I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3603
To promote the research and development of environmental technologies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 21, 1993
Mr. BROWN of California (for himself, Mr. VALENTINE, Mr. MINETA, Mrs.
LLOYD, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. SWETT, Mr. KLEIN, Ms. ESHOO, Mr.
TRAFICANT, Mr. TANNER, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr. BARCIA of
Michigan, Mr. FINGERHUT, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr.
COPPERSMITH, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MINGE, Mr.
DEAL, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. BECERRA, and Mr. RUSH) introduced the follow-
ing bill, which was referred jointly to the Committees on Science, Space,
and Technology, the Judiciary, Education and Labor, Banking, Finance
and Urban Affairs, Public Works and Transportation, Energy and Com-
merce, and Government Operations
A BILL
To promote the research and development of environmental
technologies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Environmental Technologies Act of 1993’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 102. Findings.
Sec. 103. Purposes.
Sec. 104. Definitions.
TITLE II—POLICY COORDINATION AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Subtitle A—Policy Coordination and Program Planning
Sec. 201. Coordination of environmental technology research and development.
Sec. 202. Life-cycle assessments.
Sec. 203. Environmental technologies in ongoing programs.
Subtitle B—Environmental Technology
Sec. 211. Environmental Technologies Development and Integration Program.
Sec. 212. Environmental remediation and monitoring technologies.
Sec. 213. President’s Total Environmental Quality Award and the National En-
vironmentally Sound Technology Award.
Sec. 214. Incorporation of information on environmental technologies into exist-
ing networks.
Sec. 215. Use of Federal facilities for environmental technology demonstration.
Sec. 216. Federal acquisition and use of environmentally efficient building ma-
terials.
TITLE III—EDUCATION
Sec. 301. Environmentally advanced education.
Sec. 302. General education in environmental technologies.
TITLE IV—STANDARDS
Sec. 401. Performance standards.
Sec. 402. Verification of environmental technologies.
Sec. 403. Consumer claims on environmental technologies.
TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
Sec. 501. Findings.
Sec. 502. International environmental technology demonstration.
Sec. 503. Promotion of environmental technology exports.
Sec. 504. Financial assistance for technology adaptation to promote exports.
TITLE VI—FINANCIAL AND REGULATORY INCENTIVES
Sec. 601. Use of environmental technology products by the Federal Govern-
ment.
Sec. 602. Study of regulatory influences on innovation in environmental tech-
nologies.
Sec. 603. Study of the impact of tax incentives on innovation in environmental
technologies.
TITLE VII—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 701. Authorization of appropriations.
SEC. 102. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Promoting a sound economy and maintain-
ing a healthy environment are among the urgent
public policy challenges of the United States.
(2) The development and deployment of envi-
ronmental technologies will enhance the economic
standing of the United States and global environ-
mental security.
(3) Although better product and process de-
signs offer new opportunities for substantially im-
proved environmental performance in growing do-
mestic and international markets, current govern-
ment regulations and market barriers do not allow
these opportunities to be fully exploited.
(4) Although the Federal Government, research
institutes, universities, and industries are conducting
substantial basic environmental research and devel-
opment, environmental concerns must become a
more pervasive and central dimension of technology
research and development.
(5) The coordination of Federal, State, and
local activities for developing and adopting environ-
mental technologies will greatly enhance the effec-
tiveness of environmental policies of the United
States.
SEC. 103. PURPOSES.
It is the purpose of this Act—
(1) to improve coordination and integration of
environmental technology research and development
performed by and across Federal agencies;
(2) to assist and catalyze efforts of private in-
dustry, universities, nonprofit research centers, and
Federal laboratories in developing and deploying en-
vironmental technologies and, in the process, to pro-
mote the competitiveness of United States compa-
nies;
(3) to facilitate the development, diffusion, and
export of environmental technologies by improving
the availability of information;
(4) to promote industrial, academic, and public
knowledge of sustainable economic development;
(5) to promote the development of technical
standards for substitution of an environmentally
sound product or technology for a traditional one,
for environmental performance and efficacy of new
technologies and products, and for environmental
advertising and labeling of products;
(6) to encourage sustainable economic develop-
ment internationally and to promote United States
exports of environmental technologies; and
(7) to direct the study of tax and regulatory
changes that will provide for the more efficient de-
velopment and use of environmental technologies.
SEC. 104. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) The term ‘‘environmental technology’’
means—
(A) a technology that is primarily intended
to improve the quality of the environment
through pollution reduction or remediation;
(B) a product, manufacturing process, or
service that is capable of cost-effectively replac-
ing the functions of an existing product, proc-
ess, or service, and as compared with the prod-
uct, process, or service it replaces, significantly
reducing overall pollution or significantly im-
proving the efficiency of energy or materials
use; or
(C) a technology within the meaning of
subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(3) The term ‘‘Federal laboratory’’ means a
Government-owned, 
Government-operated 
labora-
tory, or a Government-owned, contractor-operated
laboratory.
(4) The term ‘‘life-cycle assessment’’ means the
assessment of the complete systems involved in con-
verting resources to products, including resource ex-
traction, materials conversion, energy use, end use,
recycling, and disposal, and their associated costs.
(5) The term ‘‘sustainable economic develop-
ment’’ means the integration of environmental and
economic development concerns leading to long-term
economic development with reduced pollution and
the more efficient use of energy and materials.
(6) The term ‘‘United States company’’ means
a company described in section 28(d)(9)(B) of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act
(15 U.S.C. 278n(d)(9)(B)).
TITLE 
II—POLICY 
COORDINA-
TION AND TECHNOLOGY PRO-
GRAMS
Subtitle A—Policy Coordination
and Program Planning
SEC. 201. COORDINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECH-
NOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
(a) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Director of
the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall, in co-
ordination with the heads of other Federal agencies that
have substantial investment in the development and adop-
tion of environmental technologies, take any action nec-
essary—
(1) to ensure, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the coordinated, interagency promotion of
the research, development, and adoption of environ-
mental technologies; and
(2) to develop priorities for Federal environ-
mental technology research, development, and adop-
tion efforts.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this section,
the Director of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy shall—
(1) review current Federally funded programs,
including Federal budget outlays for these programs,
to determine their role in the development and dis-
semination of environmental technologies;
(2) recommend the specific responsibilities of
each appropriate Federal agency to achieve the goals
and priorities developed under this section;
(3) describe the recommended levels of Federal
funding required for each Federal agency to carry
out the specific responsibilities recommended in
paragraph (2);
(4) develop a means for ensuring, to the maxi-
mum extent practicable, that the principles of sus-
tainable economic development are integrated into
the research, development, and technology programs
of all Federal agencies;
(5) ensure that the efforts of the Federal Gov-
ernment are coordinated with the efforts of State
and local governments and private and nonprofit or-
ganizations promoting the research, development,
and demonstration of environmental technologies;
and
(6) submit to the Congress any recommenda-
tions regarding legislative or administrative action,
including recommendations on the roles of Federal
agencies, which may be required to carry out this
section.
(c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—The Director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy shall annually as-
sess, before the President submits to the Congress the
budget for a fiscal year, the budget estimate of each rel-
evant Federal agency for consistency with the plans, re-
views, and priorities developed under this section. The Di-
rector shall make the results of the annual assessment
available to the appropriate elements of the Executive Of-
fice of the President, particularly the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, for use in the preparation of such
budget.
(d) ANNUAL REVIEW AND PLAN.—The Director of
the Office of Science and Technology shall annually sub-
mit to the Congress a report containing an evaluation and
plan that assesses the progress of Federal efforts in ad-
vancing the research, development, and adoption of envi-
ronmental technologies.
(e) NON-FEDERAL PARTICIPATION.—The Director of
the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish
mechanisms to ensure the participation of non-Federal en-
tities, including State and local governments, United
States industry, institutions of higher education, worker
organizations, professional associations, and United States
nonprofit organizations, in carrying out this section, in-
cluding the development of the plans and reviews devel-
oped under this section.
SEC. 202. LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Life-cycle assessments have much potential
for identifying opportunities for achieving more envi-
ronmentally sound products, processes, and services
and enhanced industrial efficiency.
(2) Methods of life-cycle assessment are
underused in both the public and private sectors,
particularly as applied to sustainable economic devel-
opment.
(3) The data necessary for meaningful life-cycle
assessment are often difficult to acquire, and no sys-
tem exists to make such data readily available to
public and private groups.
(b) LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT COORDINATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy, as part of activities
to coordinate environmental technology research, de-
velopment, and adoption described in section 201,
shall coordinate Federal activities and resources that
are applied to life-cycle assessment in order to maxi-
mize the contribution of life-cycle assessments to
sustainable economic development.
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this
subsection, the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy shall—
(A) ensure that the life-cycle assessment
resources of each Federal agency are developed
and disseminated in a coordinated fashion, par-
titioning agency responsibilities, where appro-
priate;
(B) coordinate with State and local govern-
ments developing life-cycle assessment re-
sources; and
(C) consider the life-cycle assessment capa-
bilities of the private sector.
