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Question: SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The People's Liberation Army is the principal 
        instrument of repression within the People's Republic of China, 
        responsible for occupying Tibet since 1950, massacring hundreds 
        of students and demonstrators for democracy in Tiananmen Square 
        on June 4, 1989, and running the Laogai (``reform through 
        labor'') slave labor camps.
            (2) The People's Liberation Army is engaged in a massive 
        military buildup, which has involved a doubling since 1992 of 
        announced official figures for military spending by the 
        People's Republic of China.
            (3) The People's Liberation Army is engaging in a major 
        ballistic missile modernization program which could undermine 
        peace and stability in East Asia, including 2 new 
        intercontinental missile programs, 1 submarine-launched missile 
        program, a new class of compact but long-range cruise missiles, 
        and an upgrading of medium- and short-range ballistic missiles.
            (4) The People's Liberation Army is working to coproduce 
        the SU-27 fighter with Russia, and is in the process of 
        purchasing several substantial weapons systems from Russia, 
        including the 633 model of the Kilo-class submarine and the SS-
        N-22 Sunburn missile system specifically designed to 
        incapacitate United States aircraft carriers and Aegis 
        cruisers.
            (5) The People's Liberation Army has carried out acts of 
        aggression in the South China Sea, including the February 1995 
        seizure of the Mischief Reef in the Spratley Islands, which is 
        claimed by the Philippines.
            (6) In July 1995 and in March 1996, the People's Liberation 
        Army conducted missile tests to intimidate Taiwan when Taiwan 
        held historic free elections, and those tests effectively 
        blockaded Taiwan's 2 principal ports of Keelung and Kaohsiung.
            (7) The People's Liberation Army has contributed to the 
        proliferation of technologies relevant to the refinement of 
        weapons-grade nuclear material, including transferring ring 
        magnets to Pakistan.
            (8) The People's Liberation Army and associated defense 
        companies have provided ballistic missile components, cruise 
        missiles, and chemical weapons ingredients to Iran, a country 
        that the executive branch has repeatedly reported to Congress 
        is the greatest sponsor of terrorism in the world.
            (9) In May 1996, United States authorities caught the 
        People's Liberation Army enterprise Poly Technologies and the 
        civilian defense industrial company Norinco attempting to 
        smuggle 2,000 AK-47s into Oakland, California, and offering to 
        sell urban gangs shoulder-held missile launchers capable of 
        ``taking out a 747'' (which the affidavit of the United States 
        Customs Service of May 21, 1996, indicated that the 
        representative of Poly Technologies and Norinco claimed), and 
        Communist Chinese authorities punished only 4 low-level arms 
        merchants by sentencing them on May 17, 1997, to brief prison 
        terms.
            (10) The People's Liberation Army contributes to the 
        People's Republic of China's failure to meet the standards of 
        the 1995 Memorandum of Understanding with the United States on 
        intellectual property rights by running factories which pirate 
        videos, compact discs, and computer software that are products 
        of the United States.
            (11) The People's Liberation Army contributes to the 
        People's Republic of China's failing to meet the standards of 
        the February 1997 Memorandum of Understanding with the United 
        States on textiles by operating enterprises engaged in the 
        transshipment of textile products to the United States through 
        third countries.
            (12) The estimated $2 billion to $3 billion in annual 
        earnings of People's Liberation Army enterprises subsidize the 
        expansion and activities of the People's Liberation Army 
        described in this subsection.
            (13) The commercial activities of the People's Liberation 
        Army are frequently conducted on noncommercial terms, or for 
        noncommercial purposes such as military or foreign policy 
        considerations.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF AUTHORITIES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY 
              ECONOMIC POWERS ACT TO CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES.

    (a) Determination of Communist Chinese Military Companies.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), not 
        later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Attorney 
        General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Director 
        of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall compile a list of 
        persons who are Communist Chinese military companies and who 
        are operating directly or indirectly in the United States or 
        any of its territories and possessions, and shall publish the 
        list of such persons in the Federal Register. On an ongoing 
        basis, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
        Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the 
        Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall make 
        additions or deletions to the list based on the latest 
        information available.
            (2) Communist chinese military company.--For purposes of 
        making the determination required by paragraph (1), the term 
        ``Communist Chinese military company''--
                    (A) means a person that is--
                            (i) engaged in providing commercial 
                        services, manufacturing, producing, or 
                        exporting, and
                            (ii) owned or controlled by the People's 
                        Liberation Army, and
                    (B) includes, but is not limited to, any person 
                identified in the United States Defense Intelligence 
                Agency publication numbered VP-1920-271-90, dated 
                September 1990, or PC-1921-57-95, dated October 1995, 
                and any update of such reports for the purposes of this 
                Act.
    (b) Presidential Authority.--
            (1) Authority.--The President may exercise the authorities 
        set forth in section 203(a) of the International Emergency 
        Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(a)) with respect to any 
        commercial activity in the United States by a Communist Chinese 
        military company (except with respect to authorities relating 
        to importation), without regard to section 202 of that Act.
            (2) Penalties.--The penalties set forth in section 206 of 
        the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
        1705) shall apply to violations of any license, order, or 
        regulation issued under paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``People's Liberation Army'' 
means the land, naval, and air military services, the police, and the 
intelligence services of the Communist Government of the People's 
Republic of China, and any member of any such service or of such 
police.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 7, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

Answer: Directs the Secretary of Defense to list, and publish in the Federal Register, persons who are Communist Chinese military companies operating directly or indirectly in the United States or any of its territories and possessions.  Authorizes the President to exercise authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (except those relating to importation) to regulate, prohibit, or penalize certain transactions involving foreign currency, transfers of credit, or property with respect to any activities of such companies in the United States.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Deficit Reduction Act of 2003''.

         TITLE I--REFORMED BUREAU OF RECLAMATION WATER PRICING

SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 102. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Federal reclamation program has been in existence 
        for over 90 years, with an estimated taxpayer investment of 
        over $70,000,000,000;
            (2) the program has had and continues to have an enormous 
        effect on the water resources and aquatic environments of the 
        western States;
            (3) irrigation water made available from Federal water 
        projects in the West is a very valuable resource for which 
        there are increasing and competing demands;
            (4) the justification for providing water at less than full 
        cost was to benefit and promote the development of small family 
        farms and exclude large corporate farms, but this purpose has 
        been frustrated over the years due to inadequate implementation 
        of subsidy and acreage limits;
            (5) below-cost water prices tend to encourage excessive use 
        of scarce water supplies in the arid regions of the West, and 
        reasonable price increases to the wealthiest western farmers 
        would provide an economic incentive for greater water 
        conservation;
            (6) the Federal Government has increasingly applied 
        eligibility tests based on income for Federal entitlement and 
        subsidy programs, measures that are consistent with the 
        historic approach of the reclamation program's acreage 
        limitations that seek to limit water subsidies to smaller 
        farms; and
            (7) including a means test based on gross income in the 
        reclamation program will increase the effectiveness of carrying 
        out the family farm goals of the Federal reclamation laws.

