I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3870
To promote the research and development of environmental technologies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 22, 1994
Mr. BROWN of California (for himself, Mr. VALENTINE, Mr. MINETA, Mrs.
LLOYD, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. SWETT, Mr. KLEIN, Mr.
MCHALE, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. TRAFICANT, 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, Mr. BARCA of Wis-
consin, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. OLVER, and Ms. SLAUGHTER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology
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 1994’’.
(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 Innovation Initiative
Sec. 211. Establishment and administration of initiative.
Sec. 212. Innovative environmental technology program.
Sec. 213. President’s total environmental quality award and the national envi-
ronmentally 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. Study of factors affecting innovation in environmental technologies.
Subtitle C—Other Research Activities
Sec. 221. Environmentally advanced engineering research.
Sec. 222. Development plan for innovative environmental control and remedi-
ation technologies.
TITLE III—PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS
Sec. 301. Performance measurements for environmental technology products.
Sec. 302. Verification of environmental technologies.
Sec. 303. Use of environmental technology products by the Federal government.
TITLE IV—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 401. 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 research, development, integration, and
deployment of environmental technologies will en-
hance the economic standing of the United States
and global environmental security.
(3) Although better designs for products and
processes offer new opportunities for substantially
improved 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 the research, development, inte-
gration, and deployment of environmental tech-
nologies will greatly enhance the effectiveness of en-
vironmental 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 the research, development,
integration, and deployment of environmental tech-
nologies and, in the process, to promote the competi-
tiveness of United States companies;
(3) to facilitate the dissemination of informa-
tion regarding innovations in environmental tech-
nologies;
(4) to promote the development of technical
standards for substitution of an environmentally
sound product or technology for a traditional one,
and for environmental performance and efficacy of
new technologies and products; and
(5) to direct the study of policy changes that
will provide for the more efficient research, develop-
ment, integration, and deployment 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 technology that is primarily intended to im-
prove the quality of the environment through pollu-
tion prevention, pollution monitoring, pollution con-
trol, pollution remediation, or recycling, or that is
capable of cost-effectively offering significant envi-
ronmental benefits when compared with a technology
it replaces.
(3) The term ‘‘Federal laboratory’’ has the
meaning given the term ‘‘laboratory’’ in section
12(d)(2) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno-
vation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(2)).
(4) The term ‘‘life-cycle assessment’’ means the
assessment of the complete systems involved in con-
verting resources to products, including materials ex-
traction, materials conversion, transportation, energy
use, end use, recycling, and disposal, and their asso-
ciated costs and environmental impacts.
(5) The term ‘‘small business concern’’ means
a United States company that is a small business
concern within the meaning given such term in the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C 631 et seq.).
(6) 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.
(7) The term ‘‘technology’’ means a product, a
manufacturing process, a system, a service, or any
other method by which individual or societal needs
are met through technical activities.
(8) 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 capabilities in the research, development,
integration, and deployment of environmental tech-
nologies, take any action necessary—
(1) to ensure, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the coordinated, interagency promotion of
the research, development, integration, and deploy-
ment of environmental technologies; and
(2) to develop priorities for Federal environ-
mental technology research, development, integra-
tion, and deployment 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 research, development,
integration, and deployment of environmental tech-
nologies;
(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 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, in-
tegration, and deployment of environmental tech-
nologies; 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 Policy shall annually
submit to the Congress a report containing an evaluation
and plan that assesses the progress of Federal efforts in
advancing the research, development, integration, and de-
ployment of environmental 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 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) Life-cycle assessments have the potential to
greatly assist in achieving more environmentally
sound products, processes, and services and en-
hanced industrial efficiency by clarifying materials
flows and energy flows and by enhancing capabilities
to assess these flows in the design of such products,
processes, and services.
(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.—As part of activities to co-
ordinate environmental technology research, develop-
ment, integration, and deployment described in sec-
tion 201, the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy shall coordinate Federal activities
and resources that are applied to life-cycle assess-
ment in order to maximize the contribution of life-
cycle assessments to the efficient design, develop-
ment, and use of technologies, and 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) consult with appropriate private-sector
organizations to take into account the life-cycle
assessment 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 shall also encourage appropriate
Federal agencies—
(A) to collect and disseminate information
regarding analytic methods (and, as required,
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;
(C) to sponsor demonstrations for public
policy and business decisionmakers of the effec-
tive use of life-cycle assessment data and meth-
ods described in this section; and
(D) to ensure that private-sector life-cycle
assessment capabilities are, and continue to be,
fully integrated into activities under this sec-
tion.
(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be
considered to require the use of life-cycle assessment data
or methods by any Federal agency.
(d) 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 environmental and eco-
nomic development concerns leading to continuous
and long-term economic development with reduced
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 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-
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 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 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.’’.
(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 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:
‘‘(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 promote the research, development, integration, and de-
ployment of technologies that will contribute significantly
to sustainable economic development. The Administrator
shall administer the initiative in cooperation with the
heads of other Federal agencies, including the Secretary
of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director
of the National Science Foundation, that have substantial
capabilities in advanced technology research and develop-
ment.
(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; 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
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 cooperation 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-
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 cooperation with the heads of other
appropriate Federal agencies (including the Secretary of
Commerce and the Secretary of Energy), shall annually
submit to the Congress a report that contains a strategic,
interagency plan for the programs and activities referred
to in subsection (b)(2) and an evaluation of such programs
and activities, including an evaluation of the success of
innovations resulting from such programs and activities.
(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).
(3) PARTICIPATION
OF
SOCIALLY
AND
ECO-
NOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.—In car-
rying out the sections referred to in subsection
(b)(2), the Administrator shall encourage the par-
ticipation of socially 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)), respectively, including women.
(g) ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED AREAS.—The Ad-
ministrator, in cooperation with the heads of other appro-
priate Federal agencies, shall seek to ensure that entities
eligible for assistance under a section referred to in sub-
section (b)(2) and located in areas determined by the Ad-
ministrator to have a depressed economy, or a significant
concentration of defense-related industries, or chronically
high unemployment, are notified of the assistance made
available under that section and, to the extent practicable,
to encourage and facilitate the participation of such enti-
ties in activities for which assistance is provided under
that section.
(h) LIMITATION
ON CONSTRUCTION
OF FACILI-
TIES.—The Administrator may not provide financial as-
sistance to an entity under a section referred to in sub-
section (b)(2) for the construction of facilities.
(i) MANAGEMENT.—The Administrator shall pre-
scribe any regulations necessary to carry out each section
referred to in subsection (b)(2), including regulations—
(1) prescribing the form, time, and manner in
which proposals for financial assistance under such
section shall submitted; and
(2) providing consideration of in-kind contribu-
tions by a non-Federal Government entity participat-
ing in a program or activity conducted under such
section for the purpose of determining the share of
the costs of participating in the program or activity
that have been or are being undertaken by that
entity.
SEC. 212. INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator, in co-
operation with the heads of other appropriate Federal
agencies (including the Secretary of Commerce and the
Secretary of Energy), shall conduct an interagency innova-
tive environmental technology program to develop or dem-
onstrate advanced precommercial environmental tech-
nologies.
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—An
entity shall be eligible for financial assistance to conduct
a demonstration or development project under the pro-
gram established under subsection (a) only if the entity
is either a single United States company or a partnership
which—
(1) includes two or more United States compa-
nies; and
(2) may include, as determined appropriate by
the Administrator, a Federal laboratory or labora-
tories, United States nonprofit organizations, United
States institutions of higher education, agencies of
States governments, and other entities that partici-
pate in the partnership by supporting the activities
conducted by such companies or corporations under
this section.
(c) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF PROPOSALS.—The
Administrator shall give priority consideration to the fol-
lowing criteria in evaluating proposals for financial assist-
ance under this section:
(1) Contribution to the priorities established
pursuant to section 201(a)(2).
(2) Significant improvement in environmental
soundness of the production process.
(3) Contribution to industrial competitiveness,
including new markets, reduced production costs,
and enhanced export potential.
(4) Improvement in the environment of the
workplace.
(5) Applicability to other industrial processes.
(6) Improvement in technological capability to
recycle complex combinations of materials.
(7) Innovative application of post-consumer ma-
terials.
(d) 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 United States companies
and not more than five years for partnerships.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the
Federal Government may provide financial assist-
ance to a partnership under this section in an
amount that is not more than a minority share of
the cost of the project conducted by the partnership.
