A bill to extend the Environmental Education Act for three years.
PL 93-278 (S.1647), enacted 05/10/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-278--MAY 10, 1974 
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"(b) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
or by the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard 
when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, a person who 
voluntarily, or because of his misconduct, does not complete the term 
of enlistment for which a bonus was paid to him under this section 
shall refund that percentage of the bonus that the unexpired part 
of his enlistment is of the total enlistment period for which the bonus 
was paid. 
"(c) No bonus shall be paid under this section with respect to any 
enlistment or extension of an initial period of active duty in the 
armed forces made after June 30,197T.". 
SEC. 3. Notwithstanding section 308 of title 37, United States Code, 
as amended by this Act, a member of a uniformed service on active 
duty on the effective date of this Act, who would have been eligible, 
at the end of his current or subsequent enlistment, for the reenlistment 
bonus prescribed in section 308 (a) or (d) of that title, as it existed 
on the day before the effective date of this Act, shall continue to be 
eligible for the reenlistment bonus under that section as it existed on 
the day before the effective date of this Act. If a member is also eligible 
for the reenlistment bonus prescribed in that section as amended by 
this Act, he may elect to receive either one of those reenlistment 
bonuses. However, a member's eligibility under section 308 (a) or (d) 
of that title, as it existed on the day before the effective date of this 
Act, terminates when he has received a total of $2,000 in reenlistment 
bonus payments, received under either section 308 (a) or (d) of that 
title as it existed on the day before the effective date of this Act, or 
under section 308 of that title, as amended by this Act, or from a com-
bination of both. 
SEC. 4. The amendments made by this Act become effective on the 
first day of the month following the date of enactment. 
Approved May 10, 1974. 
Regulations. 
Expiration date. 
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Effective date. 
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Public Law 93-278 
AN ACT 
To extend the Environmental Education Act for three years. 
May 10, 1974 
[S.1647] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may 
Environmental 
be cited as the "Environmental Education Amendments of 1974". 
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SEC. 2. Section 3(c)(1) of the Environmental Education Act (20 
Advisory co'un-
U.S.C. 1532) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following '^'^' extension. 
new sentence: "Subject to section 448(b) of the General Education 
Provisions Act, the Advisory Council shall continue to exist until 
July 1,1977.". 
SEC. 3. Section 7 of such Act is amended by striking out "and" after 
"1972," and by inserting after "1973" a comma and the following: 
"$5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, $10,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1976, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30,1977.". 
SEC. 4. Section 2(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
"maintain ecological balance" the following: "while giving due con-
sideration to the economic considerations related thereto". 
SEC. 5. Section 3(b) (2) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
"technology," the following: "economic impact,". 
SEC. 6. Section 3(c) (1) of such Act is further amended by inserting 
"economic," after "medical,". 
Approved May 10, 1974. 
20 use 1233g. 
Appropriation. 
20 use 1536. 
20 u s e 1531. 
20 use 1532.