(3) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this
subsection, the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy shall also encourage appropriate
Federal agencies—
(A) to collect, develop, and disseminate in-
formation regarding analytic methods and, as
required, to develop such methods, that will sig-
nificantly enhance the ability of United States
companies and other organizations to evaluate
materials extraction, transportation, conversion,
end use, recycling, and disposal, and their asso-
ciated costs and environmental impacts;
(B) to utilize, to the fullest extent prac-
ticable, 
existing 
networks 
and 
supporting
databases 
providing 
ready 
access 
to
nonproprietary information that will facilitate
the use of life-cycle assessments; and
(C) to sponsor demonstrations for public
policy and business decisionmakers of the effec-
tive use of the database and methodologies de-
scribed in this section.
(c) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy shall annually submit to
the Congress a report containing an evaluation of the life-
cycle assessment activities of the Federal Government.
SEC. 203. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES IN ONGOING
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 this section, the term ‘sustain-
able economic development’ means the integration of envi-
ronment 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
104(5) of the Environmental Technologies Act of 1993)’’
after ‘‘technological advances’’.
Subtitle B—Environmental
Technology
SEC. 211. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOP-
MENT AND INTEGRATION PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an Envi-
ronmental Technologies Development and Integration
Program, to be administered by the Administrator, to pro-
mote the research, development, and integration of tech-
nologies that will contribute significantly to sustainable
economic development.
(b) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall administer the program established in sub-
section (a) in cooperation with the heads of other agencies
that have substantial capabilities in advanced technology
research and development.
(c) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—To carry out the pro-
gram referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator may
enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, and
award grants to, entities eligible for such assistance under
subsection (e).
(d) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Projects eligible for as-
sistance under this section are projects that—
(1) develop advanced, precommercial environ-
mental technologies, with emphasis on technologies
within the meaning of section 104(2)(B), that will
significantly contribute to sustainable economic de-
velopment; or
(2) develop and demonstrate the integration of
multiple steps in the conversion of materials that are
involved in the manufacture, reuse, or recycling of a
product, the recycling of process wastes, or the pro-
vision of a service.
(e) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—Entities shall be
eligible for financial assistance under subsection (c) only
if—
(1) the entity submits a proposal for such as-
sistance in the form, time, and manner required by
the Administrator;
(2) the entity is either a single company or a
partnership which may include—
(A) two or more companies;
(B) a nonprofit research corporation estab-
lished by two or more eligible firms; and
(C) as determined appropriate by the Ad-
ministrator, a Federal laboratory or labora-
tories, institutions of higher education, agencies
of State governments, and other entities that
participate in the partnership by supporting the
activities conducted by such firms or corpora-
tions under this section; and
(3) the company is a United States company
and the Administrator finds that the company’s par-
ticipation in the Program would be in the economic
interest of the United States, as evidenced by—
(A) investments in the United States in re-
search, development, and manufacturing (in-
cluding manufacturing major components or
subassemblies in the United States);
(B) significant contributions to employ-
ment in the United States; and
(C) an agreement with respect to any tech-
nology arising from assistance provided under
this section to promote the manufacture within
the United States of products resulting from
that technology (taking into account the goals
of promoting the competitiveness of United
States industry), and to procure parts and ma-
terials from competitive suppliers.
(f) SELECTION OF PROPOSALS.—
(1) COMPETITIVE
PROCESS.—The Adminis-
trator shall select proposals for financial assistance
under this section solely through a competitive,
merit-based evaluation process established by the
Administrator.
(2) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—Criteria used to
evaluate proposals for financial assistance under this
section shall include the following:
(A) Significant improvement in environ-
mental soundness of the overall production
process.
(B) Contribution to industrial competitive-
ness, including new markets, reduced produc-
tion costs, and enhanced export potential.
(C) Improvement in the work environment.
(D) Applicability to other industrial proc-
esses.
(E) Improvement in technological capabil-
ity to recycle complex combinations of mate-
rials.
(F) Contribution to the environmental pri-
orities established pursuant to section 201.
(3) INTEGRATION OF INDUSTRY VIEWS.—The
Administrator shall develop mechanisms for inte-
grating the views of representatives of industry into
the process by which proposals for financial assist-
ance under this section are evaluated.
(g) AWARD CONDITIONS.—Financial assistance pro-
vided under this section shall be subject to the following
conditions:
(1) Such assistance may be made for not more
than three years for single firms and not more than
five years for partnerships.
(2) The Federal Government may provide not
more than a minority cost-share of the awards to
partnerships. The Administrator shall prescribe reg-
ulations to provide for consideration of in-kind con-
tributions by non-Federal Government participants
in a partnership for the purpose of determining the
share of the partnership costs that have been or are
being undertaken by such participant.
(h) OTHER ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Admin-
istrator, in cooperation with the heads of other appro-
priate Federal agencies that have substantial capabilities
in advanced technology research and development, may
provide entities receiving financial assistance under this
section with any technical and other assistance the Admin-
istrator considers necessary to carry out this section. In
providing such assistance, the Administrator may make
available to a partnership any equipment and facilities of
Federal laboratories (including the scientists and engi-
neers at those laboratories) that the Administrator consid-
ers appropriate for the work to be performed by the
partnership.
