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ceding year and demonstrates that progress has been made
toward meeting State standards for physical education.
‘‘SEC. 11759. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
‘‘The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress not
later than June 1, 2003, that describes the programs as-
sisted under this subpart, documents the success of such pro-
grams in improving physical fitness, and makes such rec-
ommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate for
the continuation and improvement of the programs assisted
under this subpart.
‘‘SEC. 11760. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
‘‘Not more than 5 percent of the grant or contract
funds made available to a local educational agency or com-
munity based organization under this subpart for any fiscal
year may be used for administrative costs.
‘‘SEC. 11761. FEDERAL SHARE; SUPPLEMENT NOT SUP-
PLANT.
‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share under this
subpart may not exceed—
‘‘(1) 90 percent of the total cost of a project for
the first year for which the project receives assistance
under this subpart; and
‘‘(2) 75 percent of such cost for the second and
each subsequent such year.
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‘‘(b) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made
available under this subpart shall be used to supplement
and not supplant other Federal, State and local funds
available for physical education activities.
‘‘SEC. 11762. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.
‘‘Amounts made available to the Secretary to carry out
this subpart shall remain available until expended.
‘‘Subpart 8—Smaller Learning Communities
‘‘SEC. 11801. SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agency de-
siring a grant under this section shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. Each such application shall describe—
‘‘(1) strategies and methods the applicant will
use to create the smaller learning community or com-
munities;
‘‘(2) curriculum and instructional practices, in-
cluding any particular themes or emphases, to be used
in the learning environment;
‘‘(3) the extent of involvement of teachers and
other school personnel in investigating, designing, im-
plementing and sustaining the smaller learning com-
munity or communities;
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‘‘(4) the process to be used for involving students,
parents and other stakeholders in the development
and implementation of the smaller learning commu-
nity or communities;
‘‘(5) any cooperation or collaboration among
community agencies, organizations, businesses, and
others to develop or implement a plan to create the
smaller learning community or communities;
‘‘(6) the training and professional development
activities that will be offered to teachers and others
involved in the activities assisted under this part;
‘‘(7) the goals and objectives of the activities as-
sisted under this part, including a description of how
such activities will better enable all students to reach
challenging State content standards and State student
performance standards;
‘‘(8) the methods by which the applicant will as-
sess progress in meeting such goals and objectives;
‘‘(9) if the smaller learning community or com-
munities exist as a school-within-a-school, the rela-
tionship, including governance and administration, of
the smaller learning community to the rest of the
school;
‘‘(10) a description of the administrative and
managerial relationship between the local educational
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agency and the smaller learning community or com-
munities, including how such agency will demonstrate
a commitment to the continuity of the smaller learn-
ing community or communities, including the con-
tinuity of student and teacher assignment to a par-
ticular learning community;
‘‘(11) how the applicant will coordinate or use
funds provided under this part with other funds pro-
vided under this Act or other Federal laws;
‘‘(12) grade levels or ages of students who will
participate in the smaller learning community or
communities; and
‘‘(13) the method of placing students in the
smaller learning community or communities, such
that students are not placed according to ability, per-
formance or any other measure, so that students are
placed at random or by their own choice, not pursu-
ant to testing or other judgments.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this sec-
tion may be used—
‘‘(1) to study the feasibility of creating the small-
er learning community or communities as well as ef-
fective and innovative organizational and instruc-
tional strategies that will be used in the smaller
learning community or communities;
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‘‘(2) to research, develop and implement strate-
gies for creating the smaller learning community or
communities, as well as effective and innovative
changes in curriculum and instruction, geared to high
State content standards and State student perform-
ance standards;
‘‘(3) to provide professional development for
school staff in innovative teaching methods that chal-
lenge and engage students to be used in the smaller
learning community or communities; and
‘‘(4) to develop and implement strategies to in-
clude parents, business representatives, local institu-
tions of higher education, community-based organiza-
tions, and other community members in the smaller
learning communities, as facilitators of activities that
enable teachers to participate in professional develop-
ment activities, as well as to provide links between
students and their community.
‘‘Subpart 9—Authorization of Appropriations
‘‘SEC. 11901. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal year 2002 and for each of the 6 succeeding
fiscal years.’’.
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TITLE XVII—JOHN H. CHAFEE
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
ACT
SEC. 1701. SHORT TITLE.
(a) THIS TITLE.—This title may be cited as the ‘‘John
H. Chafee Environmental Education Act of 2001’’.
(b) NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACT.—
Section 1(a) of the National Environmental Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 5501 note) is amended by striking ‘‘National
Environmental Education Act’’ and inserting ‘‘John H.
