Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 7, through page 9, line 1, redesignate subsections (a) through (e) as subsections (b) through (f), respectively. Page 3, after line 6, insert the following new subsection: (a) Independent Advice.--Section 8(a) of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 4365(a)) is amended by inserting ``independently'' after ``Advisory Board which shall''. Page 3, line 14, strike ``in consultation with the Administrator''. Page 3, lines 18 through 20, strike ``select Board'' and all that follows through ``and shall''. Page 4, line 18, strike ``and'' and insert ``or''. Page 5, line 3, insert ``the Interior,'' after ``Energy,''. Page 5, line 5, strike ``them'' and insert ``each''. Page 6, line 17, insert ``or draft'' before ``risk''. Page 6, line 18, strike ``and''. Page 6, line 19, redesignate subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C). Page 6, after line 18, insert the following new subparagraph: (B) by striking ``formal''; and Page 6, line 19, insert ``or draft'' before ``risk''. Page 6, line 22, insert ``or draft'' before ``risk''. Page 7, line 10, insert ``(1)(A)'' after ``(e)'' both places it appears. Page 7, lines 13, 17, and 19, redesignate paragraphs (1) through (3) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and conform the margins accordingly.…
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