[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2269 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2269

           To improve environmental enforcement and security.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 1, 2004

Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
           To improve environmental enforcement and security.

    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 ``Environmental Enforcement and 
Security Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Criminal enforcement program.--The term ``criminal 
        enforcement program'' means the criminal enforcement program of 
        the Criminal Investigation Division of the Office of Criminal 
        Enforcement, Forensics, and Training of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency.
            (3) Special agent.--The term ``special agent'' means a 
        Special Agent in the Criminal Investigation Division of the 
        Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency.

SEC. 3. CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall increase the number of 
special agents assigned to the criminal enforcement program as 
necessary to ensure that the total number of special agents assigned to 
the criminal enforcement program--
            (1) by September 30, 2005, is at least 330;
            (2) by September 30, 2006, is at least 340; and
            (3) by September 30, 2007, is at least 355.
    (b) Homeland Security and Protective Service Duties.--Not later 
than September 30, 2005, the Administrator shall ensure that at least 
80 special agents are assigned to homeland security and protective 
service duties.
    (c) Administrative Support Staff.--The Administrator shall maintain 
a number of administrative support staff to support special agents that 
is not less than 10 percent of the number of special agents.

SEC. 4. HOMELAND SECURITY DUTIES OF SPECIAL AGENTS.

    The Administrator may assign special agents from the criminal 
enforcement program--
            (1) to support crisis management and consequence management 
        activities during terrorism attacks;
            (2) to support the anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism 
        efforts of the Department of Homeland Security and the 
        Department of Justice to detect, prevent, prepare for, protect 
        against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks; and
            (3) to provide protective service duties.

SEC. 5. DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator may provide grants to drinking 
water systems to improve the security of those facilities against 
terrorist attack.
    (b) Criteria.--The Administrator shall distribute the grants based 
on criteria, developed jointly with the Secretary of the Department of 
Homeland Security, that consider--
            (1) population density; or
            (2) service to critical national assets.
    (c) Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center.--The 
Administrator shall provide for the operation of the Water Information 
Sharing and Analysis Center at no cost to subscribers.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Criminal Enforcement.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out section 3--
            (1) $54,450,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            (2) $57,970,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
            (3) $62,480,000 for fiscal year 2007.
    (b) Enforcement Training.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
to train Federal, State, and local lawyers, inspectors, civil and 
criminal investigators, and technical experts in the enforcement of 
environmental laws--
            (1) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            (2) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
            (3) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
    (c) Compliance Assistance.--To improve compliance with 
environmental laws and reduce risk to human health and the environment, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to provide information and 
technical assistance to the individuals and entities that are subject 
to regulation under this or any other Federal environmental law to 
increase the understanding of those individuals and entities of 
statutory and regulatory environmental requirements--
            (1) $37,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            (2) $47,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
            (3) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
    (d) Enforcement Targeting.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
to develop and use strategic targeting tools to assist the 
Administrator and States in compliance assistance and civil and 
criminal enforcement activities--
            (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
            (2) $5,150,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
            (3) $5,300,000 for fiscal year 2007.
    (e) Authorizations of Appropriations.--
            (1) Drinking water infrastructure protection.--There is 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5(a) 
        $100,000,000, to remain available until expended.
            (2) Water information sharing and analysis center.--There 
        is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5(c) 
        $5,000,000 for each fiscal year.
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