tions to this Nation's air pollution control efforts. With respect to each country studied, the study shall include the topics of urban air quality, motor vehicle emissions, toxic air emissions, and acid deposition. The Administrator shall, within 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress a report detailing the results of such study. (f) ADIRONDACK EFFECTS ASSESSMENT.-The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a program to research the effects of acid deposition on waters where acid deposition has been most acute. The Administrator shall enter into a multi-year contract for such purposes with an independent university which has a year-round field analytical laboratory on a body of water of not less than 25,000 acres nor greater than 75,000 acres, which lies within a geographic region designated as a Biosphere Reserve by the Department of State. The facility must have demonstrated the capability to analyze relevant data on said body of water over a period of 20 years as well as extensive ecosystem modeling capabilities. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection not less than $6,000,000. (g) WESTERN STATES ACID DEPOSITION RESEARCH.-(1) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall sponsor monitoring and research and submit to Congress annual and periodic assessment reports on (A) the occurrence and effects of acid deposition on surface waters located in that part of the United States west of the Mississippi River; 1 (B) the occurrence and effects of acid deposition on high elevation ecosystems (including forests, 1 and surface waters); and (C) the occurrence and effects of episodic acidification, particularly with respect to high elevation watersheds. (2) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall analyze data generated from the studies conducted under paragraph (1), data from the Western Lakes Survey, and other appropriate research and utilize predictive modeling techniques that take into account the unique geographic, climatological, and atmospheric conditions which exist in the western United States to determine the potential occurrence and effects of acid deposition due to any projected increases in the emission of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in that part of the United States located west of the Mississippi River. The Administrator shall include the results of the project conducted under this paragraph in the reports issued to Congress under paragraph (1). (h)(1) In carrying out the provisions of section 103(f) of the Clean Air Act, the Secretary of Energy is authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, and make grants to, nonprofit entities affiliated with the University of Nevada and the University of Wyoming. (2) Agreements, contracts, and grants described in paragraph (1) shall provide that such nonprofit entities— (A) may provide basic technical and management personnel; and 1 The comma after "forests" should have been omitted. (B) shall make available permanent research support facilities owned by the nonprofit entities. (3) The nonprofit entities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be authorized to make grants, accept contributions, and enter into agreements with other entities to carry out the provisions of this subsection. (4) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1991 and such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter to carry out the provisions of paragraph (1). Such amounts shall remain available until expended. TITLE X-DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS CONCERNS Sec. 1001. Disadvantaged business concerns. SEC. 1001. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS CONCERNS. (a) IN GENERAL.-In providing for any research relating to the requirements of the amendments made by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 which uses funds of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, to the extent practicable, require that not less than 10 percent of total Federal funding for such research will be made available to disadvantaged business concerns. (b) DEFINITION.— (1)(A) For purposes of subsection (a), the term "disadvantaged business concern" means a concern (i) which is at least 51 percent owned by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or, in the case of a publicly traded company, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; and (ii) the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by such individuals. (B)(i) A for-profit business concern is presumed to be a disadvantaged business concern for purposes of subsection (a) if it is at least 51 percent owned by, or in the case of a concern which is a publicly traded company at least 51 percent of the stock of the company is owned by, one or more individuals who are members of the following groups: (I) Black Americans. (II) Hispanic Americans. (V) Women. (VI) Disabled Americans. (ii) The presumption established by clause (i) may be rebutted with respect to a particular business concern if it is reasonably established that the individual or individuals referred to in that clause with respect to that business concern are not experiencing impediments to establishing or developing such concern as a result of the individual's identification as a member of a group specified in that clause. (C) The following institutions are presumed to be disadvantaged business concerns for purposes of subsection (a): (i) Historically black colleges and universities, and colleges and universities having a student body in which 40 percent of the students are Hispanic. (ii) Minority institutions (as that term is defined by the Secretary of Education pursuant to the General Education Provision Act (20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.)). (iii) Private and voluntary organizations controlled by individuals who are socially and economically disadvantaged. (D) A joint venture may be considered to be a disadvantaged business concern under subsection (a), notwithstanding the size of such joint venture, if— (i) a party to the joint venture is a disadvantaged business concern; and (ii) that party owns at least 51 percent of the joint venture. A person who is not an economically disadvantaged individual or a disadvantaged business concern, as a party to a joint venture, may not be a party to more than 2 awarded contracts in a fiscal year solely by reason of this subparagraph. (E) Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit any member of a racial or ethnic group that is not listed in subparagraph (B)(i) from establishing that they have been impeded in establishing or developing a business concern as a result of racial or ethnic discrimination. SEC. 1002. USE OF QUOTAS PROHIBITED.-Nothing in this title shall permit or require the use of quotas or a requirement that has the effect of a quota in determining eligibility under section 1001. |