Requires the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) study the feasibility of an umbrella research arm, the National Institutes for Environmental Research, to support training in the environmental sciences and environmental research in a wide variety of disciplines; and (2) evaluate the current state of extramural research and undergraduate and graduate training relevant to tropical deforestation, species extinction, ecosystem degradation, biological restoration, use of underutilized resources and sustainable resource use, economic consequences of environmental change, and the impacts of humans and the environment on one another.
Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-735.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported to Senate by Senator Burdick without amendment. With written report No. 101-354.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported to Senate by Senator Burdick without amendment. With written report No. 101-354.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 673.
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