A bill to direct the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the feasibility of an umbrella research arm to support research on a variety of environmental issues.

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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.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

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