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1 TITLE I— ELEVATION OF THE EN- 



2 VmONMENTAL PROTECTION 



3 AGENCY TO CABINET LEVEL 



4 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 



5 This title may be cited as the "Department of the 



6 Enviromnent Act". 



7 SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 



8 The Congress finds that — 



9 (1) recent concern with Federal environmental 



10 policy has highlighted the necessity of assigning to 



1 1 protection of the domestic and international environ- 



12 ment a priority which is at least equal to that as- 



13 signed to other functions of the Federal Govem- 



14 ment; 



15 (2) protection of the environment increeisingly 



16 involves negotiations with foreign states, including 



17 the most highly industrialized states all of whose top 



18 environmental officials have ministerial status; 



19 (3) the size of the budget and the number of 



20 Federal civil servants devoted to tasks associated 



21 with environmental protection at the Environmental 



22 Protection Agency is commensurate with depart- 



23 mental status; and 



24 (4) a cabinet-level Department of the Environ- 



25 ment should be established. 



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