(i) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The Administrator shall an-
nually submit to the Congress a report that contains an
evaluation of the program established under subsection
(a). The report shall evaluate the success of innovations
resulting from the program based on criteria that include
those described in subsection (f)(2).
(j) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In administering the pro-
gram established under this section, the Adminis-
trator shall—
(A) monitor the manner in which tech-
nologies developed as a result of the program
are used, and report annually to the Congress
on the extent of any international transfer of
these technologies;
(B) provide for appropriate dissemination
of the results of research conducted under the
program; and
(C) take any other action the Administer
considers necessary to carry out the program
and to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort
by Federal agencies.
(2) APPLICABILITY OF FOIA.—Section 552 of
title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the
following information obtained by the Federal Gov-
ernment on a confidential basis in connection with
the activities of any firm or partnership receiving
financial assistance under this section:
(A) Information on the operation of any
firm or member of a partnership.
(B) Trade secrets possessed by any busi-
ness or any member of the partnership.
(3) DISCLOSURE
OF
INTELLECTUAL
PROP-
ERTY.—Intellectual property owned and developed
by any business or partnership receiving financial
assistance under this section or by any member of
such a partnership may not be disclosed by any offi-
cer or employee of the Federal Government except in
accordance with a written agreement between the
owner or developer of the intellectual property and
the Administrator.
(4) VESTING
OF
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
RIGHTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Title to any intellectual
property arising from assistance provided under
this section shall vest in a company or compa-
nies incorporated in the United States or in an
institution of higher education in the United
States. The Federal Government may reserve a
nonexclusive, nontransferable, irrevocable paid-
up license, to have practiced for or on behalf of
the Federal Government, in connection with any
such intellectual property, but shall not, in the
exercise of such license, publicly disclose propri-
etary information related to the license. Title to
any such intellectual property shall not be
transferred or passed, except to a company in-
corporated in the United States, until the expi-
ration of the first patent obtained in connection
with such intellectual property.
(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this
paragraph, the term ‘‘intellectual property’’
means an invention patentable under title 35,
United States Code, or any patent on such an
invention.
(C) EFFECT ON LICENSING.—Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit
the licensing to any company of intellectual
property rights arising from financial assistance
provided under this section.
(5) SUSPENSION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—
The Administrator may, within 30 days after notice
to the Congress, suspend a company or partnership
from continued financial assistance under this sec-
tion if the Administrator determines that the com-
pany, the country of incorporation of the company
or a parent company, or the partnership has failed
to satisfy any of the requirements of this section,
and that it is in the national interest of the United
States to do so.
SEC. 212. ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND MONITOR-
ING TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Existing permit and compliance policies and
practices are a key barrier to the widespread use of
innovative environmental monitoring and remedi-
ation technologies.
(2) Past efforts to develop new containment
and clean-up technologies have yielded only modest
results and have reached the application stage only
after many years of substantial and consistent
efforts.
(3) More aggressive and integrated Federal pro-
grams to develop, demonstrate, and make available
alternate and innovative monitoring and remediation
technologies are needed to ensure the timely and
widespread application of the most suitable technical
solutions to costly environmental problems.
(b) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION IN REMEDIATION
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Within one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary
of Defense shall jointly submit to the Congress a detailed
strategic plan for interagency coordination of Federal pro-
grams for the timely development, demonstration, and de-
ployment of innovative environmental control and remedi-
ation technologies.
SEC. 213. PRESIDENT’S TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AWARD 
AND 
THE 
NATIONAL 
ENVIRON-
MENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY AWARD.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Award programs such as the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award Program have
made substantial contributions to private enterprise
by providing a framework upon which organizations
can improve their operations and by focusing on is-
sues important to their competitiveness.
(2) A President’s Total Environmental Quality
Award Program modeled on the Malcolm Baldrige
Award Program would contribute to environmental
quality and sustainable economic development by—
(A) helping to stimulate United States
companies to develop and deploy environmental
technologies;
(B) recognizing the achievements of such
companies which successfully develop and de-
ploy environmental technologies; and
(C) establishing guidelines and criteria
that can be used by business, industrial, gov-
ernmental, and other organizations in evaluat-
ing their own development and deployment of
environmental technologies.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to
provide for the establishment and conduct of a President’s
Total Environmental Quality Award Program and a Na-
tional Environmentally Sound Technology Award Pro-
gram under which awards are given to recognize the suc-
cessful development and deployment of environmental
technologies and information is disseminated about such
success.
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF AWARDS.—The Stevenson-
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C.
