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(1) 
for 
oil 
pollution 
related 
research,
$2,076,900; and
(2) for research related to leaking underground
storage tanks, $769,000.
(d) LIMITATIONS.—No funds are authorized to be ap-
propriated by this title for—
(1) the Environmental Technology Initiative;
(2) the Climate Change Action Plan;
(3) North Dakota Center for Air Toxic Metals
Research;
(4) drinking water research conducted by the
American Water Works Association Research Foun-
dation, other than amounts awarded through a com-
petitive process;
(5) the Water Environment Research Founda-
tion;
(6) the National Urban Air Toxics Research
Center;
(7) the Gulf Coast Hazardous Substances Re-
search Center;
(8) urban waste management research at the
University of New Orleans, other than amounts
awarded through a competitive process;
(9) the Resources and Agricultural Policy Sys-
tems Program at Iowa State University; or
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(10) the Oil Spill Remediation Research Center.
SEC. 504. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH REVIEW.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall assign to
the Assistant Administrator the duties of—
(1) developing a strategic plan for scientific and
technical research activities throughout the Agency;
(2) integrating that strategic plan into ongoing
Agency planning activities; and
(3) reviewing all Agency research to ensure the
research—
(A) is of high quality; and
(B) does not duplicate any other research
being conducted by the Agency.
(b) REPORT.—The Assistant Administrator shall
transmit annually to the Administrator and to the Com-
mittee on Science of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen-
ate a report detailing—
(1) all Agency research the Assistant Adminis-
trator finds is not of sufficiently high quality; and
(2) all Agency research the Assistant Adminis-
trator finds duplicates other Agency research.
SEC. 505. GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS.
In carrying out the graduate student fellowship pro-
gram for which funds are authorized to be appropriated
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by this title, the Administrator shall ensure that any fel-
lowship award to a student selected after the date of the
enactment of this Act is used only to support scientific
research that would further missions of the Office of Re-
search and Development in fields in which there exists or
is projected to exist a shortage in the number of scientists.
SEC. 506. SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD.
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Science Advisory Board
shall submit to Congress and to the Administrator an an-
nual report that contains the views of the Science Advisory
Board on proposed research programs as described in the
President’s budget for research, development, and dem-
onstration activities at the Environmental Protection
Agency. Such report shall be submitted to Congress as
soon as practicable after the submission of the President’s
budget to Congress. The Administrator shall cooperate
with the Director of the Science Advisory Board, particu-
larly with respect to the timely provision of budget infor-
mation to the Science Advisory Board, to allow the Science
Advisory Board to carry out its duties under this sub-
section.
(b) EVALUATION.—The Science Advisory Board shall
conduct periodic evaluations of selected areas of the cur-
rent and planned research, development, and demonstra-
tion activities of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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The areas of evaluation shall be selected by the Science
Advisory Board in consultation with the Administrator,
the Office of Research and Development, other Agency
programs, and appropriate committees of the Congress.
Reports containing the Science Advisory Board’s evalua-
tions and recommendations shall be filed with such com-
mittees and the Administrator. The Administrator shall
provide to such committees a written response to the
Science Advisory Board’s evaluation and recommendations
within 60 days after the Science Advisory Board’s report
has been submitted.
(c) REVIEW OF CERTAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—
The Science Advisory Board shall annually review the re-
search activities of the Environmental Protection Agency
and shall include the results of such review in the annual
report required by subsection (a).
(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator
shall submit to the Congress any report required by law
to be submitted to the Administrator by the Science Advi-
sory Board. The Administrator shall make any such sub-
mission not later than 60 days after the Administrator
receives the report from the Science Advisory Board.
SEC. 507. ENDOCRINE DISRUPTER RESEARCH PLANNING.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Endocrine Disrupter Research Planning Act of 1996’’.
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(b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) recent reports in the media have focused
public attention on a possible link between exposure
to chemicals that may mimic hormones and may
have adverse biological effects in humans and wild-
life, including carcinogenic, reproductive, neuro-
logical, and immunological effects, now commonly re-
ferred to as endocrine disrupters;
(2) given the significant scientific uncertainties
concerning the effects of such endocrine disrupters
on humans and wildlife, it cannot at this time be
concluded whether or not endocrine disrupters con-
stitute a significant threat to human health or the
environment;
(3) 
neither 
a 
conclusion 
that 
endocrine
disrupters pose an imminent and serious threat to
human health and the environment, nor a conclusion
that the risks are insignificant or exaggerated, is
warranted based on the present state of scientific
knowledge;
(4) additional research is needed to more accu-
rately characterize the risks of endocrine disrupters;
(5) risk assessment principles should be used to
guide the development of a coordinated research
plan to ensure that research results are relevant and
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adequate to objectively estimate risk to guide future
public policy decisions;
(6) research carried out by the Federal Govern-
ment should be done in a planned and coordinated
manner to ensure that limited resources are spent
efficiently and that critical information gaps are
filled as quickly as possible; and
(7) researchers from academia, industry, and
Federal laboratories should coordinate efforts to
prioritize research topics, identify capital needs, and,
in general, develop a comprehensive research plan to
address important scientific and policy questions
surrounding the potential effects of such chemicals.
(c) RESEARCH PLANNING REPORT.—
(1) REPORT.—The Administrator, in coordina-
tion with other Federal agencies with scientific ex-
pertise in areas relevant to assessing the human
health and ecological risks of endocrine disrupters,
shall submit to Congress, along with the President’s
Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1998, a plan for
conducting research needed to objectively assess and
characterize the risk of endocrine disrupters on
human health and the environment.
(2) CONTENTS.—The plan submitted under this
section shall include—