Chafee Environmental Education Act’’.
SEC. 1702. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.
Section 4 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5503) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘objec-
tive and scientifically sound’’ after ‘‘support’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (6);
(C) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(7)
through (13) as paragraphs (6) through (12), re-
spectively; and
(D) in paragraph (12) (as so redesignated),
by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘through the headquarters and the re-
gional offices of the Agency’’; and
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(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(c) STAFF.—The Office of Environmental Education
shall—
‘‘(1) include a headquarters staff of not more
than 10 full-time equivalent employees; and
‘‘(2) be supported by 1 full-time equivalent em-
ployee in each regional office of the Agency.
‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—The Administrator may carry out
the activities described in subsection (b) directly or through
awards of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.’’.
SEC. 1703. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS.
Section 6 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5505) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (i), by
striking ‘‘25 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—A grant under this sec-
tion may not be used to support a lobbying activity (as
described in the documents issued by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and designated as OMB Circulars No.
A–21 and No. A–122).
‘‘(k) GUIDANCE REVIEW.—Before the Administrator
issues any guidance to grant applicants, the guidance shall
be reviewed and approved by the Science Advisory Board
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of the Agency established by section 8 of the Environmental
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization
Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 4365).’’.
SEC. 1704. JOHN H. CHAFEE MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of the John H. Chafee
Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5506) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 7. JOHN H. CHAFEE MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAM.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the John
H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program for the award and
administration of 5 annual 1-year higher education fellow-
ships in environmental sciences and public policy, to be
known as ‘John H. Chafee Fellowships’.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the John H. Chafee
Memorial Fellowship Program is to stimulate innovative
graduate level study and the development of expertise in
complex, relevant, and important environmental issues and
effective approaches to addressing those issues through orga-
nized programs of guided independent study and environ-
mental research.
‘‘(c) AWARD.—Each John H. Chafee Fellowship
shall—
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‘‘(1) be made available to individual candidates
through a sponsoring institution and in accordance
with an annual competitive selection process estab-
lished under subsection (f)(3); and
‘‘(2) be in the amount of $25,000.
‘‘(d) FOCUS.—Each John H. Chafee Fellowship shall
focus on an environmental, natural resource, or public
health protection issue that a sponsoring institution deter-
mines to be appropriate.
‘‘(e) SPONSORING INSTITUTIONS.—The John H. Chafee
Fellowships may be applied for through any sponsoring in-
stitution.
‘‘(f) PANEL.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Environmental
Education Advisory Council established by section
9(a) shall administer the John H. Chafee Fellowship
Panel.
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Panel shall consist of 5
members, appointed by a majority vote of members of
the National Environmental Education Advisory
Council, of whom—
‘‘(A) 2 members shall be professional edu-
cators in higher education;
‘‘(B) 2 members shall be environmental sci-
entists; and
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‘‘(C) 1 member shall be a public environ-
mental policy analyst.
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Panel shall—
‘‘(A) establish criteria for a competitive se-
lection process for recipients of John H. Chafee
Fellowships;
‘‘(B) receive applications for John H.
Chafee Fellowships; and
‘‘(C) annually review applications and se-
lect recipients of John H. Chafee Fellowships.
‘‘(g) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—The amount of each
John H. Chafee Fellowship shall be provided directly to
each recipient selected by the Panel upon receipt of a certifi-
cation from the recipient that the recipient will adhere to
a specific and detailed plan of study and research.
‘‘(h) FUNDING.—From amounts made available under
section 13(b)(1)(C) for each fiscal year, the Office of Envi-
ronmental Education shall make available—
‘‘(1) $125,000 for John H. Chafee Memorial Fel-
lowships; and
‘‘(2) $12,500 to pay administrative expenses in-
curred in carrying out the John H. Chafee Memorial
Fellowship Program.’’.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the John H. Chafee
Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5502) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (13), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(14) ‘Panel’ means the John H. Chafee Fellow-
ship Panel established under section 7(f);
‘‘(15) ‘sponsoring institution’ means an institu-
tion of higher education;’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
in section 1(b) of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. prec. 5501) is amended by striking
the item relating to section 7 and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 7. John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program.’’.
SEC. 
1705. 
NATIONAL 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
EDUCATION
AWARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8 of the John H. Chafee
Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5507) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 8. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AWARDS.
‘‘(a) 
PRESIDENT’S
ENVIRONMENTAL
YOUTH
AWARDS.—The Administrator may establish a program for
the granting and administration of awards, to be known
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as ‘President’s Environmental Youth Awards’, to young
people in grades kindergarten through 12 to recognize out-
standing projects to promote local environmental aware-
ness.
‘‘(b) TEACHERS’ AWARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman of the Coun-
cil on Environmental Quality, on behalf of the Presi-
dent, may establish a program for the granting and
administration of awards to recognize—
‘‘(A) teachers in elementary schools and sec-
ondary schools who demonstrate excellence in ad-
vancing objective and scientifically sound envi-
ronmental education through innovative ap-
proaches; and
‘‘(B) the local educational agencies of the
recognized teachers.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—One teacher, and the local
education agency employing the teacher, from each
State, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, shall be eligible to be selected
for an award under this subsection.
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION.—The Chairman is au-
thorized to provide a cash award of up to $2,500 to
each teacher selected to receive an award pursuant to
this section, which shall be used to further the recipi-
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ent’s professional development in environmental edu-
cation. The Chairman is also authorized to provide a
cash award of up to $2,500 to the local educational
agency employing any teacher selected to receive an
award pursuant to this section, which shall be used
to fund environmental educational activities and pro-
grams. Such awards may not be used for construction
costs, general expenses, salaries, bonuses, or other ad-
ministrative expenses.
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATION.—The Chairman of the
Council on Environmental Quality may administer
this awards program through a cooperative agreement
with the National Environmental Learning Founda-
tion.’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the John H. Chafee
Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5502) (as amend-
ed by section 1704(b)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(16) ‘elementary school’ has the meaning given
the term in section 14101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801);
‘‘(17) ‘secondary school’ has the meaning given
the term in section 14101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801);’’.
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
in section 1(b) of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. prec. 5501) is amended by striking
the item relating to section 8 and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 8. National environmental education awards.’’.
SEC. 1706. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COUN-
CIL AND TASK FORCE.
Section 9 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5508) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(2) The’’ and all that fol-
lows through the end of the second sentence and
inserting the following:
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Council
shall consist of not more than 11 members ap-
pointed by the Administrator after consultation
with the Secretary.
‘‘(B) REPRESENTATIVES OF SECTORS.—To
the maximum extent practicable, the Adminis-
trator shall appoint to the Advisory Council at
least 2 members to represent each of—
‘‘(i) elementary schools and secondary
schools;
‘‘(ii) colleges and universities;
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‘‘(iii) not-for-profit organizations in-
volved in environmental education;
‘‘(iv) State departments of education
and natural resources; and
‘‘(v) business and industry.’’;
(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘A
representative’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(C) 
REPRESENTATIVE
OF
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—A representative’’; and
(C) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘The
conflict’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(D) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—The con-
flict’’;
(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—Membership on the Task
Force shall be open to representatives of any Federal
agency actively engaged in environmental edu-
cation.’’; and
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(d)(1)’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘(2) The’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(d) MEETINGS AND REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Advisory 
Council
shall—
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‘‘(A) hold biennial meetings on timely issues
regarding environmental education; and
‘‘(B) issue a report describing the pro-
ceedings of each meeting and recommendations
resulting from the meeting.
‘‘(2) REVIEW
AND
COMMENT
ON
DRAFT
RE-
PORTS.—The’’.
SEC. 1707. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOUN-
DATION.
(a) CHANGE IN NAME.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 10 of the John H.
Chafee Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C.
5509) is amended—
(A) by striking the section heading and in-
serting the following:
‘‘SEC. 10. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOUNDA-
TION.’’;
and
(B) in the first sentence of subsection
(a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘National Environmental
Education and Training Foundation’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘National 
Environmental 
Learning
Foundation’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(A) The table of contents in section 1(b) of
the John H. Chafee Environmental Education
Act (20 U.S.C. prec. 5501) is amended by strik-
ing the item relating to section 10 and inserting
the following:
‘‘Sec. 10. National Environmental Learning Foundation.’’.
(B) Section 3 of the John H. Chafee Envi-
ronmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5502) (as
amended by section 1704(b)) is amended—
(i) by striking paragraph (12) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(12) ‘Foundation’ means the National Environ-
mental Learning Foundation established by section
10;’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (13), by striking
‘‘National Environmental Education and
Training 
Foundation’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘Foundation’’.
(b) NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.—Section 10(b)(1)(A) of
the John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act (20
U.S.C. 5509(b)(1)(A)) is amended in the first sentence by
striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting ‘‘19’’.