(3) The Federal share of the cost of a project
conducted by a partnership under this section may
exceed the limitation described in paragraph (2) if—
(A) the partnership is composed entirely of
small business concerns; or
(B) the Administrator determines that it
would be appropriate under the circumstances
and would serve the purpose of the program to
provide more than a minority cost-share of the
project conducted by the partnership.
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
National Quality Award Program would contribute
to environmental quality and sustainable economic
development by—
(A) helping to stimulate United States
companies to research, develop, integrate, and
deploy environmental technologies;
(B) recognizing the achievements of such
companies which successfully research, develop,
integrate, and deploy environmental tech-
nologies; and
(C) establishing guidelines and criteria
that can be used by business, industrial, gov-
ernmental, and other organizations in evaluat-
ing their own research, development, integra-
tion, and deployment of environmental tech-
nologies.
(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 research, development, integration, and deploy-
ment 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 extent prac-
ticable, refer to the procedures used in the administration
of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, includ-
ing the definition of award categories, the delegation of
responsibilities, and provisions for publicity, evaluation
feed-back, and information transfer, as a model for the
President’s Total Environmental Quality Award.
‘‘(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 research, development, integration, and
deployment of environmental technologies and the
effective integration of environmental concerns into
its operations and management, and which as a con-
sequence 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 the integration of en-
vironmental concerns into the operations and man-
agement of the organization;
‘‘(3) 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.
‘‘(4) 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) of the
Environmental Technologies Act of 1994.
‘‘(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 may include the following:
‘‘(1) Manufacturing technologies.
‘‘(2) Industrial or consumer products.
‘‘(3) Consumer services.
‘‘(4) Recycling technologies.
‘‘(5) Pollution monitoring and control tech-
nologies.
‘‘(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 coordinated access to data on
environmental technologies developed, tested, or verified
under programs established by this Act, and by other ap-
propriate Federal and non-Federal sources. Such data
shall include—
(1) information on—
(A) activities carried out under this Act
and the amendments made by this Act;
(B) performance standards regarding envi-
ronmental technologies; and
(C) significant international developments
in environmental technologies, fully coordinat-
ing with other international technology informa-
tion programs of the Federal Government; and
(2) other information determined by the Admin-
istrator to be of substantial value in promoting the
research, development, integration, and deployment
of environmental technologies.
(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; and
(2) coordinate with the heads of other appro-
priate Federal agencies to make data described in
subsection 
(a) 
accessible 
through 
appropriate
database systems of those Federal agencies.
(c) OUTREACH.—The Administrator shall conduct
outreach efforts to advertise, deliver, and disseminate the
information made available pursuant to subsection (a). As
part of such efforts, the Administrator shall consult with
United States industrial associations and take appropriate
action to ensure access to such information by industrial
assistance organizations and programs supported by a
State or local government, a non-profit organization in
which a State or local government is a member, an institu-
tion of higher education designated by a State or local gov-
ernment, a manufacturing extension and outreach service
or regional technical assistance service approved by the
Federal Government, or a Federal laboratory.
SEC. 215. USE OF FEDERAL FACILITIES FOR ENVIRON-
MENTAL TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a program, in cooperation with the heads of appro-
priate Federal agencies (including the Secretary of En-
ergy, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of De-
fense), to demonstrate the performance of environmental
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 a cooperative agreement
with any other Federal agency to make available, as
appropriate, any expertise, site, or facility under the
jurisdiction of such agency to an eligible entity
under subsection (d) for the purpose of demonstrat-
ing the performance of an environmental technology;
(2) shall establish application procedures for an
eligible entity under subsection (d) to apply to dem-
onstrate an environmental technology at an available
site or facility, including—
(A) provisions for sharing the cost of dem-
onstrating the technology with an applicant
that limit the Federal share of the cost to not
more than 50 percent of the total cost of dem-
onstrating the technology; and
(7) shall list and disseminate, pursuant to sec-
tion 214, nonproprietary information regarding the
performance and cost characteristics of the environ-
mental technologies demonstrated pursuant to this
section.
(d) ENTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION.—Enti-
ties eligible to carry out a demonstration project as part
of the program established under subsection (a) are Unit-
ed States companies (including small business concerns),
United States nonprofit organizations, United States in-
stitutions of higher education, and other entities that the
Administrator considers appropriate.
(e) PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REPORTING.—In the
report required by section 211(e), the Administrator shall,
in cooperation with other Federal agencies and in con-
sultation with United States companies and United States
nonprofit organizations, evaluate the performance of the
program established under this section, including an eval-
uation and statement of—
(1) the number of environmental technologies
demonstrated and the type of problems addressed;
and
(2) the Federal and non-Federal financial re-
sources committed to the program.
SEC. 216. STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING INNOVATION IN
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator shall enter into an
agreement with the National Research Council to conduct
a study of the influences on technological innovation in
environmental technologies of economic, governmental,
and other incentives and barriers.
(b) REPORT.—The Administrator shall include in the
agreement referred to in subsection (a) a requirement that
the National Research Council complete a report describ-
ing the results of the study referred to in such subsection
not later than two years after the date of the enactment
of this Act. The Administrator shall submit the report to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate within 30 days after
receiving the report from the National Research Council.
Subtitle C—Other Research
Activities
SEC. 221. ENVIRONMENTALLY ADVANCED ENGINEERING
RESEARCH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National
Science Foundation shall take appropriate actions to sup-
port research activities that will advance the integration
of engineering practices and environmental protection in
the development of advanced technologies.
(b) INTERAGENCY COOPERATION.—The Director of
the National Science Foundation shall cooperate with the
heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, including the
Administrator, in carrying out this section.
(c) INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION.—The Director
of the National Science Foundation shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, provide for the dissemination through
education activities of the Foundation and other appro-
priate Federal agencies of information developed as a re-
sult of the research activities referred to in subsection (a).
SEC. 222. DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR INNOVATIVE ENVIRON-
MENTAL CONTROL AND REMEDIATION TECH-
NOLOGIES.
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator, in cooperation with
the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies (including
the Secretary of Energy), shall submit to the Congress a
strategic plan for interagency coordination of Federal pro-
grams for the timely research, development, integration,
and deployment of innovative environmental control and
remediation technologies.
TITLE III—PERFORMANCE
MEASUREMENTS
SEC. 301. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS FOR ENVIRON-
MENTAL TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Commerce,
through the Director of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology, in cooperation with the Adminis-
trator 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-
fication of measurements of performance—
(1) for environmental technology products to
clarify quality, performance, and substitutability for
conventional products and for the fair evaluation of
performance claims regarding environmental tech-
nologies; and
(2) for appropriate standard reference mate-
rials.
(b) EXISTING NON-FEDERAL PROGRAMS.—In devel-
oping the program established in subsection (a), the Direc-
tor of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, coordinate ef-
forts under such program with existing non-Federal stand-
ards activities that affect environmental technology prod-
ucts.
(c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary of Commerce, through the Director
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
shall coordinate with the heads of other appropriate Fed-
eral agencies to ensure, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the use of the best available scientific and tech-
nical information in the evaluation of environmental per-
formance claims by such agencies.
(d) GLOSSARY OF TERMS.—The Secretary of Com-
merce, through the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, shall work with the heads of
appropriate Federal agencies and private-sector standards
organizations to facilitate the development and mainte-
nance of a glossary of standard definitions of terms used
in the evaluation of environmental performance claims.
(e) INTERNATIONAL
HARMONIZATION.—The Sec-
retary of Commerce, through the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, shall work with
domestic and international standards organizations to en-
sure harmonization of domestic performance measure-
ments with international performance measurements.
SEC. 
302. 
VERIFICATION 
OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
TECH-
NOLOGIES.
(a) DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES TO PERFORM ENVI-
RONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION.—The Admin-
istrator may, in accordance with this section, designate en-
tities to perform the functions described in subsection (b).
The Administrator may enter into joint agreements with
Federal agencies, State and local governments, and non-
profit, private-sector representatives to support entities
designated by the Administrator under this section.
(b) FUNCTIONS.—Each entity designated under sub-
section (a) shall—
(1) verify and evaluate the performance and
cost characteristics of environmental technologies;
(2) disseminate information on the characteris-
tics referred to in paragraph (1), including informa-
tion that describes whether each environmental tech-
nology evaluated and verified—
(A) meets the performance criteria of ap-
plicable law (including regulations issued by the
Administrator) under tested conditions at com-
parable or lower costs than other existing envi-
ronmental technologies; and
(B) constitutes a significant advance in the
development of environmental technologies with
broad applicability; and
(3) submit to the Administrator data and other
information compiled by the entity with respect to
each environmental technology verified and evaluated
by the entity under this section.
(c) REVIEW
BY ADMINISTRATOR.—After receiving
data and other information from an entity designated
under subsection (a) with respect to an environmental
technology under subsection (b)(4), the Administrator
shall conduct appropriate review of the data, other infor-
mation, and protocols developed by such entity with re-
spect to such technology.
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this section,
the Administrator shall—
(1) establish procedures for soliciting applica-
tions for and selecting, pursuant to criteria referred
to in subsection (e), entities to perform functions de-
scribed in subsection (b) and, as appropriate, des-
ignate model entities;
(2) establish eligibility criteria for entities to be
designated under this section;
(3) in cooperation with the heads of other ap-
propriate Federal agencies, including the Director of
the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
certify, and as appropriate develop, common proto-
cols to evaluate the cost and performance of environ-
mental technologies;
(4) ensure that information regarding environ-
mental technologies verified and evaluated under this
program is disseminated pursuant to section 214;
(5) develop mechanisms to facilitate the ver-
ification of—
(A) environmental technologies developed
or demonstrated by small business concerns,
nonprofit organizations, and United States in-
stitutions of higher education; and
(B) environmental technologies that pro-
vide source reduction; and
(6) consult with the heads of other Federal
agencies to make available, through cooperative
agreements with the entities designated under this
section, sources and expertise of Federal laboratories
for use by such entities in performing the functions
described in subsection (b).
(e) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Administrator, in
consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies,
State and local governments, and private sector organiza-
tions, shall select entities under this section based on the
following criteria:
(1) The capabilities of the applicant to provide
a thorough and credible technical and financial eval-
uation of environmental technologies.
(2) The clarity and efficiency of the proposed
procedures for the receipt and review of applications
for technology verification.
(3) The likelihood of the continued viability of
the entity.
(4) The existence of a plan for disseminating
nonproprietary information regarding technologies
verified by the entity.
(5) Other criteria that the Administrator con-
siders appropriate.
(f) MERIT-BASED SELECTION PROCESS.—Entities
supported under this section shall be selected only through
a merit-based selection process, established by the Admin-
istrator, pursuant to the criteria described in subsection
(e).
(g) AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR.—The Adminis-
trator may enter into cooperative agreements and con-
tracts to carry out this section.
(h) DIRECT VERIFICATION.—If the Administrator
determines that entities designated under this section can-
not adequately verify the performance of environmental
technologies because of scale or complexity, the Adminis-
trator may enter into direct agreements to verify the per-
formance of such technologies.
(i) REVIEW.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any action by the Adminis-
trator to verify or evaluate a technology (or to re-
view a verification or evaluation) under this section
shall not constitute a final action by the Adminis-
trator and shall not be subject to judicial review.
(2) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If a technology veri-
fied, evaluated, or reviewed pursuant to this section
fails to comply with any applicable law (including
regulations issued by the Administrator), the ver-
ification, evaluation, or confirmation shall not con-
stitute a defense in an enforcement action or suit
and shall not create a cause of action against the
Environmental Protection Agency.
SEC. 303. USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY PROD-
UCTS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish
a program for evaluating and approving the purchase by
the Federal Government of environmental technology
products. The President shall consider performance stand-
ards that clarify the substitutability of environmental
technology products for conventional products to establish
a priority list of environmental technology products for ap-
proval for purchase under the program and implement a
plan for the procurement of such products.
(b) REPORT.—Within one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall submit to the Congress a report describing the
progress made in carrying out this section and plans for
carrying out this section for the three years immediately
following the year in which the report is submitted.
TITLE IV—AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
years 1995 and 1996 such sums as may be necessary to
carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION
INITIATIVE.—There is hereby authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out the Environmental Technologies Inno-
vation Initiative established in subtitle B of title II the
following:
(1) For fiscal year 1995, $80,000,000, of which
$500,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the
President’s Total Environmental Quality Award es-
tablished in section 213 for fiscal year 1995 and
$700,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the
study referred to in section 216.
(2) For fiscal year 1996, $120,000,000, of
which $1,500,000 is authorized to be appropriated
for the President’s Total Environmental Quality
Award established in section 213.
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