PERSIAN GULF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 309. PERSIAN GULF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. (a) International Framework.— Congress strongly encourages the President to seek the establishment of an international framework agreement to— (1) provide for environmental monitoring, assessment, remediation and restoration in the Persian Gulf region of effects of the recent war; and (2) provide for the payment, by the host country, of appropriate Federal agencies utilized to establish or implement this agreement. (b) Reports.— (1) Within 60 days of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives an unclassified report identifying the actions taken to implement these provisions and any costs and payments, and (2) by March 1, 1992, and subject to the receipt of payment by the Environmental Protection Agency under subsection (a)(2), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with appropriate agencies, shall submit to Congress an unclassified report providing a comprehensive evaluation of environmental effects of the Persian Gulf conflict identified pursuant to this provision.