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1 (e) Availability. — Funds made available by appro- 



2 priations pursuant to the authority provided by this Act 



3 shall remain available for obligation or expenditure for 



4 such periods as may be specified by Congress in making 



5 the appropriations. 



6 (d) Limitation on Appropriations. — Notwith- 



7 standing; any other provision of this Act, except as pro- 



8 vided in section 21, no funds are authorized to be appro- 



9 printed for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1996 for carry- 



10 nig- out the programs and activities for which funds are 



1 1 authorized by this Act, or the amendments made by this 



12 Act. 



1 3 SEC. 4. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS. 



14 (a) Establishment. — 



15 (1) In GENERAL. — In addition to providing re- 



16 search support for the regulatory needs of the pro- 



17 gram offices of the Agency, the Administrator shall 



18 establish separately identified research programs 



19 consisting of fundamental ecological, health, and risk 



20 reduction research. 



21 (2) Purpose of research. — The research re- 



22 ferred to in paragraph (1) shall be undertaken for 



23 the purpose of generating fundamental knowledge 



24 necessary to support efforts to identify, assess, and 



25 mitigate serious environmental risks. 



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