[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1608 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1608
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To establish a program to provide grants to drinking water and
wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. WATER SECURITY GRANTS.
(a) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a
publicly- or privately-owned drinking water or wastewater
facility.
(3) Eligible project or activity.--
(A) In general.--The term ``eligible project or
activity'' means a project or activity carried out by
an eligible entity to address an immediate physical
security need.
(B) Inclusions.--The term ``eligible project or
activity'' includes a project or activity relating to--
(i) security staffing;
(ii) detection of intruders;
(iii) installation and maintenance of
fencing, gating, or lighting;
(iv) installation of and monitoring on
closed-circuit television;
(v) rekeying of doors and locks;
(vi) site maintenance, such as maintenance
to increase visibility around facilities,
windows, and doorways;
(vii) development, acquisition, or use of
guidance manuals, educational videos, or
training programs; and
(viii) a program established by a State to
provide technical assistance or training to
water and wastewater facility managers,
especially such a program that emphasizes small
or rural eligible entities.
(C) Exclusions.--The term ``eligible project or
activity'' does not include any large-scale or system-
wide project that includes a large capital improvement
or vulnerability assessment.
(b) Establishment of Program.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator shall establish a
program to allocate to States, in accordance with paragraph
(2), funds for use in awarding grants to eligible entities
under subsection (c).
(2) Allocation to states.--Not later than 30 days after the
date on which funds are made available to carry out this
section, the Administrator shall allocate the funds to States
in accordance with the formula for the distribution of funds
described in section 1452(a)(1)(D) of the Safe Drinking Water
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(a)(1)(D)).
(3) Notice.--Not later than 30 days after the date
described in paragraph (2), each State shall provide to each
eligible entity in the State a notice that funds are available
to assist the eligible entity in addressing immediate physical
security needs.
(c) Award of Grants.--
(1) Application.--An eligible entity that seeks to receive
a grant under this section shall submit to the State in which
the eligible entity is located an application for the grant in
such form and containing such information as the State may
prescribe.
(2) Condition for receipt of grant.--An eligible entity
that receives a grant under this section shall agree to expend
all funds provided by the grant not later than September 30 of
the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted.
(3) Disadvantaged, small, and rural eligible entities.--A
State that awards a grant under this section shall ensure, to
the maximum extent practicable in accordance with the income
and population distribution of the State, that a sufficient
percentage of the funds allocated to the State under subsection
(b)(2) are available for disadvantaged, small, and rural
eligible entities in the State.
(d) Eligible Projects and Activities.--
(1) In general.--A grant awarded by a State under
subsection (c) shall be used by an eligible entity to carry out
1 or more eligible projects or activities.
(2) Coordination with existing training programs.--In
awarding a grant for an eligible project or activity described
in subsection (a)(3)(B)(vii), a State shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, coordinate with training programs of rural
water associations of the State that are in effect as of the
date on which the grant is awarded.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for the fiscal year
in which this Act is enacted.
Passed the Senate December 20 (legislative day, December
18), 2001.
Attest:
Secretary.
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1608
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To establish a program to provide grants to drinking water and
wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs.