Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998


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

{{SECTION|SEC. 1.|SECTION 1}}. SHORT TITLE.

 * This Act may be cited as the ``Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998´´.

{{SECTION|SEC. 2.|SEC. 2}}. DEFINITIONS.

 * Section 4 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5602) is amended—


 * (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (5), (9), (7), and (8), respectively;


 * (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:


 * (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following:


 * (4) in paragraph (7) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking ``and´´ at the end;


 * (5) in paragraph (8) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and´´; and


 * (6) in paragraph (9) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))—
 * (A) by striking ``fund´´ and inserting ``Trust Fund´´; and


 * (B) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period.

{{SECTION|SEC. 3.|SEC. 3}}. BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

 * Section 5(b) of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5603(b)) is amended—
 * (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of the second sentence, by striking ``twelve´´ and inserting ``thirteen´´; and


 * (2) by adding at the end the following:

{{SECTION|SEC. 4.|SEC. 4}}. PURPOSE.

 * Section 6 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5604) is amended—
 * (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``an Environmental Conflict Resolution´´ and inserting ``Environmental Conflict Resolution and Training´´;


 * (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and´´ at the end;


 * (3) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and


 * (4) by adding at the end the following:

{{SECTION|SEC. 5.|SEC. 5}}. AUTHORITY.

 * Section 7(a) of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5605(a)) is amended—
 * (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:


 * (2) in paragraph (7), by inserting ``and Training´´ after ``Conflict Resolution´´.

{{SECTION|SEC. 6.|SEC. 6}}. ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND.

 * (a) .—
 * Sections 10 and 11 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5608, 5609) are redesignated as sections 12 and 13 of the Act, respectively.


 * (b) .—
 * The Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (as amended by subsection (a)) is amended by inserting after section 9 the following:

{{SECTION|SEC. 7.|SEC. 7}}. USE OF THE INSTITUTE BY A FEDERAL AGENCY.

 * The Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (as amended by section 6) is amended by inserting after section 10 the following:

{{SECTION|SEC. 8.|SEC. 8}}. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

 * (a) .—
 * Section 13 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (as redesignated by section 6(a)) is amended—
 * (1) by striking ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund´´ and inserting the following:


 * (2) by adding at the end the following:

{{SECTION|SEC. 9.|SEC. 9}}. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

 * (a) The second sentence of section 8(a) of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5606) is amended—
 * (1) by striking ``fund´´ and inserting ``Trust Fund´´; and


 * (2) by striking ``section 11´´ and inserting ``section 13(a)´´.


 * (b) Sections 7(a)(6), 8(b), and 9(a) of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5605(a)(6), 5606(b), and 5607(a)) are each amended by striking ``Fund´´ and inserting ``Trust Fund´´ each place it appears.

Approved February 11, 1998.

Legislative History

 * SENATE REPORTS:
 * accomanying S. 399 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works)
 * CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 143 (1997):
 * Nov. 13, considered and passed House.
 * CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998):
 * Jan. 29, considered and passed Senate.
 * Jan. 29, considered and passed Senate.

