enhance the competitiveness of American busi-
nesses’’;
(6) in section 7(a), by inserting ‘‘and sustain-
able economic development’’ after ‘‘enhance techno-
logical innovation’’;
(7) in section 7(c)(1), by striking ‘‘economic
competitiveness’’ and inserting ‘‘sustainable eco-
nomic development’’;
(8) in section 9(a), by inserting ‘‘and sustain-
able economic development’’ after ‘‘enhance techno-
logical innovation’’; and
(9) in section 11(c)(1) by inserting ‘‘and would
enhance sustainable economic development’’ after
‘‘commercial applications’’.
(b) NIST AMENDMENTS.—The National Institute of
Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 271) is amend-
ed—
(1) in section 1(b)(1), by inserting ‘‘sustainable
economic development,’’ after ‘‘improved product re-
liability and manufacturing processes,’’;
(2) in section 1, by adding after subsection (b)
the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) For purposes of the this section, the term ‘sus-
tainable economic development’ means the integration of
environment and economic development concerns leading
to long-term economic development with reduced pollution
and the more efficient use of energy and materials.’’; and
(3) in section 2(b)(1), by inserting ‘‘to enhance
sustainable economic development (as that term is
defined in section 1(c))’’ after ‘‘to improve quality,’’.
(c) NASA AMENDMENTS.—The National Aero-
nautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451 note) is
amended—
(1) in section 102(d)—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7),
(8), and (9) as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and
(10), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) The making available to Federal and non-
Federal entities of the United States, technologies
that will enhance the sustainable economic develop-
ment of the Nation.’’; and
(2) in section 103—
(A) by striking ‘‘; and’’ in paragraph (1)
and inserting a semicolon;
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) the term ‘sustainable economic develop-
ment’ means the integration of environment and eco-
nomic development concerns leading to long-term
economic development with reduced pollution and
the more efficient use of energy and materials.’’.
(d) NSF AMENDMENTS.—
(1) FUNCTIONS.—Section 3(a) of the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et
seq.) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’
and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(8) to foster education and research that
would promote sustainable economic development
nationally and internationally.’’.
(2) DEFINITION.—Subsection (g) of section 14
of such Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(g) For purposes of this Act:
‘‘(1) The term ‘United States’ when used in a
geographical sense means the States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and
all territories and possessions of the United States.
‘‘(2) The term ‘sustainable economic develop-
ment’ means the integration of environment and eco-
nomic development concerns leading to long-term
economic development with reduced pollution and
the more efficient use of energy and materials.’’.
(e) TITLE 10 AMENDMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2501(b) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘eco-
nomic growth’’ in paragraphs (1) and (2) and insert-
ing ‘‘sustainable economic development’’.
(2) DEFINITION.—Section 2491 of such title is
amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(13) The term ‘sustainable economic develop-
ment’ means the integration of environment and eco-
nomic development concerns leading to long-term
economic development with reduced pollution and
the more efficient use of energy and materials.’’.
(f) TITLE 49 AMENDMENT.—Section 101(b)(4) of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and
sustainable economic development (as defined in section
4(14) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act
of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703(14))’’ after ‘‘technological
advances’’.
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