---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 4361b"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "4361b"
heading: "Implementation by Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency of recommendations of “CHESS” Investigative Report; waiver; inclusion of status of implementation requirements in annual revisions of plan for research, development, and demonstration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/4361b"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — National Environmental Policy"
  - "Subchapter III — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §4361b. Implementation by Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency of recommendations of “CHESS” Investigative Report; waiver; inclusion of status of implementation requirements in annual revisions of plan for research, development, and demonstration


The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of the Environmental Protection [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) shall implement the recommendations of the report prepared for the House Committee on Science and Technology entitled “The Environmental Protection [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) Research Program with primary emphasis on the Community Health and Environmental Surveillance System (CHESS): An Investigative Report”, unless for any specific recommendation he determines (1) that such recommendation has been implemented, (2) that implementation of such recommendation would not enhance the quality of the research, or (3) that implementation of such recommendation will require funding which is not available. Where such funding is not available, the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) shall request the required authorization or appropriation for such implementation. The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) shall report the status of such implementation in each annual revision of the five-year plan transmitted to the Congress under section 4361[^1] of this title.


## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–155, § 10, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1262.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 4361 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 104–66, title II, § 2021(k)(1), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 728.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Jan. 5, 2011.