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SECTION 1. PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized
agency of the United Nations, charged with coordinating health
efforts within the United Nations system. The World Health
Assembly (WHA) is the decision-making body of the WHO, which
convenes annually in May to set the policies and priorities of
the organization. Statehood is not a requirement for attendance
at the WHA, and numerous observers, including non-members and
non-governmental organizations, attended the most recent WHA in
May 2017.
(2) Taiwan began seeking to participate in the WHO as an
observer in 1997. In 2009, with strong support from successive
United States Administrations, Congress, and like-minded WHO
Member States, and during a period of improved Cross-Strait
relations, Taiwan received an invitation to attend the WHA as
an observer under the name ''Chinese Taipei''. Taiwan received
the same invitation each year until 2016, when following the
election of President Tsai-Ing Wen of the Democratic
Progressive Party, Taiwan's engagement in the international
community began facing increased resistance from the People's
Republic of China (PRC). Taiwan's invitation to the 2016 WHA
was received late and included new language conditioning
Taiwan's participation on the PRC's ''one China principle''. In
2017, Taiwan did not receive an invitation to the WHA.
(3) Taiwan remains a model contributor to world health,
having provided financial and technical assistance to respond
to numerous global health challenges. Taiwan has invested over
$6 billion in international medical and humanitarian aid
efforts impacting over 80 countries since 1996. In 2014, Taiwan
responded to the Ebola crisis by donating $1 million and
providing 100,000 sets of personal protective equipment.
Through the Global Cooperation and Training Framework, the
United States and Taiwan have jointly conducted training
programs for experts to combat MERS, Dengue Fever, and Zika.
These diseases know no borders, and Taiwan's needless exclusion
from global health cooperation increases the dangers presented
by global pandemics.
(4) Taiwan's international engagement has faced increased
resistance from the PRC. Taiwan was not invited to the 2016
Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO), despite participating as a guest at the organization's
prior summit in 2013. Taiwan's request to participate in the
2016 General Assembly of the International Criminal Police
Organization (INTERPOL) was also rejected. In May 2017, PRC
delegates disrupted a meeting of the Kimberley Process on
conflict diamonds held in Perth, Australia, until delegates
from Taiwan were asked to leave. In June 2017, the Republic of
Panama granted diplomatic recognition to the PRC, terminating a
longstanding diplomatic relationship with Taiwan.
(5) Congress has established a policy of support for
Taiwan's participation in international bodies that address
shared transnational challenges, particularly in the WHO.
Congress passed H.R. 1794 in the 106th Congress, H.R. 428 in
the 107th Congress, and S. 2092 in the 108th Congress to direct
the Secretary of State to establish a strategy for, and to
report annually to Congress on, efforts to obtain observer
status for Taiwan at the WHA. Congress also passed H.R. 1151 in
the 113th Congress, directing the Secretary to report on a
strategy to gain observer status for Taiwan at the ICAO
Assembly, and H.R. 1853 in the 114th Congress, directing the
Secretary to report on a strategy to gain observer status for
Taiwan at the INTERPOL Assembly. However, in 2016 Taiwan did
not receive invitations to attend any of these events as an
observer.
(b) Augmentation of Report Concerning the Participation of Taiwan
in the World Health Organization.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (c) of section 1 of Public Law
108-235 (118 Stat. 656) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
''(3) An account of the changes and improvements the
Secretary of State has made to the United States plan to
endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the World
Health Assembly, following any annual meetings of the World
Health Assembly at which Taiwan did not obtain observer
status.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect and apply beginning with the first report
required under subsection

(c) of section 1 of Public Law 108-235 that is submitted after
the date of the enactment of this Act.

Passed the House of Representatives January 9, 2018.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the annual reports submitted by the Department of State to Congress concerning the U.S. plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly (WHA) held by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, to include an account of the changes and improvements that the State Department has made to such plan following any annual meetings of the WHA at which Taiwan did not obtain such status.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform
Protection Act of 2011'' or the ''STANDUP Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has
reported that--
(A) motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of
death of Americans between 15 and 20 years of age;
(B) between 1999 and 2009, more than 90,000
Americans were killed in motor vehicle crashes
involving drivers between 15 and 20 years of age, an
average of 155 deaths per week;
(C) drivers between 16 and 20 years of age have a
fatality rate that is 4 times higher than the rate for
drivers between 25 and 70 years of age; and
(D) teenage drivers who are 16 years of age have a
motor vehicle crash rate that is almost 10 times higher
than the crash rate for drivers between 30 and 60 years
of age.
(2) The National Transportation Safety Board found that
during the most recent 10-year period--
(A) teen drivers comprised less than 7 percent of
the driving population and accounted for more than 13
percent of drivers involved in all deadly crashes; and
(B) more than 20 percent of all highway fatalities
occurred in crashes that involved teen drivers.
(3) Analysis by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Research Institute shows that--
(A) teenage drivers comprise approximately 40
percent of the fatalities in motor vehicle crashes in
which they are involved; and
(B) the other 60 percent of the fatalities in those
crashes are--
(i) passengers who were riding in the
vehicle with the teen driver;
(ii) drivers and passengers in other
vehicles involved in a crash with the teen
driver's vehicle; and
(iii) pedestrians.
(4) According to the Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety--
(A) the chance that a vehicle driven by a 16- or
17-year-old will be involved in an accident--
(i) doubles when there are 2 other teens in
the vehicle; and
(ii) quadruples when there are 4 teens in
the vehicle;
(B) States with strong nighttime driving
restrictions experience lower fatal crash rates among
drivers ages 15 to 17 years old; and
(C) a higher age requirement for licensing teen
drivers is correlated with a lower number of fatal
crashes per capita.
(5) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has
found that distraction caused by cellular phones is significant
enough to degrade driver performance, and is particularly
dangerous for inexperienced drivers between 15 and 20 years of
age.
(6) That National Transportation Safety Board has found
that although only 20 percent of driving by teenage drivers
occurs at night, more than 50 percent of the motor vehicle
crash fatalities involving teenage drivers occur at night.
(7) According to a 2007 report from the Texas
Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University--
(A) teenage drivers in rural areas are less likely
to be aware of the risks and dangers associated with
driving, placing them at higher risk of involvement in
crashes;
(B) teen drivers are more likely than other
drivers--
(i) to drive with other teenage passengers;
(ii) to drive late at night;
(iii) to exceed the speed limit;
(iv) to use cell phones while driving; and
(v) to fail to use seat belts while
driving.
(8) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
reports that although 23 percent of the population of the
United States lives in rural areas, 57 percent of all traffic
fatalities occur on rural roads, underscoring the elevated
crash risk for teen drivers in rural areas.
(9) The American Academy of Pediatrics has found evidence
that the area of the brain responsible for planning, impulse
control, and executive decisionmaking does not fully mature
until a person is between 20 and 25 years of age, placing teen
drivers at greater risk of being involved in an accident.
(10) The Journal of the American Medical Association
reports that after Michigan and North Carolina adopted
comprehensive graduated driver licensing systems in 1997,
crashes involving 16-year-old drivers decreased by 25 percent
in Michigan and by 27 percent in North Carolina.
(11) According to the Office of the Illinois Secretary of
State, teen driving deaths dropped by over 40 percent in
Illinois in the first full year following the 2007
implementation of a stronger graduated driver licensing law.
(12) The National Transportation Safety Board reports that
over 40 States and the District of Columbia have implemented
some type of 3-stage graduated driver licensing system.
However, most States have not yet enacted all of the lifesaving
safety features of graduated driver licensing laws recommended
by the National Transportation Safety Board and supported by
research to protect the lives of teenage and novice drivers.
(13) A 2010 national survey by the Insurance Institute of
Highway Safety indicates that--
(A) parents of teens favor graduated driver
licensing laws that are as strict or stricter than
those that currently exist in any State;
(B) /3\ of parents of teens believe that young
drivers should begin learning to drive at 16 years of
age or older;
(C) more than /2\ of parents of teens believe
that the minimum licensing age should be 17 years of
age or older;
(D) 90 percent of parents of teens support a
restriction on unsupervised nighttime driving;
(E) more than 75 percent of parents of teens
believe that the restriction on unsupervised nighttime
driving should begin at 10 p.m. or earlier;
(F) 89 percent of parents of teens support
restrictions on teen passengers; and
(G) more than 75 percent of parents of teens
believe that teen drivers should not be permitted to
more than 1 teen passenger in their vehicle.

SEC. 3. STATE GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSING LAWS.

(a) Minimum Requirements.--
(1) In general.--A State is in compliance with this section
if the State has a graduated driver licensing law that requires
novice drivers younger than 21 years of age to comply with the
2-stage licensing process described in paragraph (2) before
receiving an unrestricted driver's license.
(2) Licensing process.--A State is in compliance with the
2-stage licensing process described in this paragraph if the
State's driver's license laws include--
(A) a learner's permit stage that--
(i) commences at 16 years of age or older;
(ii) is at least 6 months in duration;
(iii) prohibits the driver from using a
cellular telephone or any communications device
in a nonemergency situation; and
(iv) remains in effect until--
(I) the commencement of the
intermediate stage; or
(II) the driver reaches 18 years of
age;
(B) an intermediate stage that--
(i) commences immediately after the
expiration of the learner's permit stage;
(ii) is at least 6 months in duration;
(iii) prohibits the driver from using a
cellular telephone or any communications device
in a nonemergency situation;
(iv) prohibits driving at night;
(v) prohibits the driver from operating a
motor vehicle with more than 1 non-familial
passenger younger than 21 years of age unless a
licensed driver who is at least 21 years of age
is in the motor vehicle; and
(vi) remains in effect until the driver
reaches 18 years of age; and
(C) any other requirement that the Secretary of
Transportation may require, including--
(i) in the learner's permit stage--
(I) at least 40 hours of behind-
the-wheel training with a licensed
driver who is at least 21 years of age;
(II) a driver training course; and
(III) a requirement that any such
driver be accompanied and supervised by
a licensed driver who is at least 21
years of age at all times while such
driver is operating a motor vehicle;
and
(ii) in the learner's permit or
intermediate stage, a requirement that, in
addition to any other penalties imposed by
State law, the grant of an unrestricted
driver's license be automatically delayed for
any individual who, during the learner's permit
or intermediate stage, is convicted of a
driving-related offense, such as--
(I) driving while intoxicated;
(II) misrepresentation of his or
her true age;
(III) reckless driving;
(IV) driving without wearing a seat
belt;
(V) speeding; or
(VI) any other driving-related
offense, as determined by the
Secretary.
(b) Rulemaking.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation shall
promulgate regulations necessary to implement this section in
accordance with the notice and comment provisions under section
553 of title 5, United States.
(2) Exception.--A State that otherwise meets the minimum
requirements set forth in subsection (a) shall be deemed by the
Secretary to be in compliance with this section regardless of
whether a State law, which was enacted by the State before
January 1, 2011, establishes a class of license that permits
licensees younger than 18 years of age to drive a motor vehicle
in connection with work performed on or for the operation of a
farm owned by family members who are directly related to the
licensees.

SEC. 4. INCENTIVE GRANTS.

(a) In General.--For each of the first 3 fiscal years beginning
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Transportation shall award a grant to any State that submits an
application under subsection (b) if that State is in compliance with
section 3(a) on or before the first day of that fiscal year.
(b) Application.--
(1) In general.--Any State desiring a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Secretary of
Transportation at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the Secretary may require, including a
certification by the Governor of the State that the State is in
compliance with section 3(a).
(2) Review.--The Secretary shall review each State
application and determine whether or not the State is in
compliance with section 3(a).
(c) Grants.--Amounts appropriated to carry out this section for
each fiscal year shall be apportioned to each State that is in
compliance with section 3(a) in an amount determined by multiplying--
(1) the amount appropriated to carry out this section for
such fiscal year; by
(2) the ratio that the amount of funds apportioned to each
such State for such fiscal year under section 402 of title 23,
United States Code, bears to the total amount of funds
apportioned to all such States for such fiscal year under such
section.
(d) Use of Funds.--Amounts received by a State from a grant awarded
under this section may be used for--
(1) enforcing a 2-stage licensing process that complies
with section 3(a)(2);
(2) training for law enforcement personnel and other
relevant State agency personnel relating to the enforcement
described in paragraph (1);
(3) publishing relevant educational materials that pertain
directly or indirectly to the State graduated driver licensing
law; and
(4) carrying out other administrative activities that the
Secretary considers relevant to the State's 2-stage licensing
process.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $25,000,000, out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account), to carry out this section during each fiscal
year described in subsection (a).

SEC. 5. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.

(a) In General.--
(1) Fourth fiscal year.--On the first day of the fourth
fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall withhold 3 percent of the amount
otherwise required to be apportioned to any State for such
fiscal year under each of the paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of
section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if the State is
not in compliance with section 3(a) on the first day of such
fiscal year.
(2) Fifth fiscal year.--On the first day of the fifth
fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall withhold 5 percent of the amount
otherwise required to be apportioned to any State for such
fiscal year under each of the paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of
section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if that State
is not in compliance with section 3(a) on the first day of such
fiscal year.
(3) Sixth and subsequent fiscal years.--On the first day of
each fiscal year after the fifth fiscal year beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
withhold 10 percent of the amount otherwise required to be
apportioned to any State for such fiscal year under each of the
paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23,
United States Code, if that State is not in compliance with
section 3(a) on the first day of such fiscal year.
(b) Period of Availability of Withheld Funds.--
(1) Funds withheld before the end of the sixth fiscal
year.--Any amount withheld from any State under subsection (a)
on or before the last day of the sixth fiscal year beginning
after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall remain
available for distribution to the State under subsection (c)
until the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal
year for which such amount is appropriated.
(2) Funds withheld after the sixth fiscal year.--Any amount
withheld under subsection (a)(2) from any State after the end
of the sixth fiscal year beginning after the date of the
enactment of this Act, may not be distributed to the State.
(c) Apportionment of Withheld Funds After Compliance.--
(1) In general.--If, before the last day of the period for
which funds withheld under subsection (a) remain available to a
State under subsection (b), the State comes into compliance
with section 3(a), the Secretary of Transportation shall, on
the first day on which the Secretary determines the State has
come into compliance, distribute to the State any amounts
withheld under subsection (a) that remains available for
apportionment to the State.
(2) Period of availability of subsequently apportioned
funds.--Any amount distributed under paragraph (1) shall remain
available for expenditure by the State until the end of the
third fiscal year following the year for which the funds are so
apportioned. Any amount not expended by the State by the end of
such period shall revert back to the Treasury of the United
States.
(3) Effect of noncompliance.--If a State is not in
compliance with section 3(a) at the end of the period for which
any amount withheld under subsection (a) remains available for
distribution to the State under subsection (b), such amount
shall revert back to the Treasury of the United States.
Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act of 2011 or STANDUP Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award incentive grants to states with graduated driver licensing laws that require novice drivers younger than age 21 to comply with a two-stage licensing process before receiving an unrestricted driver's license.

Requires such laws, at a minimum, to include: (1) a learner's permit stage that commences at age 16 or older, lasts at least six months, prohibits driver use of a cellular phone or other communications device in nonemergency situations, and remains in effect until commencement of the intermediate stage or the driver attains age 18; (2) an intermediate stage in effect until the driver attains age 18 that commences immediately after expiration of the learner's permit stage, lasts at least six months, prohibits driver use of a cellular phone or other communications device in nonemergency situations, prohibits nighttime driving, prohibits more than one non-familial passenger under age 21 unless there is a licensed driver at least age 21 present in the vehicle; and (3) any other requirement that the Secretary may require.

Deems a state that meets such minimum requirements to be in compliance regardless of whether a state law, enacted before January 1, 2011, establishes a class of license that permits licensees younger than age 18 to drive a motor vehicle in connection with work performed on or for the operation of a farm owned by family members of the licensees.

Directs the Secretary to withhold a certain percentage of federal-aid highway funds from states that do not comply with the requirements of this Act.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Environmental Justice Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that--
(1) Toxic chemicals are being released in significant
amounts into the environment. Over three billion five hundred
million pounds of toxic releases were reported by approximately
nineteen thousand six hundred industrial plants in 1990, under
the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.
(2) Notwithstanding the benefits of the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act, many toxic chemicals posing
substantial health threats as a result of releases, are not
being reported. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act excludes hundreds of chemicals listed as toxics under
various environmental laws including: sixteen hazardous air
pollutants, and five extremely hazardous substances listed in
the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments; one hundred and forty
chemicals regulated as hazardous waste under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act because of acute or chronic
toxicity; over two hundred chemicals identified as known or
probable human carcinogens by the EPA and the National
Toxicology Program; sixty-nine special review pesticides
identified under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act and hundreds of restricted use pesticides; and
ninety reproductive toxins identified by the California
Department of Health.
(3) Although environmental and health data of toxic
chemical releases are not routinely collected and analyzed by
income and race, racial and ethnic minorities and lower income
Americans may be disproportionately exposed to toxic chemicals
in their residential and workplace environments.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES AND POLICIES.

The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to establish and maintain information which provides an
objective basis for assessment of health effects by income and
race;
(2) to identify those areas with the largest releases of
toxic chemicals to the air, land, water, and workplace;
(3) to assess the health effects that may be caused by
emissions in those areas of highest environmental impact;
(4) to ensure that groups or individuals residing within
High Environmental Impact Areas have the opportunity and the
resources to participate in the technical process which will
determine the possible existence of adverse health impacts;
(5) to identify those activities in high environmental
impact areas found to have significant adverse impacts on human
health; and
(6) to incorporate environmental equity considerations into
planning and implementation of all Federal environmental
programs and statutes.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ''Administrator'' means the Administrator of
the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) The term ''environmental high impact area'' means any
of the one hundred counties or appropriate geographic units
with the highest total weight of toxic chemicals released
during the most recent five-year period for which data is
available, as calculated pursuant to section 4 of this Act.
(3) The term ''toxic chemicals'' means--
(A) all hazardous substances as defined in section
101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C.
9601(14);
(B) all materials registered pursuant to the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (7
U.S.C. 136 et seq.);
(C) all chemicals subject to section 313 of the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of
1986;
(D) all contaminants identified in the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-1);
(E) all chemicals listed by the National Toxicology
Program as known or probable human carcinogens; and
(F) all materials subject to the requirements
concerning material safety data sheets for hazardous
chemicals under the Occupational and Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 615 et seq.).
(4) The term ''release'' shall have the same meaning as
used in section 101(22) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1990 as amended by
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and
shall also include any release which results in exposure to
persons within a workplace.
(5) The term ''toxic chemical facility'' means any
facility--
(A) subject to reporting requirements under the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of
1986;
(B) that generates, treats, stores or disposes of a
hazardous waste as defined in section 3001 of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act;
(C) subject to section 112 or 129 of the Clean Air
Act;
(D) subject to sections 307 or 311 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.);
(E) subject to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); or
(F) subject to the requirements concerning material
safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals under the
Occupational and Safety and Health Act of 1970 (15
U.S.C. 615 et seq.). For the purpose of this Act the
term ''toxic chemical facility'' shall include any
Federal facility that releases a toxic chemical.

SEC. 5. IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HIGH IMPACT AREAS.

(a) Determination of Impacted Areas.--Within six months after the
date of enactment, the Administrator in consultation with the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the National Institute for
Environmental Health Sciences, the National Center for Health
Statistics and the Bureau of the Census, shall determine the most
appropriate designation of Environmental High Impact Areas, either
counties or other appropriate geographic unit.
(b) Publication of List.--Within twelve months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall publish a list, in rank
order, of the total weight of toxic chemicals released in each county
or other appropriate geographic unit in the United States during the
most recent five-year period for which data are available. If less than
five years of data are available the Administrator shall use available
data until further information is reported.
(c) Compilation of List.--(1) In compiling the list under
subsection (a), the Administrator shall consider and utilize all
appropriate and available data compiled pursuant to any environmental
regulatory authority and other sources, including available data on the
presence of lead-based paint and toxic chemicals from mobile vehicles.
(2) For each county or appropriate geographic unit the
Administrator shall calculate and compile in a data base--
(A) the total weight of toxic chemicals released into the
ambient environment;
(B) the total weight of toxic chemicals released into each
environmental media (air, water, land, workplace); and
(C) the total weight of each toxic chemical released into
the ambient environment, and into each environmental media
(air, water, land, workplace);
and whenever possible shall adjust the estimates of each of the items
in subparagraphs (A) through (C) to account for the toxicity of the
toxic chemicals.
(3) Within six months after the date of enactment the Administrator
shall review the methodology used to compile and summarize information
collected under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act, and publish for public comment any proposed changes
to the methodology necessary to calculate and compile the information
required in paragraph (1).
(4) The Administrator shall revise and republish the list described
in subsection (c) by the date that is five years after the date of
initial publication, and not less frequently than every five years
thereafter, using data compiled during the preceding five-year period.
(d) Environmental High Impact Areas.--(1) Within twelve months
after the date of enactment, and every five years thereafter, the
Administrator shall publish a list of the one hundred counties or other
appropriate geographic unit with the highest total toxic chemical
releases based on the list published in subsection (b). Such counties
or other appropriate geographic unit shall be designated as
''Environmental High Impact Areas''.
(2)(A) To ensure that facilities with the highest potential for
release of toxic chemicals are operating in compliance with all
applicable environmental health and safety standards, the
Administrator, and the Secretary of Labor, shall conduct compliance
inspections of all toxic chemical facilities subject to their
jurisdiction in Environmental High Impact Areas within two years after
the date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every
two years thereafter.
(B) Notwithstanding the requirements in subparagraph (A), the
Administrator or the Secretary of Labor may authorize any state or
Indian tribe which has been delegated authority to administer any
Federal law regulating a toxic chemical which authorizes the inspection
of toxic chemical facilities for compliance with applicable Federal
environmental laws, to conduct such inspections in lieu of the
Administrator or the Secretary of Labor.
(3) Within twenty-four months after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with
the Administrator, the Secretary of Labor, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and the Commissioners of the United States Commission on Civil
Rights, shall issue for public comment a report identifying the nature
and extent, if any, of acute and chronic impacts on human health in
Environmental High Impact Areas from exposure to toxic chemicals. Such
impacts shall include incidence of cancer, birth deformities, infant
mortality rates, and respiratory diseases. Such report shall include a
comparison of the health impact from exposure to toxic chemicals in
Environmental High Impact Areas with other counties in the United
States. The report shall be coordinated by the Administrator of the
Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry of the Department of
Health and Human Services, and in coordinating the report, the
Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
shall seek to--
(A) isolate the impacts of environmental pollution;
(B) segregate the effects of other factors such as health
care availability or substance abuse;
(C) rank the relative risks posed by the toxic chemicals
present in Environmental High Impact Areas and by the varied
sources of toxic chemicals both individually and cumulatively;
(D) take into account the need to remedy the impacts of
such toxic chemicals in high population density areas;
(E) evaluate the levels below which release of toxic
chemicals, either individually or cumulatively, must be reduced
to avoid adverse impacts on human health; and
(F) determine the impacts of maintaining toxic chemical
releases at the current levels.
(4) If the report under paragraph (3) identifies significant
adverse impacts from exposure to toxic chemicals on human health in
Environmental High Impact Areas as a group, the President shall submit
to Congress within one year after publication of the report, proposed
administrative and legislative changes to remedy and prevent such
impacts, including--
(A) the addition of facilities or chemicals to be subject
to reporting requirements of the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, or a reduction in
threshold quantities of chemicals that trigger reporting
requirements under such Act;
(B) the regulation of toxic chemicals not subject to
Federal law based on a statutory or administrative exemption;
and
(C) the imposition of additional regulatory measures for
toxic chemical facilities in an Environmental High Impact Area,
such as emissions fees, source reduction requirements, or
restrictions on toxic chemical releases.