SEC. 103. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 202 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 
(43 U.S.C. 390bb) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (10), and 
        (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13), 
        respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ``owned or operated under 
        a lease which'' and inserting ``that is owned, leased, or 
        operated by an individual or legal entity and that'';
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) Legal entity.--The term `legal entity' includes a 
        corporation, association, partnership, trust, joint tenancy, or 
        tenancy in common, or any other entity that owns, leases, or 
        operates a farm operation for the benefit of more than 1 
        individual under any form of agreement or arrangement.
            ``(8) Operator.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `operator'--
                            ``(i) means an individual or legal entity 
                        that operates a single farm operation on a 
                        parcel (or parcels) of land that is owned or 
                        leased by another person (or persons) under any 
                        form of agreement or arrangement (or agreements 
                        or arrangements); and
                            ``(ii) if the individual or legal entity--
                                    ``(I) is an employee of an 
                                individual or legal entity, includes 
                                the individual or legal entity; or
                                    ``(II) is a legal entity that 
                                controls, is controlled by, or is under 
                                common control with another legal 
                                entity, includes each such other legal 
                                entity.
                    ``(B) Operation of a farm operation.--For the 
                purposes of subparagraph (A), an individual or legal 
                entity shall be considered to operate a farm operation 
                if the individual or legal entity is the person that 
                performs the greatest proportion of the decisionmaking 
                for and supervision of the agricultural enterprise on 
                land served with irrigation water.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(14) Single farm operation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `single farm operation' 
                means the total acreage of land served with irrigation 
                water for which an individual or legal entity is the 
                operator.
                    ``(B) Rules for determining whether separate 
                parcels are operated as a single farm operation.--
                            ``(i) Equipment- and labor-sharing 
                        activities.--The conduct of equipment- and 
                        labor-sharing activities on separate parcels of 
                        land by separate individuals or legal entities 
                        shall not by itself serve as a basis for 
                        concluding that the farming operations of the 
                        individuals or legal entities constitute a 
                        single farm operation.
                            ``(ii) Performance of certain services.--
                        The performance by an individual or legal 
                        entity of an agricultural chemical application, 
                        pruning, or harvesting for a farm operation on 
                        a parcel of land shall not by itself serve as a 
                        basis for concluding that the farm operation on 
                        that parcel of land is part of a single farm 
                        operation operated by the individual or entity 
                        on other parcels of land.''.
    (b) Identification of Owners, Lessees, and Operators and of Single 
Farm Operations.--The Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 201 the following:

``SEC. 201A. IDENTIFICATION OF OWNERS, LESSEES, AND OPERATORS AND OF 
              SINGLE FARM OPERATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), for each parcel of 
land to which irrigation water is delivered or proposed to be 
delivered, the Secretary shall identify a single individual or legal 
entity as the owner, lessee, or operator.
    ``(b) Shared Decisionmaking and Supervision.--If the Secretary 
determines that no single individual or legal entity is the owner, 
lessee, or other individual that performs the greatest proportion of 
decisionmaking for and supervision of the agricultural enterprise on a 
parcel of land--
            ``(1) all individuals and legal entities that own, lease, 
        or perform a proportion of decisonmaking and supervision that 
        is equal as among themselves but greater than the proportion 
        performed by any other individual or legal entity shall be 
        considered jointly to be the owner, lessee, or operator; and
            ``(2) all parcels of land of which any such individual or 
        legal entity is the owner, lessee, or operator shall be 
        considered to be part of the single farm operation of the 
        owner, lessee, or operator identified under subsection (1).''.
    (c) Pricing.--Section 205 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 
U.S.C. 390ee) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Single Farm Operations Generating More Than $500,000 in Gross 
Farm Income.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), 
        and (c), in the case of--
                    ``(A) a qualified recipient that reports gross farm 
                income from a single farm operation in excess of 
                $500,000 for a taxable year; or
                    ``(B) a limited recipient that received irrigation 
                water on or before October 1, 1981, and that reports 
                gross farm income from a single farm operation in 
                excess of $500,000 for a taxable year;
            irrigation water may be delivered to the single farm 
        operation of the qualified recipient or limited recipient at 
        less than full cost to a number of acres that does not exceed 
        the number of acres determined under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Maximum number of acres to which irrigation water may 
        be delivered at less than full cost.--The number of acres 
        determined under this subparagraph is the number equal to the 
        number of acres of the single farm operation multiplied by a 
        fraction, the numerator of which is $500,000 and 
the denominator of which is the amount of gross farm income reported by 
the qualified recipient or limited recipient in the most recent taxable 
year.
            ``(3) Inflation adjustment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The $500,000 amount under 
                paragraphs (1) and (2) for any taxable year beginning 
                in a calendar year after 2002 shall be equal to the 
                product of--
                            ``(i) $500,000, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the inflation adjustment factor for 
                        the taxable year.
                    ``(B) Inflation adjustment factor.--The term 
                `inflation adjustment factor' means, with respect to 
                any calendar year, a fraction the numerator of which is 
                the GDP implicit price deflator for the preceding 
                calendar year and the denominator of which is the GDP 
                implicit price deflator for 2002. Not later than April 
                1 of any calendar year, the Secretary shall publish the 
                inflation adjustment factor for the preceding calendar 
                year.
                    ``(C) GDP implicit price deflator.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (B), the term `GDP implicit price 
                deflator' means the first revision of the implicit 
                price deflator for the gross domestic product as 
                computed and published by the Secretary of Commerce.
                    ``(D) Rounding.--If any increase determined under 
                subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $100, the 
                increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple 
                of $100.''.
    (d) Certification of Compliance.--Section 206 of the Reclamation 
Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ff) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 206. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--As a condition to the receipt of irrigation 
water for land in a district that has a contract described in section 
203, each owner, lessee, or operator in the district shall furnish the 
district, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, a certificate that the 
owner, lessee, or operator is in compliance with this title, including 
a statement of the number of acres owned, leased, or operated, the 
terms of any lease or agreement pertaining to the operation of a farm 
operation, and, in the case of a lessee or operator, a certification 
that the rent or other fees paid reflect the reasonable value of the 
irrigation water to the productivity of the land.
    ``(b) Documentation.-- The Secretary may require a lessee or 
operator to submit for the Secretary's examination--
            ``(1) a complete copy of any lease or other agreement 
        executed by each of the parties to the lease or other 
        agreement; and
            ``(2) a copy of the return of income tax imposed by chapter 
        1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any taxable year in 
        which the single farm operation of the lessee or operator 
        received irrigation water at less than full cost.''.
    (e) Trusts.--Section 214 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 
U.S.C. 390nn) is repealed.
    (f) Administrative Provisions.--
            (1) Penalties.--Section 224(c) of the Reclamation Reform 
        Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ww(c)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(c) The Secretary'' and inserting 
                the following:
    ``(c) Regulations; Data Collection; Penalties.--
            ``(1) Regulations; data collection.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Penalties.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the Secretary shall establish appropriate and effective 
        penalties for failure to comply with any provision of this Act 
        or any regulation issued under this Act.''.
            (2) Interest.--Section 224(i) of the Reclamation Reform Act 
        of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ww(i)) is amended by striking the last 
        sentence and inserting the following: ``The interest rate 
        applicable to underpayments shall be equal to the rate 
        applicable to expenditures under section 202(3)(C).''.
    (g) Reporting.--Section 228 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 
(43 U.S.C. 390zz) is amended by inserting ``operator or'' before 
``contracting entity'' each place it appears.
    (h) Memorandum of Understanding.--The Reclamation Reform Act of 
1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 229 and 230 as sections 230 
        and 231; and
            (2) by inserting after section 228 the following:

``SEC. 229. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

    ``The Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall enter into a memorandum of understanding or other 
appropriate instrument to permit the Secretary, notwithstanding section 
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to have access to and use of 
available information collected or maintained by the Department of the 
Treasury and the Department of Agriculture that would aid enforcement 
of the ownership and pricing limitations of Federal reclamation law.''.

   TITLE II--TERMINATION OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE 
                            HEALTH SCIENCES

SECTION 201. TERMINATION.

    (a) In General.--The Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences is terminated.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Chapter 104 of title 10, United States Code, is 
        repealed.
            (2) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A of 
        such title, and at the beginning of part III of such subtitle, 
        are each amended by striking out the item relating to chapter 
        104.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) Termination.--The termination of the Uniformed Services 
        University of the Health Sciences under subsection (a)(1) shall 
        take effect on the day after the date of the graduation from 
        the university of the last class of students that enrolled in 
        such university on or before the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
            (2) Amendments.--The amendments made by subsection (a)(2) 
        shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        except that the provisions of chapter 104 of title 10, United 
        States Code, as in effect on the day before such date, shall 
        continue to apply with respect to the Uniformed Services 
        University of the Health Sciences until the termination of the 
        university under this section.

 TITLE III--TERMINATION OF PRODUCTION UNDER THE D5 SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED 
                            MISSILE PROGRAM

SECTION 301. PRODUCTION TERMINATION.

    (a) Termination of Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
terminate production of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles under 
the D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile program.
    (b) Payment of Termination Costs.--Funds available on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act for obligation for the D5 submarine-
launched ballistic missile program may be obligated for production 
under that program only for payment of the costs associated with the 
termination of production under this Act.

SEC. 302. CURRENT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

    Nothing in this legislation shall be construed to prohibit or 
otherwise affect the availability of funds for the following:
            (1) Production of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles 
        in production on the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Maintenance after the date of the enactment of this Act 
        of the arsenal of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles in 
        existence on such date, including the missiles described in 
        paragraph (1).

Answer: Deficit Reduction Act of 2003 - Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act of 2001 (sic) - Amends the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, for each parcel of land to which irrigation water is delivered or proposed to be delivered, to identify a single individual or legal entity as the owner, lessee, or operator.Allows irrigation water to be delivered at less than the normal per-acre cost to either: (1) a qualified recipient that reports gross farm income from a single farm operation in excess of $500,000 per taxable year; or (2) a limited recipient that received such water on or before October 1, 1981, and that reports gross farm income in excess of such amount.Requires lessees (currently, only owners and operators) of an irrigation district to furnish such district a certification of compliance with the Act. Allows the Secretary to require a lessee or operator to submit for examination a copy of a tax return for any taxable year in which the single farm operation of the lessee or operator received irrigation water at less than full cost.Repeals a provision exempting from Federal reclamation ownership and cost pricing limitations district lands held in trust for a beneficiary or beneficiaries whose interests in the lands served do not exceed such limitations.Directs the Secretaries of the Interior, the Treasury, and Agriculture to enter into a memorandum of understanding to permit the Secretary of the Interior to have access to and use available information collected or maintained by either the Department of the Treasury or Agriculture that would aid in enforcement of the ownership and pricing limitations of Federal reclamation law.Terminates the Uniformed Services University of Health Science.Requires the Secretary of Defense to terminate production of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles under the D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile program.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Environmental Professionals Training 
and Certification Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds:
            (1) Concern about the environment is growing and 
        environmental issues now affect all aspects of American 
        business and life. Americans now spend close to $70,000,000,000 
        annually on environmental-related expenditures.
            (2) Business and industry spend approximately 
        $9,000,000,000 annually on various environmental consulting 
        services, including $1,200,000,000 for Phase I Environmental 
        Site Assessments.
            (3) There are currently a large number of environmental 
        professionals performing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments 
        who are not properly trained and who do not perform the 
        assessments in a manner consistent with proper environmental 
        standards and guidelines. Such assessments, therefore, pose a 
        significant danger to the public health, safety, and welfare.
            (4) Many organizations issue environmental certifications 
        without properly training or testing the candidates applying 
        for certification.
            (5) The Federal Government does not presently have 
        authority to regulate the quality of training and certification 
        programs for environmental professionals and, with very few 
        exceptions, the certification of environmental professionals.
            (6) Several organizations provide high quality training in 
        the environmental sciences, and the Federal Government should 
        support these efforts.
            (7) Federal oversight is needed to ensure that training and 
        certification of environmental professionals meets certain 
        minimum quality standards which ultimately will serve to 
        protect the public interest.

SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) The terms ``Phase I Environmental Site Assessment'' and 
        ``ESA'' mean the process by which a person or entity seeks to 
        determine whether a particular parcel of real property is 
        subject to Recognized Environmental Conditions. These 
        conditions indicate the presence or likely presence of a 
        Hazardous Substance or Petroleum Product on a property under 
        conditions that indicate an existing release, a past release, 
        or a material threat of a release into structures on the 
        property or into the ground, ground water, or surface water of 
        the property.
            (3) The term ``Board'' means the Environmental 
        Certification Board'' established under subsection (b).
            (4) The term ``Certified Environmental Site Assessor'' 
        means any person receiving certification to perform Phase I 
        ESAs from an Approved Environmental Training and Certification 
        Organization in accordance with this Act.
            (5) The term ``Approved Environmental Training and 
        Certification Organization'' means any training and 
        certification organization, public or private, whose 
        curriculum, program, facilities, training, and testing methods 
        have been approved by the Administrator as complying with 
        standards established in accordance with this Act.
            (6) The term ``State'' means the 50 States plus the 
        District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and 
        the United States Virgin Islands.
    (b) Establishment of a Program To Regulate Training and 
Certification of Environmental Site Assessors.--(1) Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall establish a certification advisory board to be known as the 
``Environmental Certification Board''.
    (2) The Board shall consist of a minimum of 6 members, appointed by 
the Administrator, with a demonstrated knowledge in the environmental 
field. The Board shall include representatives from the Environmental 
Protection Agency, environmental interest organizations, the chemical/
manufacturing industry, the environmental consulting service industry, 
the insurance industry, and the banking/investment industry.
    (3) All members of the Board shall serve on a voluntary basis, 
except those members from the Environmental Protection Agency.
    (4) The Board shall appoint one member to serve as Chairman who 
shall exercise the executive and administrative functions of the Board.
    (5) Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Board shall issue recommendations to the Administrator 
which shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations regarding 
the minimum standards to be established under subsection (c).
    (c) Minimum Standards.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue regulations, 
based on the recommendations of the Environmental Certification Board, 
establishing minimum standards regulating environmental training and 
certification organizations for environmental professionals performing 
Phase I Environmental Site Assessments. The regulations shall include, 
but not be limited to, minimum standards relating to--
            (1) formal environmental training;
            (2) continuing environmental education;
            (3) environmental certification and testing procedures;
            (4) revocation and disciplinary procedures;
            (5) establishment of a code of ethics;
            (6) consumer education;
            (7) certification renewal procedures; and
            (8) annual reporting of program activities.
    (d) Approval and Review of Environmental Training and Certification 
Organizations.--(1) The Administrator shall review the curriculum, 
program, facilities, training, and certification methods of each 
organization desiring to train and certify Phase I Environmental Site 
Assessors to determine if the curriculum, program, facilities, 
training, and certification methods are in compliance with the 
standards set forth in subsection (c).
    (2) If an organization's curriculum, program, facilities, training, 
and certification methods are in compliance with the minimum standards 
established under subsection (c), the Administrator shall issue a 
notice that such organization is an Approved Environmental Training and 
Certification Organization. This approval shall be valid for a term to 
be set by the Administrator, but no longer than 5 years.
    (e) Enforcement.--(1) No organization may issue a diploma, 
certification, or any other form of degree signifying that the 
recipient is a Certified Environmental Site Assessor, or qualified to 
perform a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment unless that 
organization has received approval from the Administrator under 
subsection (d).
    (2) The Administrator shall have the power to enjoin any 
organization found to be in violation of paragraph (1). Any 
organization found to be in violation of paragraph (1) shall be liable 
for civil penalties up to $5,000 per violation. Any person, 
corporation, or partnership found to be in violation of paragraph (1) 
shall be liable for civil penalties up to $1,000 per violation.
    (3) The Administrator may periodically, or upon expiration of 
approval, review the program, curriculum, facilities, and training 
methods of any Approved Environmental Training and Certification 
Organization. If at any time the Administrator finds such organization 
is no longer in compliance with the standards under subsection (c), the 
Administrator shall place the organization on probation for a period of 
1 year. If, after the 1-year probationary period, the organization is 
still not conforming with the standards, the Administrator shall revoke 
its approval of certification.
    (4) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt any State 
from issuing additional or more stringent guidelines and regulations 
regarding the training of environmental professionals.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such 
sums as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Answer:
Environmental Professionals Training and Certification Act of 1993 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish an Environmental Certification Board; and (2) issue regulations, based on the Board's recommendations, that establish minimum standards regulating environmental training and certification organizations for environmental professionals performing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments. 
Defines a "Phase I Environmental Site Assessment" as a process by which a person determines whether a parcel of real property is subject to recognized environmental conditions which indicate the likely presence of a hazardous substance or petroleum product and the likely release into the ground, groundwater, or surface water. 
Provides for approval of an organization if it meets minimum standards for curriculum, program, facilities, training, and certification methods.  Makes such approval valid for up to five years.  Bars unapproved organizations from issuing degrees signifying that a recipient is a certified environmental site assessor or qualified to perform a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment.  Prescribes civil penalties for such violation. 
Authorizes appropriations.