Water Infrastructure
Security and Research Development Act (Introduced in the House)
HR 3178 IH
107th
CONGRESS
1st
Session
H. R. 3178
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. BOEHLERT (for himself, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. BARCIA, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. FORBES, and Mrs. WILSON) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science
A BILL
Be it enacted
by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled,
This Act may
be cited as the `Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act'.
For purposes
of this Act--
(1) the term
`Administrator' means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) the term
`research organization' means a public or private nonprofit institution or
entity, including a national laboratory, university, or association of water
management professionals, or a consortium of such institutions or entities,
that conducts research to improve the security of water supply systems; and
(3) the term
`water supply system' means a public water system, as defined in section
1401(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f(4)), and a treatment
works, as defined in section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1292), that is publicly owned or principally treating municipal waste
water or domestic sewage.
(a) IN
GENERAL- The Administrator, in consultation and coordination with other
relevant Federal agencies, shall establish a program of research, development,
and demonstration activities to achieve short-term and long-term improvements
to technologies and related processes for the security of water supply systems.
In carrying out the program, the Administrator shall make grants to or enter
into cooperative agreements with research organizations.
(b) PROJECTS-
Awards provided under this section shall be used by a research organization
to--
(1) conduct
research related to or develop vulnerability assessment technologies and
related processes for water supply systems to assess physical vulnerabilities
(including biological, chemical, and radiological contamination) and
information systems vulnerabilities;
(2) conduct
research related to or develop technologies and related processes for
protecting the physical assets and information systems of water supply systems
from threats;
(3) develop
programs for disseminating the results of research, development, and
demonstration to the public to increase awareness of the nature and extent of
threats to water supply systems, and to managers of water supply systems to
increase the use of technologies and related processes for responding to those
threats;
(4)
demonstrate and assess upgraded security technologies and related processes for
water supply systems, and determine operational and cost impacts of the
application of enhanced security measures;
(5) develop
guidelines, standards, and procedures providing for physical and information
systems security at water supply systems;
(6) conduct
research related to or develop real-time monitoring systems to protect against
chemical, biological, and radiological attacks;
(7) conduct
research related to or develop technologies and related processes for
mitigation of, response to, and recovery from biological, chemical, and
radiological contamination of water supply systems; or
(8) carry out
other research, development, and demonstration activities the Administrator
considers appropriate, including information sharing and analysis, to improve
the security of water supply systems.
(c)
GUIDELINES, PROCEDURES, AND CRITERIA-
(1)
REQUIREMENT- The Administrator shall, in consultation with representatives of
relevant Federal and State agencies, water supply systems, and other
appropriate public and private entities, publish application and selection
guidelines, procedures, and criteria for awards under this section.
(2) REPORT TO
CONGRESS- Not later than 90 days before publication under paragraph (1), the
Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate
the guidelines, procedures, and criteria proposed to be published under
paragraph (1).
(3) DIVERSITY
OF AWARDS- The Administrator shall ensure that, to the maximum extent
practicable, awards under this section are made for a wide variety of projects
described in subsection (b) and are provided to geographically diverse
recipients.
(4) SECURITY-
The Administrator shall include as a condition for receiving an award under
this section requirements to ensure that the recipient has in place appropriate
security measures regarding the entities and individuals who carry out
research, development, and demonstration activities under the award.
(5)
DISSEMINATION- The Administrator shall include as a condition for receiving an
award under this section requirements to ensure the appropriate dissemination
of the results of activities carried out under the award.
(d) COST
SHARING-
(1)
DEMONSTRATION- The Administrator shall require at least 50 percent of the costs
directly and specifically related to any demonstration project under this Act
to be provided from non-Federal sources. The Administrator may reduce the
non-Federal requirement under this paragraph if the Administrator determines
that the reduction is necessary and appropriate considering the technological
risks involved in the project and is necessary to meet the objectives of this
Act.
(2)
CALCULATION OF AMOUNT- In calculating the amount of the non-Federal commitment
under paragraph (1), the Administrator may include personnel, services,
equipment, and other resources.
(a) IN
GENERAL- There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry
out this Act $12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
and 2006.
(b)
AVAILABILITY- Funds appropriated under subsection (a) shall remain available
until expended.