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[S. 1608 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 273
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1608

                          [Report No. 107-119]

    To establish a program to provide grants to drinking water and 
        wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 31, 2001

Mr. Smith of New Hampshire (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Graham, and 
  Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

                           December 10, 2001

              Reported by Mr. Jeffords, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
    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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. WATER SECURITY GRANTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' 
        means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' 
        means a publicly- or privately-owned drinking water or 
        wastewater facility.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Eligible project or activity.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``eligible 
                project or activity'' includes a project or activity 
                relating to--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) security staffing;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) detection of 
                        intruders;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) installation and maintenance 
                        of fencing, gating, or lighting;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) installation of and 
                        monitoring on closed-circuit 
                        television;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) rekeying of doors and 
                        locks;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vi) site maintenance, such as 
                        maintenance to increase visibility around 
                        facilities, windows, and doorways;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vii) development, acquisition, or 
                        use of guidance manuals, educational videos, or 
                        training programs; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Establishment of Program.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Award of Grants.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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, 2002.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Eligible Projects and Activities.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002.</DELETED>

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.




                                                       Calendar No. 273

107th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1608

                          [Report No. 107-119]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To establish a program to provide grants to drinking water and 
        wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 10, 2001

                       Reported with an amendment