To provide for the establishment of a position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Requires the President to appoint a Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to have overall responsibility for the scientific and technical foundation of EPA decisions. Redesignates the EPA Deputy Administrator as the Deputy Administrator for Policy and Management. Designates one of the EPA Assistant Administrators as the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development and Chief Scientist. Expresses the sense of Congress concerning: (1) EPA Office of Research and Development flexibility and accountability, balance between types of research, application of research conducted by others, and documentation and transparency of decisionmaking; and (2) EPA research dissemination and application, expansion of a science inventory, and peer review policy.…