[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3227 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3227

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for research on methods 
 to combat biological contamination of public drinking water supplies, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2001

   Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for research on methods 
 to combat biological contamination of public drinking water supplies, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. RESEARCH OF BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION OF PUBLIC WATER 
              SUPPLIES.

    (a) Authority.--Section 1442(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j-1(a)) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at 
the end thereof:
    ``(12) The Administrator shall make grants to public or nonprofit 
organizations, and enter into contracts and other arrangements with any 
person, to conduct research into methods to combat the biological 
contamination of public water supplies.''.
    (b) Funding.--Section 1442(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j-1(a)) is amended by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(d)'' and by 
adding the following new paragraph before paragraph (3):
    ``(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out research 
under subsection (a)(12) such sums as may be necessary.''.
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