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S 2891 102th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Curricula Education Employee training Environmental education Environmental engineering Environmental research Federal aid to higher education Graduate education Hazardous waste disposal Higher education Military personnel Nuclear weapons Radioactive wastes Research centers Research grants Waste reduction

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…

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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 to enable such individuals to acquire proficiency in hazardous and radioactive waste management, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 24, 1992 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jun 24, 1992
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Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish a program for qualified military and Department of Energy (DOE) personnel to enable such individuals to acquire career training in environmental engineering or environmental sciences in fields related to hazardous waste management and cleanup; and (2) implement, as part of such program, an academic program at institutions of higher education at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Requires the Administrator to award grants to the hazardous substance research centers described under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to pay the full cost of the academic program.

Provides funding for the program, subject to certain limitations, from amounts allocated for: (1) the EPA under CERCLA; (2) the Defense Environmental Restoration Account; and (3) DOE environmental cleanup activities.

What's happening now June 24, 1992

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jun 24, 1992
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2891: 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 to enable such individuals to acquire proficiency in hazardous and radioactive waste management, and for other purposes.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-2891/
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"S. 2891: 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 to enable such individuals to acquire proficiency in hazardous and radioactive waste management, and for other purposes.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-2891/.
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S. 2891, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-2891/.
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[S. 2891: 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 to enable such individuals to acquire proficiency in hazardous and radioactive waste management, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-2891/)
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