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







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3178

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2001

  Mr. Boehlert (for himself, Mr. Baird, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Barcia, Mrs. 
   Morella, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Forbes, and Mrs. Wilson) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                                Science

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide funding to 
   support research, development, and demonstration 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 nonprofit institution or entity, including a national 
        laboratory, university, or association of water management 
        professionals, or a consortium of such institutions or 
        entities, that conducts 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, development, and demonstration 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 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 disseminating the results of 
        research, development, and demonstration 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) demonstrate and assess upgraded security technologies 
        and related processes for water supply systems, and determine 
        operational and cost impacts of the application of enhanced 
        security measures;
            (5) develop guidelines, standards, and procedures providing 
        for physical and information systems security at water supply 
        systems;
            (6) conduct research related to or develop real-time 
        monitoring systems to protect against chemical, biological, and 
        radiological attacks;
            (7) 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
            (8) carry out other research, development, and 
        demonstration activities the Administrator considers 
        appropriate, including information sharing and analysis, 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 the Committee on Science of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
        Works of the Senate 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) and are provided to geographically 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, development, and 
        demonstration 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.
    (d) Cost Sharing.--
            (1) Demonstration.--The Administrator shall require at 
        least 50 percent of the costs directly and specifically related 
        to any demonstration project under this Act to be provided from 
        non-Federal sources. The Administrator may reduce the non-
        Federal requirement under this paragraph if the Administrator 
        determines that the reduction is necessary and appropriate 
        considering the technological risks involved in the project and 
        is necessary to meet the objectives of this Act.
            (2) Calculation of amount.--In calculating the amount of 
        the non-Federal commitment under paragraph (1), the 
        Administrator may include personnel, services, equipment, and 
        other resources.

SEC. 4. 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.
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