[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3178 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  1st Session

                               H. R. 3178

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                                 AN ACT

To authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide funding to 
  support research and development projects for the security of water 
                            infrastructure.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3178

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                                 AN ACT


 
To authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide funding to 
  support research and development projects for the security of water 
                            infrastructure.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Infrastructure Security and 
Research Development Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the Environmental Protection Agency;
            (2) the term ``research organization'' means a public or 
        private institution or entity, including a national laboratory, 
        State or local agency, university, or association of water 
        management professionals, or a consortium of such institutions 
        or entities, that has the expertise to conduct research to 
        improve the security of water supply systems; and
            (3) the term ``water supply system'' means a public water 
        system, as defined in section 1401(4) of the Safe Drinking 
        Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f(4)), and a treatment works, as 
        defined in section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
        Act (33 U.S.C. 1292), that is publicly owned or principally 
        treating municipal waste water or domestic sewage.

SEC. 3. WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM SECURITY RESEARCH ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator, in consultation and 
coordination with other relevant Federal agencies, shall establish a 
program of research and development activities to achieve short-term 
and long-term improvements to technologies and related processes for 
the security of water supply systems. In carrying out the program, the 
Administrator shall make grants to or enter into cooperative 
agreements, interagency agreements, or contracts with research 
organizations.
    (b) Projects.--Awards provided under this section shall be used by 
a research organization to--
            (1) conduct research related to or develop vulnerability 
        assessment technologies and related processes for water supply 
        systems to assess physical vulnerabilities (including 
        biological, chemical, and radiological contamination) and 
        information systems vulnerabilities;
            (2) conduct research related to or develop technologies and 
        related processes for protecting the physical assets and 
        information systems of water supply systems from threats;
            (3) develop programs for appropriately disseminating the 
        results of research and development to the public to increase 
        awareness of the nature and extent of threats to water supply 
        systems, and to managers of water supply systems to increase 
        the use of technologies and related processes for responding to 
        those threats;
            (4) develop scientific protocols for physical and 
        information systems security at water supply systems;
            (5) conduct research related to or develop real-time 
        monitoring systems to protect against chemical, biological, and 
        radiological attacks;
            (6) conduct research related to or develop technologies and 
        related processes for mitigation of, response to, and recovery 
        from biological, chemical, and radiological contamination of 
        water supply systems; or
            (7) carry out other research and development activities the 
        Administrator considers appropriate to improve the security of 
        water supply systems.
    (c) Guidelines, Procedures, and Criteria.--
            (1) Requirement.--The Administrator shall, in consultation 
        with representatives of relevant Federal and State agencies, 
        water supply systems, and other appropriate public and private 
        entities, publish application and selection guidelines, 
        procedures, and criteria for awards under this section.
            (2) Report to congress.--Not later than 90 days before 
        publication under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 
        transmit to Congress the guidelines, procedures, and criteria 
        proposed to be published under paragraph (1).
            (3) Diversity of awards.--The Administrator shall ensure 
        that, to the maximum extent practicable, awards under this 
        section are made for a wide variety of projects described in 
        subsection (b) to meet the needs of water supply systems of 
        various sizes and are provided to geographically, socially, and 
        economically diverse recipients.
            (4) Security.--The Administrator shall include as a 
        condition for receiving an award under this section 
        requirements to ensure that the recipient has in place 
        appropriate security measures regarding the entities and 
        individuals who carry out research and development activities 
        under the award.
            (5) Dissemination.--The Administrator shall include as a 
        condition for receiving an award under this section 
        requirements to ensure the appropriate dissemination of the 
        results of activities carried out under the award.

SEC. 4. EFFECT ON OTHER AUTHORITIES.

    Nothing in this Act limits or preempts authorities of the 
Administrator under other provisions of law (including the Safe 
Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act) to 
award grants or to enter into interagency agreements, cooperative 
agreements, or contracts for the types of projects and activities 
described in this Act.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Administrator to carry out this Act $12,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.
    (b) Availability.--Funds appropriated under subsection (a) shall 
remain available until expended.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 18, 2001.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.