NIOSH RESPONSIBILITIES.

SEC. 1033. NIOSH RESPONSIBILITIES.Section 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: “(g) Lead-Based Paint Activities.— “(1) Training grant program.— (A) The Institute, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may make grants for the training and education of workers and supervisors who are or may be directly engaged in lead-based paint activities. “(B) Grants referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be awarded to nonprofit organizations (including colleges and universities, joint labor-management trust funds, States, and nonprofit government employee organizations)— “(i) which are engaged in the training and education of workers and supervisors who are or who may be directly 106 STAT. 3925engaged in lead-based paint activities (as defined in title IV of the Toxic Substances Control Act), “(ii) which have demonstrated experience in implementing and operating health and safety training and education programs, and “(iii) with a demonstrated ability to reach, and involve in lead-based paint training programs, target populations of individuals who are or will be engaged in lead-based paint activities. Grants under this subsection shall be awarded only to those organizations that fund at least 30 percent of their lead-based paint activities training programs from non-Federal sources, excluding in-kind contributions. Grants may also be made to local governments to carry out such training and education for their employees. “(C) There are authorized to be appropriated, at a mini-mum, $10,000,000 to the Institute for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1997 to make grants under this paragraph. “(2) Evaluation of programs.—The Institute shall con-duct periodic and comprehensive assessments of the efficacy of the worker and supervisor training programs developed and offered by those receiving grants under this section. The Director shall prepare reports on the results of these assessments addressed to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to include recommendations as may be appropriate for the revision of these programs. The sum of $500,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the Institute for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1997 to carry out this paragraph”.