(c) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DONORS.—Section 10(d) of
the John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act (20
U.S.C. 5509(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and
inserting the following:
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‘‘(3) 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF
DONORS.—The
Foundation may acknowledge receipt of donations by
means of a listing of the names of donors in materials
distributed by the Foundation, except that any such
acknowledgment—
‘‘(A) shall not appear in educational mate-
rial presented to students; and
‘‘(B) shall not identify a donor by means of
a logo, letterhead, or other corporate commercial
symbol, slogan, or product.’’.
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT.—Sec-
tion 10(e) of the John H. Chafee Environmental Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 5509(e)) is amended in the first sentence
by striking ‘‘for a period of up to 4 years from the date
of enactment of this Act,’’.
SEC. 1708. THEODORE ROOSEVELT ENVIRONMENTAL STEW-
ARDSHIP GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The John H. Chafee Environ-
mental Education Act is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 11 (20 U.S.C. 5510)
as section 13; and
(2) by inserting after section 10 the following:
‘‘SEC. 11. THEODORE ROOSEVELT ENVIRONMENTAL STEW-
ARDSHIP GRANT PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Environmental
Education established under section 4 shall admin-
ister the Program.
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Office of Environmental
Education shall—
‘‘(A) establish criteria for a competitive se-
lection process for recipients of grants under the
Program;
‘‘(B) receive applications for grants under
the Program; and
‘‘(C) annually review applications and se-
lect recipients of grants under the Program.
‘‘(3) CRITERIA.—In establishing criteria for a
competitive selection process for recipients of grants
under the Program, the Office of Environmental Edu-
cation shall include, at a minimum, as criteria, the
extent to which a grant will—
‘‘(A) directly facilitate environmental stew-
ardship activities, including environmental pro-
tection, preservation, or improvement activities;
and
‘‘(B) stimulate the availability of other
funds for those activities.
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‘‘(e) CONDITIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—With respect to
the funds made available to carry out this section under
section 13(a)(1)—
‘‘(1) not fewer than 6 grants each year shall be
awarded using those funds; and
‘‘(2) no grant made using those funds shall be in
an amount that exceeds $500,000.’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the John H. Chafee
Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5502) (as amend-
ed by section 1705(b)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(18) ‘consortium of institutions of higher edu-
cation’ means a cooperative arrangement among 2 or
more institutions of higher education; and
‘‘(19) ‘institution of higher education’ has the
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).’’.
SEC. 1709. INFORMATION STANDARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The John H. Chafee Environ-
mental Education Act is amended by inserting after section
11 (as added by section 1708(a)(2)) the following:
‘‘SEC. 12. INFORMATION STANDARDS.
‘‘In disseminating information under this Act, the Of-
fice of Environmental Education shall comply with the
guidelines issued by the Administrator under section 515
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of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations
Act, 2001 (44 U.S.C. 3516 note; 114 Stat. 2763A–153).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
in section 1(b) of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. prec. 5501) is amended by striking
the item relating to section 11 and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 11. Theodore Roosevelt Environmental Stewardship Grant Program.
‘‘Sec. 12. Information standards.
‘‘Sec. 13. Authorization of appropriations.’’.
SEC. 1710. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 13 of the John H. Chafee Environmental Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 5510) (as redesignated by section
1708(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(d);
(2) by striking the section heading and sub-
sections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Environmental Protection Agency to carry
out this Act $13,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002
through 2007, of which—
‘‘(1) $3,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be used
to carry out section 11; and
‘‘(2) $10,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be al-
located in accordance with subsection (b).
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), of
the amounts made available under subsection (a)(2)
for each fiscal year—
‘‘(A) not more than 25 percent may be used
for the activities of the Office of Environmental
Education established under section 4;
‘‘(B) not more than 25 percent may be used
for the operation of the environmental education
and training program under section 5;
‘‘(C) not less than 38 percent shall be used
for environmental education grants under section
6 and for the John H. Chafee Memorial Fellow-
ship Program under section 7; and
‘‘(D) 10 percent shall be used for the activi-
ties of the Foundation under section 10; and
‘‘(E) not less than 2 percent shall be avail-
able to support Teachers’ Awards under section
8(b).
‘‘(2) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of 
the
amounts made available under paragraph (1)(A) for
each fiscal year, not more than 10 percent may be
used for administrative expenses of the Office of Envi-
ronmental Education.
‘‘(c) EXPENSE REPORT.—As soon as practicable after
the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator shall submit
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to Congress a report describing in detail the activities for
which funds appropriated for the fiscal year were ex-
pended.’’; and
(3) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1))—
(A) by striking ‘‘National Environmental
Education and Training Foundation’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Foundation’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section
10(d) of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 10(e)’’.
Attest:
Secretary.