I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3645
To amend the National Environmental Education Act to extend the programs
under the Act, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 13, 1996
Mr. KLUG (for himself, Mr. WALSH, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. PALLONE,
and Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
A BILL
To amend the National Environmental Education Act to
extend the programs under the Act, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘National Environ-
mental Education Amendments Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.
Section 4 of the National Environmental Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 5503) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting after
‘‘support’’ the following: ‘‘balanced and scientif-
ically sound’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (6);
(C) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(7)
through (13) as paragraphs (6) through (12),
respectively; and
(D) in paragraph (12) (as so redesig-
nated), by inserting before the period the fol-
lowing: ‘‘through the headquarters and the re-
gional offices of the Agency’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(c) STAFF.—The Office of Environmental Edu-
cation 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 Agency regional office.
‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—The Administrator may carry out
the activities specified in subsection (b) directly or through
awards of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.’’.
SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS.
Section 6 of the National Environmental Education
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 fund a lobbying activity (as de-
scribed in the documents issued by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and designated as OMB Circulars No.
A–21 and No. A–122).’’.
SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOW-
SHIPS.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The National Environmental
Education Act is amended—
(1) by striking section 7 (20 U.S.C. 5506); and
(2) by redesignating sections 8 through 11 (20
U.S.C. 5507 through 5510) as sections 7 through
10, respectively.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The National En-
vironmental Education Act is amended—
(1) in the table of contents in section 1(b) (20
U.S.C. prec. 5501)—
(A) by striking the item relating to section
7; and
(B) by redesignating the to sections 8
through 11 as items relating to sections 7
through 10, respectively;
(2) in section 4(b) (20 U.S.C. 5503(b))—
(A) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by
section 2(1)(C)), by striking ‘‘section 8 of this
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7’’; and
(B) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated),
by striking ‘‘section 9 of this Act’’ and inserting
‘‘section 8’’;
(3) in section 6(c)(3) (20 U.S.C. 5505(c)(3)),
by striking ‘‘section 9(d) of this Act’’ and inserting
‘‘section 8(d)’’;
(4) in the matter preceding subsection (c)(3)(A)
of section 9 (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)),
by striking ‘‘section 10(a) of this Act’’ and inserting
‘‘subsection (a)’’; and
(5) in subsection (c)(2) of section 10 (as redes-
ignated by subsection (a)(2)), by striking ‘‘section
10(d) of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9(d)’’.
SEC. 5. NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS.
Section 7 of the National Environmental Education
Act (as redesignated by section 4(a)(2)) is amended to
read as follows: