3.0.0 3833 2023-01-11T13:21:24Z 2023-01-11T13:21:24Z Senate S S 2010-09-23 111 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-09-23T19:26:46Z National Environmental Education Reauthorization Act of 2010 111 6194 HR 2010-11-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Related bill CRS 2010-09-23 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2010-09-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2010-11-17 False Environmental Protection Advisory bodies Alternative and renewable resources Climate change and greenhouse gases Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental health Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Higher education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Environmental Protection 00 2010-09-23 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-04T19:44:53Z National Environmental Education Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Reauthorizes appropriations for, and revises, the National Environmental Education Act.

Revises the duties of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Environmental Education, including by requiring the Office to: (1) develop and support programs to improve the understanding of the benefits of exposure to the natural environment and programs that educate the public on the benefits of reducing dependence on nonrenewable forms of energy promote efforts to prepare citizens for employment in environmentally friendly fields that contribute to healthy communities; and (2) promote research, development, and evaluation of effective approaches to achieving an environmentally literate population.

Revises: (1) the Environmental Education and Training Program by expanding the program's functions and activities; (2) the Environmental Education Grants program by expanding its eligibility requirements; (3) environment internships and fellowships by limiting training opportunities to training with EPA staff (currently agency staff); (4) environmental education awards, including by removing requirements that specific awards be given; and (6) the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, including by renaming it as the National Environmental Education Foundation.

Authorizes appropriations to the EPA Administrator for FY2010-FY2021 to carry out such Act and revises how funds shall be distributed.

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