3701 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 23 the
following new sections:
‘‘SEC. 24. PRESIDENT’S TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AWARD.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established
the President’s Total Environmental Quality Award (in
this section referred to as the ‘Award’).
‘‘(b) DESIGN.—The Award shall be evidenced by a
medal bearing the inscription ‘President’s Total Environ-
mental Quality Award’.
‘‘(c) AWARD SELECTION PROCESS.—The Secretary,
in cooperation with the Secretary of Energy and the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall
establish a process for the acceptance and evaluation of
Award applicants. The Secretary shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, use the same procedures and facilities
provided for the administration of the Malcolm Baldrige
Award, including the definition of award categories, the
delegation of responsibilities, and provisions for publicity,
evaluation feed-back, and information transfer.
‘‘(d) PRESENTATION OF AWARD.—
‘‘(1) RECOMMENDATIONS BY SECRETARY.—The
Secretary shall submit to the President the rec-
ommendations of the Secretary for the selection of
Award applicants.
‘‘(2) SELECTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—On the
basis of recommendations received under paragraph
(1), the President shall periodically select for receipt
of the Award United States companies and other or-
ganizations which in the judgment of the President
have substantially benefited the environmental, eco-
nomic, and social well-being of the United States
through the development and deployment of environ-
mental technologies, and which as a consequence are
deserving of special recognition.
‘‘(3) PRESENTATION
CEREMONY.—The Presi-
dent or the Vice President shall present the Award
to recipients selected under paragraph (2) with such
ceremony as the President or the Vice President
considers to be appropriate.
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—The information gathered in eval-
uating Award applications may be used only for the eval-
uation of such applications and for publicity by winners
of the Award. Such information may not be used for regu-
latory or compliance purposes.
‘‘(f) EVALUATION CRITERIA.—Criteria for evaluating
Award applications shall include the following:
‘‘(1) The effectiveness of the organization’s de-
velopment and deployment of environmental tech-
nologies, as well as the organization’s provision for
environmental technologies in its future plans.
‘‘(2) The effectiveness of energy and materials
use from the perspective of the life cycle of the pro-
duction, use, recycle, and disposal of a product.
‘‘(3) The effective use of an integrated ap-
proach to pollution prevention and control that con-
siders all environmental media (liquid, solid, gase-
ous).
‘‘(g) FUNDING.—The Secretary may seek and accept
gifts from public and private sources to carry out this sec-
tion. The Secretary may provide for the imposition of a
fee upon the organizations applying for the Award.
‘‘(h) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit
to the President and the Congress a report on the progress
made in carrying out this section. The report shall include
any recommendations of the Secretary for any modifica-
tions of the Award the Secretary considers necessary.
‘‘SEC. 25. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECH-
NOLOGY AWARD.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na-
tional Environmentally Sound Technology Award for the
purpose of awarding individuals who have pioneered the
development and use of highly innovative environmental
technologies within the meaning of section 104(2)(B) of
the Environmental Technologies Act of 1993.
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Using the authority and
procedures established in section 24 and subject to the
conditions described in this section, the Secretary, in co-
operation with the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency and the Secretary of Energy, shall re-
ceive and evaluate applications for the National Environ-
mentally Sound Technology Award and provide for presen-
tation of such Award.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED TECHNOLOGIES.—Technologies that
qualify for such Award shall include the following:
‘‘(1) Manufacturing technologies.
‘‘(2) Industrial or consumer products.
‘‘(3) Consumer services.
‘‘(4) Recycling technologies.
‘‘(d) QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.—Any citizen or per-
manent resident of the United States may qualify for such
Award. Any such individual who is employed by or other-
wise works for a business, Federal laboratory, or other or-
ganization may qualify for such Award only if the individ-
ual was substantially involved in the invention or innova-
tion for which such Award is presented.
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—Not more than five such Awards
may be presented annually.’’.
SEC. 214. INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION ON ENVIRON-
MENTAL 
TECHNOLOGIES 
INTO 
EXISTING
NETWORKS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator,
through the Office of Research and Development of the
Environmental Protection Agency and in cooperation with
the Under Secretary for Technology of the Department
of Commerce and the heads of any other appropriate Fed-
eral agencies, shall, to the maximum extent practicable,
use existing information network capabilities of the Fed-
eral Government to provide access to data on environ-
mental technologies developed, tested, or verified under
programs established by this Act, and by other appro-
priate Federal and non-Federal sources. Such data shall
include information on—
(1) activities carried out under this Act and the
amendments made by this Act;
(2) performance standards regarding environ-
mental technologies;
(3) significant international developments in en-
vironmental technologies, fully coordinating with
other international technology information programs,
of the Federal Government; and
(4) other information determined by the Admin-
istrator to be of substantial value in promoting the
development and adoption of environmental tech-
nologies.
(b) USE OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—In carrying out
this section, the Administrator shall, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable—
(1) use existing public and private sector infor-
mation providers and carriers;
(2) add to existing data sources; and
(3) integrate data described in subsection (a)
into other technology databases maintained by the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Department
of Commerce, the Department of Energy, and other
appropriate Federal agencies.
(c) OUTREACH.—The Administrator shall conduct
appropriate outreach efforts to advertise, deliver, and dis-
seminate the information made available through the net-
works referred to in subsection (a), including information
on participation in Alliances referred to in subsection (d).
(d) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AL-
LIANCES.—
(1) TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER.—The Adminis-
trator may enter into partnership agreements (in
this section referred to as ‘‘Alliances’’) with an agen-
cy of a State or local government, a non-profit orga-
nization in which a State or local government is a
member, an institution of higher education des-
ignated by a State or local government, or a manu-
facturing extension and outreach service or regional
technical assistance service approved by the Federal
Government or a State in order to—
(A) facilitate access to information incor-
porated in the networks referred to in sub-
section (a); and
(B) transfer to entities referred to in para-
graph (2) other information that would enhance
the development and adoption of environmental
technologies.
(2) ENTITIES
ELIGIBLE
FOR
ALLIANCE
PAR-
TICIPATION.—Entities eligible for participation in an
Alliance include United States companies, United
States non-profit organizations, Federal laboratories,
United States institutions of higher education, spon-
soring organizations, and other organizations that
the Administrator considers to be appropriate.
(3) ALLIANCE ACTIVITIES.—Under a partner-
ship agreement referred to in paragraph (1), an Alli-
ance—
(A) may disseminate information made
available through the networks to any other en-
tity the Alliance considers necessary to advance
the goals of this section;
(B) is encouraged to collect, and dissemi-
nate to United States companies in the region,
information regarding opportunities for the
more efficient use of materials and energy and
for waste minimization, materials conversion,
and recycling;
(C) is encouraged to provide technical as-
sistance to United States companies related to
activities under this subsection; and
(D) may undertake any other activities the
Administrator considers appropriate to carry
out this subsection.
(4) USE OF EXISTING PROGRAMS.—In selecting
partners for a partnership agreement referred to in
paragraph (1), the Administrator shall, to the maxi-
mum extent practicable, use existing programs for
technical assistance and technical information dis-
semination.
(5) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this sub-
section, the Administrator may provide financial
assistance to an Alliance under terms and con-
ditions prescribed by the Administrator.
(B) 
LIMITATIONS.—The 
Administrator
may not provide financial assistance to an Alli-
ance under this subsection—
(i) for construction of facilities; or
(ii) in an amount that exceeds a mi-
nority cost share of the activities carried
out by the Alliance under this subsection.
SEC. 215. USE OF FEDERAL FACILITIES FOR ENVIRON-
MENTAL TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a program to demonstrate the performance of envi-
ronmental technologies at Federal laboratories and other
Federal facilities.
(b) QUALIFYING
TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—Technologies that qualify for demonstration
under such program include—
(1) environmental technologies that can be ap-
plied to a major pollution control or remediation
need, as determined by the Administrator, at a Fed-
eral laboratory or other Federal facility;
(2) environmental technologies the development
of which would be significantly advanced by unique
facilities or capabilities of a Federal laboratory or
other Federal facility; and
(3) other environmental technologies that the
Administration considers to have significant poten-
tial as an environmental technology that will contrib-
ute to sustainable economic growth.
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—As part of the program estab-
lished under this section, the Administrator—
(1) may enter into cooperative agreements with
other Federal departments and agencies for the pur-
pose of demonstrating the performance of environ-
mental technologies;
(2) may enter into contracts and cooperative
agreements for such purpose with organizations se-
lected under paragraph (7);
(3) except as provided in paragraph (4), may
not provide Federal resources under a cooperative
agreement referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) in
an amount that exceeds one-half of the total cost of
carrying out services and activities under the agree-
ment;
(4) may make special provisions for small busi-
nesses, including the provision of Federal resources
under a cooperative agreement entered into with a
small business under paragraph (1) or (2) in an
amount that exceeds one-half of the total cost of car-
rying out services and activities under the agree-
ment;
(5) shall establish procedures to solicit and ac-
cept applications for environmental technologies for
demonstration under this program;
(6) shall, in consultation and cooperation with
other Federal agencies, make available information
through the networks described in section 214 and
make available through other means—
(A) the facilities and expertise available at
Federal laboratories that would be valuable to
the 
demonstration 
of 
environmental 
tech-
nologies; and
(B) sites at Federal laboratories or other
Federal facilities potentially available for test-
ing environmental technologies, characterized
by specific site characteristics, including site ge-
ology and site contaminants where appropriate;
(7) shall establish procedures for the merit-
based review of all applications for demonstration
projects under this program through a process that
includes representatives of industry and United
States nonprofit organizations and select organiza-
tions to carry out such projects based upon such
procedures;
(8) shall document the performance and cost of
characteristics of the environmental technology dem-
onstrated; and
(9) shall list and disseminate, through the
networks described in section 214, nonproprietary
information regarding the performance and cost
characteristics of the environmental technologies
demonstrated pursuant to this section.
