91ST CONGRESS 2D SESSION

S. 3151

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 6 (legislative day, MAY 5), 1970

Referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and ordered to be printed

AMENDMENTS

Intended to be proposed by Mr. CRANSTON to S. 3151, a bill to authorize the United States Commissioner of Education to establish educational programs to encourage understanding of policies and support of activities designed to enhance environmental quality and maintain ecological balance, viz:

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On page 8, after line 25, insert the following:

"POPULATION FACTOR

"SEC. 9. In carrying out the purposes of this Act to en

4 hance environmental quality and maintain ecological bal5 ance, the Commissioner shall insure that full consideration

6 is afforded to the relationship of population to environmental 7 deterioration and ecological imbalance."

8 On page 9, line 2, strike out "SEC. 9" and insert in lieu 9 thereof "SEC. 10".

Amdt. No. 614

91ST CONGRESS 18T SESSION

S. 3237

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

DECEMBER 11, 1969

Mr. GOODELL (for himself, Mr. BROOKE, Mr. CANNON, Mr. HATFIELD, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. PACKWOOD, Mr. PERCY, Mr. SAXBE, and Mr. SCOTT) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to conduct special educational programs and activities concerning ecological-environmental education, and to establish a National Advisory Commission on Technology and the Environment.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That this Act may be cited as the "Environmental Reclama

4 tion Education Act of 1969".

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4 SEC. 101. (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares 5 that air and water pollution, environmental debasement, in6 dustrial and technological development which interferes with 7 the ecological cycle, and the denuding of our land poses a 8 serious threat to the health, strength, and vitality of the peo9 ple of our Nation, the propagation and protection of plant 10 and animal life and the protection of property and other re11 sources; that the tremendous growth of population and in12 dustry has resulted in substantial increases in atmospheric 13 waste, and air and water pollution throughout the United 14 States; that such abuse of the environment and interference 15 with the ecological cycle is increasing, particularly in our 16 urban and suburban areas; that there is a lack of authorita17 tive information and creative projects designed to educate the 18 American people about meeting the threat posed to our en19 vironment and to life itself, by industrialization and tech20 nological development, undertaken without regard to their 21 long-term effects and upon our environment and the eco22 logic cycle; and that public support and understanding of 23 the need for prevention and control of such environmental 24 abuse requires intensive and coordinated efforts on the part 25 of Federal, State, and local governmental agencies, business

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(b) It is the purpose of this title to encourage the 4 development of new and improved programs in the field of 5 ecological-environmental education for use in State and local 6 school systems, institutions of higher education, adult educa7 tion courses, community action programs, and in educational 8 television programing; to encourage the development of 9 curricula and teacher training programs in such field at all 10 educational levels, including community education programs; 11 and to demonstrate the use of such curricula in model edu12 cational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof.

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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 102. There are hereby authorized to be appropri15 ated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970, 16 $12,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1971, 17 and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, 18 for the purposes of carrying out this title. Sums appropriated 19 pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended.

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USES OF FUNDS

SEC. 103. From the sums appropriated pursuant to sec22 tion 102, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 23 hereinafter referred to in this Act as the "Secretary," shall 24 assist in educating the American people on the problems of 25 environmental abuse and the long-term consequences of

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(1) making grants to or entering into contracts

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and private agencies, institutions, or organizations, for—

(A) the development and implementation of ecological-environmental education programs, including curriculum development, for use in State and local school systems, institutions of higher education, community education programs, including seminars, workshops, conferences and summer camps, and in educational television;

(B) the formulation and organization within institutions of higher education of integrated courses of study in the field of ecological-environmental education leading toward the establishment of degreegranting programs in such field;

(C) the development of specialized teacher training program in the field of ecological-environmental education at all educational levels;

(D) the establishment of a system of regional ecological-environmental education centers, which shall develop, collect, and disseminate to the general

public information, materials, data, and statistics

concerning