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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 President,
acting through the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy or other entity designated by the Presi-
dent and in coordination with the heads of other Federal
agencies that have substantial capabilities in the research,
development, and demonstration of environmental tech-
nologies, shall develop an interagency strategy that is in
accordance with the policies, requirements, and objectives
of the applicable Federal statutes administered by those
agencies and that—
(1) ensures, to the maximum extent practicable,
the coordinated, interagency promotion of the re-
search, development, and demonstration of environ-
mental technologies; and
(2) develops priorities for Federal environ-
mental technology research, development, and dem-
onstration efforts, by using scientifically objective in-
formation, data, and assessments of risk.
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this section,
the President, acting through the Director of the Office
of Science and Technology Policy or other entity des-
ignated by the President, shall—
(1) review current Federally funded programs,
including Federal budget outlays for these programs,
to determine their role in the research, development,
and demonstration of environmental technologies;
(2) recommend the specific responsibilities of
each appropriate Federal agency to achieve the pri-
orities 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 programs and activities estab-
lished under this Act are fully coordinated with ex-
isting Federal capabilities and an overall Federal
strategy for the research, development, and dem-
onstration of environmental technologies;
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(6) 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;
(7) ensure that in developing the interagency
strategy for the research, development, and dem-
onstration of environmental technologies pursuant to
this section, priority is given to geographic areas of
significant environmental need, including geographic
areas that have been designated as nonattainment
areas under section 107(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)(1)(A)(i));
(8) ensure that programs and activities estab-
lished under this Act develop technologies that could
assist States and regional associations of States to
comply with existing environmental regulations, in-
cluding air pollution regulations; and
(9) 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-
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sess, in conjunction with other entities designated by the
President and before the President submits to the Con-
gress the budget for a fiscal year, the budget estimate of
each relevant Federal agency for consistency with the
plans, reviews, and priorities developed under this section.
The Director shall make the results of the annual assess-
ment available to the appropriate elements of the Execu-
tive Office of the President, particularly the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, for use in the preparation of such
budget.
(d) STRATEGIC PLAN AND ANNUAL REVIEW.—The
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
or other entity designated by the President shall submit
to the Congress—
(1) within one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and periodically thereafter, a report
on the strategy referred to in subsection (a) and any
revisions to the strategy for executing interagency
coordination of programs and activities conducted
under this section, including the timely research, de-
velopment, and demonstration of innovative environ-
mental control and remediation technologies; and
(2) annually a report that describes the
progress made in implementing the strategy, includ-
ing the programs and activities conducted under this
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Act, and the amendments made by this Act, in
achieving the purposes of this Act.
(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 companies, United States industrial associations
and consortia, United States institutions of higher edu-
cation, United States worker organizations, United States
professional associations, and United States nonprofit or-
ganizations, in carrying out this section, including the de-
velopment of the plans, reviews, and recommendations de-
veloped under this section.
SEC. 202. LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Consideration of life-cycle consequences of
the development of a technology can greatly assist in
the achievement of more environmentally sound
products, processes, and services and enhanced in-
dustrial efficiency. Life-cycle assessments and other
design-for-environment resources can facilitate this
achievement by clarifying materials flows and energy
flows and by enhancing capabilities to assess these
flows in the design of such products, processes, and
services.
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(2) Methods of life-cycle assessment and other
design-for-environment resources are underused in
both the public and private sectors, particularly as
applied to sustainable economic development.
(3) The data necessary for meaningful life-cycle
assessment and other design-for-environment re-
sources are often difficult to acquire, and no system
exists to make such data readily available to public
and private groups.
(b) LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT COORDINATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of, and consistent
with, the overall Federal environmental technology
strategy established in section 201, the Director of
the Office of Science and Technology Policy or other
entity designated by the President shall, in collabo-
ration with the heads of other appropriate Federal
agencies (including the Secretary of Commerce, the
Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Defense),
coordinate Federal activities and resources that are
applied to life-cycle assessment and other design-for-
environment resources in order to maximize the con-
tribution of life-cycle assessments and other design-
for-environment resources to the efficient design, de-
velopment, and use of technologies, and to sustain-
able economic development.
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(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this
subsection, the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy or other entity designated by the
President shall—
(A) ensure that the life-cycle assessment
and other design-for-environment resources of
each Federal agency are developed and dissemi-
nated in a coordinated fashion, partitioning
agency responsibilities where appropriate;
(B) coordinate with State and local govern-
ments developing life-cycle assessment and
other design-for-environment resources; and
(C) consult with industry, professional,
nonprofit, and other appropriate private-sector
organizations to take into account the life-cycle
assessment and other design-for-environment
capabilities of the private sector in carrying out
this section.
(3) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this
subsection, the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy or other entity designated by the
President shall also encourage appropriate Federal
agencies—
(A) to collect and disseminate information
regarding analytic methods (and, as required,
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to develop such methods) that will significantly
enhance the ability of United States companies
and other organizations to evaluate materials
extraction, materials conversion, transportation,
energy use, end use, recycling, and disposal,
and their associated costs and environmental
impacts;
(B) to utilize, to the fullest extent prac-
ticable, 
existing 
networks 
and 
supporting
databases which provide access to publicly avail-
able information that will facilitate the use of
life-cycle assessments and other design-for-envi-
ronment resources;
(C) to sponsor demonstrations for public
policy and business decisionmakers of the effec-
tive use of life-cycle assessment and other de-
sign-for-environment data and methods de-
scribed in this section; and
(D) to ensure that private-sector life-cycle
assessment and other design-for-environment
capabilities are, and continue to be, fully inte-
grated into activities under this section.
