ployees and may establish additional train-
ing requirements for such trades or cat-
egories, not to exceed 80 hours of training,
including up to 30 hours of hands-on
training.
(ii) For hazardous waste site workers
regularly on-site, at least 36 hours of
training, including 8 hours that are super-
vised field training at the specific site.
(iii) For hazardous waste site super-
visors, an additional 8 hours of supervisor-
specific training after successful comple-
tion of the training described in clause (i)
or (ii).
(iv) For all hazardous waste site
workers and supervisors, annual refresher
training of at least 8 hours, in addition to
the training described in clause (i), (ii), or
(iii), as applicable.
(B) TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL
FACILITY WORKERS.—
(i) For treatment, storage, and dis-
posal facility site workers (as defined by
the Secretary pursuant to subtitle C of the
Solid Waste Disposal Act), at least 40
hours of training, including a minimum of
8 hours of hands-on training.
(ii) For supervisors of such workers,
an additional 8 hours of supervisor-specific
training after successful completion of the
training described in clause (i).
(iii) For all treatment, storage, and
disposal facility site workers and super-
visors, annual refresher training of at least
8 hours, in addition to the training de-
scribed in clause (i) or (ii), as applicable.
(C) ENVIRONMENTAL
EMERGENCY
RE-
SPONDERS.—For environmental emergency re-
sponders, the following requirements:
(i) Operations level: 40 hours, includ-
ing awareness level.
(ii) Technician level: 80 hours addi-
tional beyond operations level.
(iii) Specialists level: 100 hours addi-
tional beyond technician level.
(iv) Incident Commander: 16 hours
additional beyond technician level.
(v) Annual refresher: 8 hours in all
categories.
(vi) Site-specific: 24 hours site-specific
training, including site survey for each
hazardous waste site for which emergency
response is planned and specific training
required by the unique nature of the po-
tential exposures.
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall promul-
gate regulations for the certification of environmental re-
sponse employees and emergency responders. Such regula-
tions shall be implemented by the Secretary, or by the ap-
propriate State agency by agreement, as long as the cer-
tification requirements are no less stringent than those
specified by the Secretary. The provisions for certification
shall be based on the specific training requirements set
forth in subsection (a)(3).
(c) TIME PERIOD AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—
Certifications shall be for a period of two years. Biannual
refresher training shall be required for renewal of certifi-
cations. The Secretary shall specify the minimum number
of hours required for such refresher training.
SEC. 305. SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
(a) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of
Labor and the Secretary of Education shall develop coop-
eratively with local educational agencies an academic/
work-site experience curriculum for 11th and 12th grade
students that will enable those who successfully complete
the curriculum to become environmental response employ-
ees or emergency responders.
(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Labor and the Sec-
retary of Education shall provide grants to local commu-
nities for the purpose of implementing academic/work-site
experience curriculum developed pursuant to subsection
(a).
(c) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—A local community is eligi-
ble to apply for a grant under this section if—
(1) the local community is located within a tar-
geted urban area;
(2) hazardous waste facilities are located within
the community;
(3) a vocational and technology high school is
located within the community; and
(4) the community has entered into a partner-
ship with local businesses that employ emergency re-
sponders or environmental response employees to
provide work-site experience opportunities to stu-
dents.
(d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATION.—The Secretaries of
Education and Labor may approve an application submit-
ted by a local community under this section only if the
community demonstrates in such application that the ac-
tivities proposed to be undertaken by the community will
lead to a reduction in the unemployment rate for the tar-
geted urban area in which the community is located.
(e) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—Each local educational agency that receives a
grant under this section shall implement an environmental
response and environmental emergency response aca-
demic/work site experience program that—
(1) integrates occupational, technical, and aca-
demic instruction;
(2) integrates work-site training and classroom
instruction throughout the 2 years (grades 11 and
12) of the academic/work-site program;
(3) ensures that employers will devote the staff,
facilities, and equipment necessary to provide youth
apprentices with adequate work-site supervision,
quality instruction, and hands-on training on an on-
going basis; and
(4) provides instruction sufficient to enable stu-
dents to satisfy State requirements for a high school
diploma together with an environmental response or
environmental emergency response skills certificate,
upon completion of the 12th grade.
Subtitle 
B—National 
Environ-
mental Remediation and Res-
toration Training Program
SEC. 311. PURPOSE.
To require the Administrator to establish a program
to provide career training to eligible individuals in order
to enable them to acquire proficiency in environmental as-
sessment, remediation, and restoration, and for other pur-
poses.
SEC. 312. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For the purpose of
this subtitle, an eligible individual is a person—
(A) who has either a high school diploma
or its equivalence,
(B) who is enrolled in or accepted into a
qualified institution of higher education, and
(C) who resides in a targeted area.
(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROGRAM.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6
months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the
Secretaries of Defense and Energy, shall estab-
lish an education and training program in
qualified institutions of higher education for
qualified individuals in order to enable such in-
dividuals to acquire career training in environ-
mental engineering, environmental sciences, or
environmental project management as it relates
to hazardous waste response, cleanup, and res-
toration.
(B) DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC/ON-SITE
SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM.—In carrying out
the program, the Administrator, in consultation
with the Secretaries of Defense and Energy,
shall develop and implement an academic pro-
gram for qualified individuals at institutions of
higher education at both undergraduate and
graduate levels, and which may lead to the
awarding of an academic degree or a certifi-
cation that is supplemental to an academic de-
gree.
(3) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The program estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (1) may include
educational activities and training related to—
(i) site remediation;
(ii) site characterization;
(iii) hydrology; and
(iv) training for positions related to
environmental engineering, environmental
sciences, or environmental project manage-
ment (including training for management
positions).
(B) EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The pro-
gram established pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall include educational activities designed for
personnel participating in a program to achieve
specialization in the following fields:
(i) Earth sciences.
(ii) Chemistry.
(iii) Chemical engineering.
(iv) Environmental engineering.
(v) Statistics.
(vi) Toxicology.
(vii) Biology.
(viii) Industrial hygiene.
(ix) Health physics.
(x) Environmental project manage-
ment.
(xi) Any other field that the Adminis-
trator determines to be appropriate.
SEC. 313. GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries of Defense and
Energy and the Administrator shall provide grants to a
qualified institutions of higher education under this sec-
tion only if such institutions submit to the Administrator
an application which contains such information as the
former may reasonably require.
(b) ASSURANCES.—Such an application shall include
assurances that the institution of higher education will use
Federal funds received from a grant under this section to
supplement and not supplant non-Federal funds that
would otherwise be available for activities funded under
this section.
(c) FUNDING.—
(1) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limita-
tion in subparagraph (B), 50 percent of the
cost of carrying out this section shall be funded
from amounts made available for fiscal year
1996 to the Environmental Protection Agency
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 960 et seq.).
(B) LIMITATION.—Not more than 1 per-
cent of the amounts made available for fiscal
year 1996 to the Environmental Protection
Agency pursuant to the Comprehensive Envi-
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) may
be used to carry out this section.
(C) SPECIAL
RULE.—Amounts provided
under this paragraph shall be used to supple-
ment and not supplant other funds provided to
such centers by the Environmental Protection
Agency.
(2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limita-
tion in subparagraph (B), 25 percent of the
cost of carrying out this section shall be funded
from amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1996
to the Department of Defense Environmental
Restoration Account established in section 2703
of title 10, United States Code.
(B) LIMITATION.—Not more than 1 per-
cent of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year
1996 to the Defense Environmental Restoration
Account established in section 2703 of title 10,
United States Code, may be used to carry out
this section.
(C) TRANSFER.—The Secretary of Defense
shall transfer an amount determined in accord-
ance with subparagraphs (A) and (B) to the
Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to
the authority granted the Secretary under sec-
tion 2703 of title 10, United States Code.
(3) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limita-
tion described in subparagraph (B), 25 percent
of the cost of carrying out this section shall be
funded from amounts appropriated for fiscal
year 1996 to the Department of Energy for the
purpose of environmental cleanup.
(B) 
LIMITATION.—The 
limitation 
de-
scribed in this subparagraph is that not more
than 1 percent of the amounts made available
for fiscal year 1996 to the Department of En-
ergy may be used to carry out this section.
(C) SPECIAL
RULE.—Amounts provided
under this paragraph to The Environmental
Protection Agency shall be used to supplement
and not supplant other funds provided to such
centers by the Department of Energy.
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A qualified institution of
higher education shall use amounts received from a
grant under this section to establish a consortium
consisting of the institution and the entities de-
scribed in paragraph (2) for the purpose of estab-
lishing a program to provide education and training
in environmental restoration to the qualified individ-
uals.
(2) ENTITIES
DESCRIBED.—The entities de-
scribed in this paragraph are 1 or more of each of
the following:
(A) Representatives of appropriate State
and local agencies.
(B) Community-based organizations.
(C) Business.
(D) Labor organizations.
(E) Other appropriate educational institu-
tions.
(F) Local Federal facilities involved in en-
vironmental assessment and restoration.
(e) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—
(1) PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
IN
ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT, REMEDIATION,
AND RESTORATION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The consortium shall
establish and provide a work-based learning
system consisting of education and training in
environmental assessment, remediation, and
restoration, which may include basic edu-
cational courses; on-site basic skills training;
and mentor assistance to qualified individuals,
which may lead to the awarding of a certificate
of completion or advance degree at the institu-
tion of higher education.
(B) USE OF CLOSED MILITARY INSTALLA-
TION OR OTHER FEDERAL FACILITY.—To the
extent practicable, the consortium shall utilize a
military installation closed or selected to be
closed under a base closure law or other con-
taminated Federal facility in providing on-site
basic skills training to qualified individuals.
(2) OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT.—The con-
sortium shall undertake outreach and recruitment
efforts to encourage participation by eligible individ-
uals in the program described under subsection
(a)(1) of section 112.
(3) INSTRUCTORS.—The consortium shall, to
the extent practicable, select instructors for the pro-
gram established under subsection (d)(1) from insti-
tutions of higher education, appropriate community
programs, and industry and labor.
(4) JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES.—The consor-
tium shall provide job placement services to each eli-
gible individual who receives a certificate of comple-
tion or advance degree under paragraph (1)(A).
(5) COORDINATION.—To the extent practicable,
the consortium shall consult with appropriate Fed-
eral, State, and local agencies carrying out environ-
mental assessment, remediation, and restoration pro-
grams for the purpose of achieving coordination
among such programs and the program established
by the consortium under subsection (d)(1).
TITLE IV—NATIONAL ENVIRON-
MENT-RELATED 
EMPLOY-
MENT PROGRAM
SEC. 401. HIRING INCENTIVES.
Federal agencies authorized to award contracts to
carry out environmental response or environmental emer-
gency response shall give preference to firms that—
(1) meet the requirements of the contract;
(2) are located in a targeted urban area; and
(3) have a payroll in which at least 25 percent
of their certified environmental response employees
and emerging responders reside in a targeted urban
area, or, in cases where availability of certified envi-
ronmental response employees and emerging re-
sponders does not allow firms to comply, actively
participate in a youth apprenticeship program.
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title, the terms ‘‘environmental
response’’, ‘‘environmental emergency response’’, ‘‘tar-
geted urban area’’, ‘‘environmental response employee’’,
and ‘‘emergency responder’’ have the meanings provided
those terms by section 301.
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