SEC. 6. REDUCTION OF TOXIC CHEMICALS

If the report under section 4(d)(3) identifies significant adverse
impacts on human health from exposure to toxic chemicals in an
Environmental High Impact Area, the Administrator shall promulgate
regulations applicable to any Federal permit for construction or
modification of a toxic chemical facility in that area. Such
regulations shall require a net reduction in the release of any toxic
chemical determined to cause such significant adverse impacts on human
health in that area.

SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

(a) In General.--Subject to appropriations, and in accordance with
rules promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in
consultation with the Administrator, the Secretary may award a grant to
any individual or group of individuals who may be affected by a release
or threatened release of a toxic chemical from any toxic chemical
facility in an environmental high impact area.
(b) Grant requirements.--(1) A grant awarded under this section
shall--
(A) be designed to facilitate access by representatives of
environmental high impact areas to the activities that involve
public participation under this Act and any other related law.
(B) be used to obtain technical assistance relating to the
inspection and review authorities described in section 4(d)(2)
and the study described in section 4(d)(3); and
(C) be in an amount not to exceed $50,000.
(2) Each grant recipient shall be required, as a condition of the
grant, to pay a non-Federal share equal to 20 percent of the grant
amount. The Administrator may waive the 20 percent contribution
requirement if the grant recipient demonstrates financial need to the
satisfaction of the Administrator. Not more than one grant may be made
with respect to each environmental high impact area for the period of a
grant (as determined by the Administrator). At the end of the period, a
grant may be renewed if the Administrator determines that the renewal
is necessary to facilitate public participation.
(3) Grants under this subsection shall be considered to be grants
under section 117(e) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 as amended by the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and shall be funded in the
same manner.
Environmental Justice Act of 1993 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a list, in rank order, of the total weight of toxic chemicals released in each county or other geographic unit in the most recent five-year period for which data are available. Designates the 100 counties with the highest total releases as Environmental High Impact Areas. Requires the publication of such list every five years.
Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of Labor to conduct compliance inspections of all toxic chemical facilities in such Areas at least every two years. Delegates such authority to States or Indian tribes authorized to administer Federal laws regulating toxic chemicals.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue a report identifying the nature and extent of acute and chronic health impacts in such Areas from exposure to toxic chemicals as compared to other counties.
Directs the President, if the report identifies significant adverse impacts, to report proposed administrative and legislative changes to the Congress to remedy and prevent such impacts. Includes within such remedies: (1) expansion of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to include additional facilities or chemicals or reduced quantities of chemicals triggering reporting requirements; (2) the regulation of toxic chemicals not subject to Federal law based on a statutory or administrative exemption; and (3) the imposition of additional regulatory measures for toxic chemical facilities in such Areas.
Requires the Administrator, if the report identifies significant adverse impacts, to promulgate regulations applicable to any Federal permit for construction or modification of a toxic chemical facility to require a net reduction in the release of a chemical determined to cause adverse health impacts in such an Area.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to individuals who may be threatened by toxic chemical releases in such Areas to: (1) facilitate access to the public participation process under this and other Acts; and (2) be used to obtain technical assistance relating to inspection and review authorities.