[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 27931]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



     TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
consideration of Calendar No. 273, S. 1608.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1608) to establish a program to provide grants 
     to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate 
     security needs.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill 
which had been reported from the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     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.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read the 
third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, 
and any statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1608), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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