article: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Superfund Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1999''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The Superfund Innovative Treatment and Evaluation (SITE) program carried out under the authority of section 311(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 has helped private sector developers to market innovative Superfund clean-up treatment technologies for more than 10 years. (2) Technologies demonstrated and evaluated through the SITE program have been successfully deployed at many Superfund and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act sites, resulting in significant cost savings and faster remediation of those sites. (3) The Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board has found that SITE program accomplishments have been ``impressive'' and that ``the need for improved technology to prevent, reduce, or remediate environmental contamination remains a national priority''. (4) The University Hazardous Substance Research Centers authorized under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 have played an important role in conducting basic research, developing innovative clean-up technologies, and providing invaluable technical assistance to communities. (5) The SITE program and related hazardous substance research program should be reauthorized with an emphasis on meeting the emerging technical and scientific challenges presented by the use of remediated sites (including brownfields), developing technologies to address remediation at remaining sites with complex contamination characteristics, and transferring technology and technical capabilities to a wider variety of remediation needs. SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS. (a) Section 111(n) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9611(n)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994'' and inserting ``2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004''; (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: ``(2) Section 311(a).--For each of the fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004, not more than $35,000,000 of the amounts available in the Fund may be used for the purposes of section 311(a). Not more than 10 percent of such amounts may be used for training under section 311(a) in any fiscal year.''; and (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ``1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994'' and inserting ``2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004''. (b) Section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (6). (c) Section 311(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(b) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (4) by striking ``Each such project'' and inserting ``The Administrator may enter into agreements with persons, public entities (including the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and other Federal agencies), and nonprofit private entities, to arrange for the use of other sites appropriate for carrying out hazardous substances research, testing, evaluation, development, and demonstration projects. Each project under this paragraph''; (2) in paragraph (5)(B) by inserting ``or other appropriate sites'' after ``section 104''; (3) in paragraph (5)(E) by striking ``10 sites at which a response may be undertaken under section 104'' and insert in lieu thereof ``suitable sites''; (4) by striking paragraph (6); and (5) in paragraph (8)-- (A) by inserting after the first sentence the following: ``As part of such technology transfer program, the Administrator shall strive to enter into agreements with the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and other Federal agencies to ensure the effective transfer to those agencies and their contractors of technologies potentially applicable to remediation or containment of hazardous substances at sites owned or operated by such agencies.''; and (B) by striking ``for such information'' and inserting ``for information collected under this paragraph''. (d) Section 311(d) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(d)) is amended-- (1) by striking the last sentence of paragraph (1); (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: ``(2) Responsibilities of centers.--The responsibilities of each hazardous substance research center established under this subsection shall include, but not be limited to, the conduct of research and training, and the provision of technical assistance and technology transfer to local, State, and regional entities, relating to the manufacture, use, transportation, disposal, treatment, effects, detection, characterization, and management of hazardous substances, and publication and dissemination of information related thereto.''; (3) in paragraph (7) by inserting ``or the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of an existing building (including site grading and improvement and architect fees)'' after ``any building''; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(11) Funding levels.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator shall maintain funding for each hazardous substance research center established under this subsection at a level not less than that funded in fiscal year 1999 until such time as the Administrator completes the next competitive selection process for the centers.''.
summary: Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into agreements to arrange for the use of other sites appropriate for carrying out hazardous substances research, testing, evaluation, development, and demonstration projects.