(d) QUALIFYING ORGANIZATIONS.—Entities eligible
to carry out a demonstration project as part of the pro-
gram established under subsection (a) are United States
companies (including small businesses), United States
nonprofit organizations, United States institutions of
higher education, and other organizations that the Admin-
istrator considers appropriate.
(e) PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REPORTING.—The
Administrator shall, in cooperation with other Federal
agencies and in consultation with the United States com-
panies and United States nonprofit organizations, annu-
ally submit to the Congress a report that evaluates the
performance of the program, including a statement of—
(1) the number of environmental technologies
tested and the type of problems addressed;
(2) the number of environmental technologies
demonstrated in the program that have since become
commercially viable and their estimated impact; and
(3) the Federal and non-Federal financial re-
sources committed to the program.
SEC. 216. FEDERAL ACQUISITION AND USE OF ENVIRON-
MENTALLY 
EFFICIENT 
BUILDING 
MATE-
RIALS.
(a) DEMONSTRATION OF ACQUISITION AND USE OF
MATERIALS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish
a 3-year pilot program to promote research on, and devel-
opment of, environmentally efficient building materials
through demonstration of the acquisition and use of envi-
ronmentally efficient building materials in the construc-
tion of new Federal facilities and buildings and in existing
Federal facilities and buildings.
(b) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting environ-
mentally efficient building materials, the Administrator
shall use the criteria of—
(1) maximizing the conservation and preserva-
tion of natural resources;
(2) ensuring that the materials are similar in
quality and durability to comparable, more conven-
tional materials;
(3) ensuring that the materials are cost com-
petitive with comparable, more conventional mate-
rials on a life-cycle cost basis;
(4) ensuring that the materials meet appro-
priate environmental, public health, and safety
standards; and
(5) ensuring that the materials meet appro-
priate standards for energy efficiency.
(c) PREFERENCES AMONG ENVIRONMENTALLY EF-
FICIENT BUILDING MATERIALS.—When making choices
between comparable environmentally efficient building ma-
terials that meet all the criteria under subsection (b), the
Administrator shall give preference to those materials that
best satisfy such criteria.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after comple-
tion of the pilot program established under this section,
the Administrator shall submit to the Congress a report
on the implementation of the pilot program. The report
shall include—
(1) a listing of the type and quantities of envi-
ronmentally efficient building materials used;
(2) a statement of the cost and performance of
such materials compared to comparable, more con-
ventional materials;
(3) an assessment of the extent to which the ac-
quisition and use of such materials can be expanded
beyond the scope of the pilot program;
(4) an assessment of how well the materials
meet the criteria under subsection (b)(1); and
(5) an assessment of the extent to which re-
search on, and development of, such materials oc-
curred as a result of the pilot program and the ex-
tent to which further support is needed to stimulate
such research and development.
(e) INTEGRATION OF OTHER VIEWS.—In carrying
out this section, the Administrator shall develop mecha-
nisms for integrating the views of the Administrator of
General Services, the Army Corps of Engineers, and rep-
resentatives of the environmental community, the con-
struction industry (including small business), manufactur-
ing companies (including small businesses) that produce
environmentally efficient materials, and the scientific and
technical community.
(f) GUIDELINES TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The Ad-
ministrator shall, after consultation with the Adminis-
trator of General Services, promulgate regulations con-
taining guidelines to Federal agencies on minimizing the
creation of solid waste and on maximizing the use of envi-
ronmentally efficient building materials in the construc-
tion of Federal buildings. Such regulations shall include—
(1) a requirement that any bid or proposal for
Federal contracts for the construction of Federal
buildings include a plan for minimizing the genera-
tion of solid waste and for maximizing the use of en-
vironmentally efficient building materials in such
construction; and
(2) standards for an acceptable plan that satis-
fies the requirement under paragraph (1).
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘agency’’ means an Executive
agency as defined under section 105 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code, and any agency of the judicial
branch of Government.
(2) The term ‘‘environmentally efficient mate-
rials’’ means any recycled, recovered, reclaimed, or
reused material whose production, manufacture,
fabrication, and use conserves and preserves natural
resources when compared to the production, manu-
facture, fabrication, and use of comparable, more
conventional materials.
(3) The term ‘‘environmentally efficient build-
ing materials’’ means any environmentally efficient
material which may be used in the construction of
a building or facility.
(4) The term ‘‘solid waste’’ means any garbage,
refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water
supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facil-
ity and other discarded material, including solid, liq-
uid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material result-
ing from industrial, commercial, mining, and agri-
cultural operations, and from community activities,
but does not include solid or dissolved material in
domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in
irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which
are point sources subject to permits under section
402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1342) or source, special nuclear, or byprod-
uct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
(5) The term ‘‘construction’’ with respect to
any project of construction under this section,
means—
(A) the erection or building of new struc-
tures and acquisition of lands or interests
therein, or the acquisition, replacement, expan-
sion, remodeling, alteration, modernization, or
extension of existing structures;
(B) the acquisition and installation of ini-
tial equipment of, or required in connection
with, new or newly acquired structures or the
expanded, remodeled, altered, modernized or ex-
tended part of existing structures (including
trucks and other motor vehicles, and tractors,
cranes, and other machinery) necessary for the
proper utilization and operation of the facility
after completion of the project, including pre-
liminary planning to determine the economic
and engineering feasibility and the public health
and safety aspects of the project, the engineer-
ing, architectural, legal, fiscal, and economic in-
vestigations and studies, and any surveys, de-
signs, plans, working drawings, specifications,
and other action necessary for the carrying out
of the project; and
(C) the inspection and supervision of the
process of carrying out the project to comple-
tion.
TITLE III—EDUCATION
SEC. 301. ENVIRONMENTALLY ADVANCED EDUCATION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) With the exception of environmental engi-
neering curricula, environmental considerations are
typically not integrated into the required design
course work for the various engineering disciplines.
(2) The integration of environmental consider-
ations into all engineering, industrial, design, and
other technology-oriented curricula in a timely fash-
ion is essential to better achieving sustainable eco-
nomic development.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to encour-
age the National Science Foundation to provide assistance
to colleges and universities for comprehensive research
and education activities that will integrate environmental
considerations into the design, manufacturing, and pro-
duction processes.
(c) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTALLY
ADVANCED
EDUCATION
PRO-
GRAMS.—The Director of the National Science Founda-
tion shall support undergraduate and graduate activities
in the development of coursework materials and curricula
in all scientific, engineering and technical disciplines to in-
corporate environmental soundness and total cost account-
ing principles into the corresponding curricula. In carrying
out this section, the Director of the National Science
Foundation shall cooperate with the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency and other appropriate Federal agencies
and consult with appropriate private sector organizations,
including the Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology.
(d) SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
INDIVIDUALS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section,
the Director of the National Science Foundation
shall encourage the participation of socially dis-
advantaged individuals and economically disadvan-
taged individuals.
(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section:
(A) The term ‘‘economically disadvantaged
individuals’’ has the meaning given such term
in section 8(a)(6)(A) of the Small Business Act,
15 U.S.C. 637(a)(6)(A), and includes women.
(B) The term ‘‘socially disadvantaged indi-
viduals’’ has the meaning given such term in
section 8(a)(5) of the Small Business Act, 15
U.S.C. 637(a)(5), and includes women.
(e) SPECIAL NEEDS.—In carrying out the provisions
of this section, the Director of the National Science Foun-
dation shall take into account any special needs of 2-year
colleges, as applicable.
SEC. 302. GENERAL EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL TECH-
NOLOGIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of Re-
search and Development of the Environmental Protection
Agency, in consultation and coordination with other Fed-
eral agencies (including the National Science Foundation)
and agencies of State and local governments, shall develop
and support programs and related efforts to improve un-
derstanding of the relationships between technology and
the environment, including—
(1) information on—
(A) relations between economic activity
and the environment and opportunities for im-
provement in such relations; and
(B) systems which encompass resource ex-
traction or introduction, transformation, con-
sumption, recycle and disposal, and the energy
and resources consumed and the value-yielding
results; and
(2) any other information the Director of the
Office of Research and Development of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in consultation with other
Federal agencies (including the National Science
Foundation) and agencies of State and local govern-
ments, considers appropriate.
(b) PROGRAM FUNCTIONS
AND ACTIVITIES.—The
programs and efforts referred to in subsection (a) shall
include, at a minimum—
(1) the development and widest dissemination
practicable of model curricula, educational materials,
and training programs for technical college, second-
ary, and elementary students and other interested
groups;
(2) the provision of information to local edu-
cation agencies, State education and natural re-
source agencies, and others; and
(3) the training of education professionals in
the development and delivery of the environmental
education materials developed under this Act.
TITLE IV—STANDARDS
SEC. 401. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Commerce,
in cooperation with the Administrator, the Secretary of
Energy, and the heads of other appropriate Federal agen-
cies, and in consultation with non-Federal standards orga-
nizations, shall establish a program to support the clari-