(4) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall
be considered to require the use of life-cycle assess-
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ment or other design-for-environment data or meth-
ods by any Federal agency.
(c) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy or other entity designated
by the President shall annually submit to the Congress
a report containing an evaluation of the life-cycle assess-
ment or other design-for-environment 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 environmental and eco-
nomic development concerns leading to continuous
and long-term economic development with reduced
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pollution and the more efficient 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 in 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 inserting ‘‘sustainable
economic development,’’ after ‘‘employment,’’;
(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—
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(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-
ronmental and economic development concerns leading to
continuous and long-term economic development with re-
duced 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 qual-
ity,’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 214 of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Author-
ization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (42 U.S.C. 2451 note) is
amended—
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘102(c)’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘102(d)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘2451(c)’’ and inserting
‘‘2451(d)’’.
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(d) 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 environmental and
economic development concerns leading to continu-
ous and long-term economic development with re-
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duced pollution and the more efficient use of energy
and materials.’’.
(e) 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 as follows:
(A) By striking ‘‘(g) For purposes of this
Act, the term’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(g) For purposes of this Act:
‘‘(1) The term’’.
(B) By adding after paragraph (1), as des-
ignated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph,
the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(2) The term ‘sustainable economic develop-
ment’ means the integration of environmental and
economic development concerns leading to continu-
ous and long-term economic development with re-
duced pollution and the more efficient use of energy
and materials.’’.
Subtitle B—Environmental
Technology Innovation Initiative
SEC. 211. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF INI-
TIATIVE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inter-
agency Environmental Technologies Innovation Initiative,
to be implemented as part of, and consistent with, the
overall Federal environmental technology strategy estab-
lished in section 201, to promote the research, develop-
ment, and demonstration of technologies that will contrib-
ute significantly to sustainable economic development. The
Administrator shall administer the initiative in collabora-
tion with the heads of other Federal agencies, including
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the
Secretary of Defense, the Director of the National Science
Foundation, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Sec-
retary of Interior, that have substantial capabilities in ad-
vanced technology research and development.
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(b) CONDUCT OF INITIATIVE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVI-
TIES.—The initiative referred to in subsection (a) shall in-
clude—
(1) the administration and award of the Presi-
dent’s Total Environmental Quality Award estab-
lished under section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701
et seq.), as added by section 213, and of the Na-
tional Environmentally Sound Technology Award es-
tablished under section 25 of such Act, as added by
section 213;
(2) the conduct of the Innovative Environ-
mental Technology Program described in section
212, the information activities described in section
214, and the environmental technology demonstra-
tion program described in section 215, the dem-
onstration program established pursuant to section
218, and the international environmental technology
demonstration assistance provided under section
219; and
(3) the study provided for in section 216.
(c) AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER AGENCIES; ASSIST-
ANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out a section re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(2), the Administrator
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may enter into an agreement with the head of an-
other Federal agency, and enter into contracts and
cooperative agreements with, and award grants to,
entities eligible for financial assistance under that
section.
(2) COMPETITIVE
PROCESS.—The Adminis-
trator (or the head of a Federal agency under an
agreement under paragraph (1)) shall select propos-
als for financial assistance under a section referred
to in subsection (b)(2) solely through a competitive,
merit-based evaluation process.
(3) INTEGRATION
OF
INDUSTRY
AND
OTHER
VIEWS.—The Administrator (or the head of a Fed-
eral agency under an agreement under paragraph
(1)) shall develop mechanisms for integrating the
views of representatives of industry and nonprofit
and other appropriate organizations into the process
by which proposals for financial assistance under a
section referred to in subsection (b)(2) are evaluated
and selected.
(d) OTHER ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Admin-
istrator, in collaboration with the heads of other appro-
priate Federal agencies that have substantial capabilities
in advanced technology research and development and as
appropriate, may provide an entity receiving financial as-
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sistance under a section referred to in subsection (b)(2)
with any technical and other assistance, including any
equipment and facilities of Federal laboratories (including
the scientists and engineers at those laboratories), nec-
essary to carry out such section.
(e) ANNUAL INTERAGENCY PLAN AND REVIEW.—
The Administrator, in collaboration with the heads of
other appropriate Federal agencies (including the Sec-
retary of Commerce and the Secretary of Energy) and in
consultation with representatives of industry, nonprofit,
and other appropriate organizations, shall develop a stra-
tegic plan for the programs and activities referred to in
subsection (b)(2) as part of, and consistent with, the over-
all Federal environmental technology strategy established
in section 201 and shall report to the Congress on the
performance of such programs and activities as part of
the annual report described in section 201(d). Such report
shall include an evaluation of—
(1) the success of innovations resulting from
such programs and activities; and
(2) the nature and extent of participation of so-
cially disadvantaged individuals and economically
disadvantaged individuals, as such terms are defined
in paragraphs (6)(A) and (5) of section 8(a) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(6)(A),(5)),
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respectively, including women, including an evalua-
tion of any steps taken to encourage the participa-
tion of such individuals.
(f) ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In administering the pro-
grams and activities referred to in subsection (b)(2),
the Administrator shall—
(A) monitor the manner in which any tech-
nologies developed as a result of the programs
and activities are used, and report periodically
to the Congress on the extent of any inter-
national transfer of these technologies;
(B) provide for appropriate dissemination
of the results of any research conducted under
such program and activities; and
(C) take any other action the Adminis-
trator considers necessary to carry out the pro-
grams and activities and to avoid unnecessary
duplication of effort by Federal agencies.
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
LAW.—Para-
graphs (5), (6), (7), (8), and (11) of section 28(d)
of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n(d)) shall apply to the
administration of the programs and activities re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(2).