[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1081 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1081

 To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
to establish a program to provide career training through the hazardous 
   substance research center program of the Environmental Protection 
  Agency to qualified military personnel and qualified Department of 
    Energy personnel in order to enable such individuals to acquire 
  proficiency in hazardous and radioactive waste management, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 June 8 (legislative day, June 7), 1993

    Mr. Dole (for himself, Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Bond, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
  Grassley, and Mr. Stevens) introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 
                                 Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
to establish a program to provide career training through the hazardous 
   substance research center program of the Environmental Protection 
  Agency to qualified military personnel and qualified Department of 
    Energy personnel in order to enable such individuals to acquire 
  proficiency in hazardous and radioactive waste management, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) The term ``hazardous substance research centers'' means 
        the hazardous substance research centers described in section 
        311(d) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
        Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(d)). 
        Such term shall include the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain 
        Hazardous Substance Research Center, the Northeast Hazardous 
        Substance Research Center, the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic 
        Hazardous Substance Research Center, the South and Southwest 
        Hazardous Substance Research Center, and the Western Region 
        Hazardous Substance Research Center.
            (3) The term ``hazardous waste'' means--
                    (A) waste listed as hazardous waste pursuant to 
                subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
                6921 et seq.);
                    (B) radioactive waste; and
                    (C) mixed waste.
            (4) The term ``mixed waste'' means waste that contains a 
        mixture of waste described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
        paragraph (3).
            (5) The term ``qualified individuals'' means qualified 
        military personnel and qualified Department of Energy 
        personnel.
            (6) The term ``qualified Department of Energy personnel'' 
        means individuals who, during the 5-year period preceding the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, have been employed by the 
        Department of Energy and have been involved in the production 
        of nuclear weapons, and whose employment at the Department of 
        Energy during such 5-year period was scheduled for termination 
        as a result of a significant reduction or modification in the 
        programs or projects of the Department of Energy. Such term 
        shall not include any employee who terminates employment by 
        taking early retirement or who otherwise voluntarily terminates 
        employment.
            (7) The term ``qualified military personnel'' means members 
        and former members of the Armed Forces of the United States who 
        have training in site remediation, site characterization, waste 
        management, waste reduction, recycling, engineering, or 
        positions related to environmental engineering or basic 
        sciences (including training for management positions). Such 
        term shall not include any former member of the Armed Forces 
        whose service in the Armed Forces was terminated by dismissal 
        (in the case of a former officer) or by discharge with a 
        dishonorable discharge or a bad conduct discharge (in the case 
        of a former enlisted member).
            (8) The term ``radioactive waste'' means solid, liquid, or 
        gaseous material that contains radionuclides regulated under 
        the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) of 
        negligible economic value (considering the cost of recovery).

SEC. 2. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Establishment of program.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, 
                in consultation with the Secretaries of Energy and 
                Defense, shall establish an education and training 
                program for qualified individuals in order to enable 
                such individuals to acquire career training in 
                environmental engineering, environmental sciences, or 
                environmental project management in fields related to 
                hazardous waste management and cleanup.
                    (B) Development of academic program.--In carrying 
                out the program, the Administrator, in consultation 
                with the Secretaries of Energy and Defense, shall 
                develop and implement an academic program for qualified 
                individuals at institutions of higher education at both 
                undergraduate and graduate levels, and which may lead 
                to the awarding of an academic degree or a 
                certification that is supplemental to an academic 
                degree.
            (2) Program activities.--
                    (A) In General.--The program established pursuant 
                to paragraph (1) may include educational activities and 
                training related to--
                            (i) site remediation;
                            (ii) site characterization;
                            (iii) hazardous waste management (including 
                        such specialized activities and training 
                        relating specifically to radioactive waste as 
                        the Administrator determines to be 
                        appropriate);
                            (iv) hazardous waste reduction (including 
                        such specialized activities and training 
                        relating specifically to radioactive waste as 
                        the Administrator determines to be 
                        appropriate);
                            (v) recycling;
                            (vi) process and materials engineering;
                            (vii) training for positions related to 
                        environmental engineering, environmental 
                        sciences, or environmental project management 
                        (including training for management positions); 
                        and
                            (viii) environmental engineering with 
                        respect to the construction of facilities to 
                        address the items described in clauses (i) 
                        through (vii).
                    (B) Educational activities.--The program 
                established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include 
                educational activities designed for personnel 
                participating in a program to achieve specialization in 
                the following fields:
                            (i) Earth sciences.
                            (ii) Chemistry.
                            (iii) Chemical Engineering.
                            (iv) Environmental engineering.
                            (v) Statistics.
                            (vi) Toxicology.
                            (vii) Industrial hygiene.
                            (viii) Health physics.
                            (ix) Environmental project management.
                            (x) Any other field that the Administrator 
                        determines to be appropriate.
    (b) Grant Program.--
            (1) In general.--From the amounts made available under 
        subsection (c), the Administrator shall award grants to the 
        hazardous substance research centers to pay the Federal share 
        of carrying out the development and implementation of the 
        academic program described in subsection (a).
            (2) Grant awards.--The Federal share of each grant awarded 
        under this subsection shall be 100 percent.
    (c) Funding.--
            (1) Environmental protection agency.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to the limitation 
                described in subparagraph (B), 50 percent of the cost 
                of carrying out this section shall be funded from 
                amounts made available for fiscal year 1993 to the 
                Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the 
                Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
                Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).
                    (B) Limitation.--The limitation described in this 
                subparagraph is that not more than 1 percent of the 
                amounts made available for fiscal year 1993 to the 
                Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the 
                Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
                Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) may be 
                used to carry out this section.
                    (C) Special rule.--Amounts provided under this 
                paragraph to hazardous substance research centers shall 
                be used to supplement and not supplant other funds 
                provided to such centers by the Environmental 
                Protection Agency.
            (2) Department of defense.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to the limitation 
                described in subparagraph (B), 25 percent of the cost 
                of carrying out this section shall be funded from 
                amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1993 to the 
                Defense Environmental Restoration Account established 
                in section 2703 of title 10, United States Code.
                    (B) Limitation.--The limitation described in this 
                subparagraph is that not more than 1 percent of the 
                amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1993 to the 
                Defense Environmental Restoration Account may be used 
                to carry out this section.
                    (C) Transfer.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
                transfer an amount determined in accordance with 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) to the Environmental 
                Protection Agency, pursuant to the authority granted 
                the Secretary under section 2703 of title 10, United 
                States Code.
            (3) Department of energy.--
                    (A) In General.--Subject to the limitation 
                described in subparagraph (B), 25 percent of the cost 
                of carrying out this section shall be funded from 
                amounts made available for fiscal year 1993 to the 
                Department of Energy for the purpose of environmental 
                cleanup.
                    (B) Limitation.--The limitation described in this 
                subparagraph is that not more than 1 percent of the 
                amounts made available for fiscal year 1993 to the 
                Department of Energy may be used to carry out this 
                section.
                    (C) Transfer.--The Secretary of Energy shall 
                transfer an amount determined in accordance with 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) to the Environmental 
                Protection Agency.
                    (D) Special rule.--Amounts provided under this 
                paragraph to hazardous substance research centers shall 
                be used to supplement and not supplant other funds 
                provided to such centers by the Department of Energy.

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