I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1367 
To establish a program to increase drinking water and wastewater system 
threat preparedness and resilience, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2023 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a program to increase drinking water and waste-
water system threat preparedness and resilience, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water System Threat 
Preparedness and Resilience Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) COMMUNITY
WATER
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘community water system’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300f). 
(2) NATURAL
HAZARD.—The term ‘‘natural 
hazard’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
1433(h) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300i–2(h)). 
(3) TREATMENT WORKS.—The term ‘‘treatment 
works’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1292). 
(4) WATER INFORMATION SHARING AND ANAL-
YSIS CENTER.—The term ‘‘Water Information Shar-
ing and Analysis Center’’ means the Information 
Sharing and Analysis Center referenced in section 
1435(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300i–4(d)). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall develop and 
carry out a program— 
(1) to encourage, support, and maintain the 
participation of community water systems, treatment 
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works, and other appropriate entities in the Water 
Information Sharing and Analysis Center; 
(2) to offset costs incurred by community water 
systems and treatment works that are necessary to 
maintain or initiate membership in the Water Infor-
mation Sharing and Analysis Center; 
(3) to expand the cooperation and coordination 
of the Environmental Protection Agency with the 
Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center 
with respect to incident data collection and analysis 
of water sector-related threats; and 
(4) to enhance the tools, resources, and mate-
rials of the Water Information Sharing and Analysis 
Center for— 
(A) monitoring the status of the water sec-
tor; and 
(B) enhancing the preparedness of commu-
nity water systems and publicly owned treat-
ment works to identify, protect against, detect, 
respond to, and recover from malevolent acts 
(within the meaning of section 1433 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300i–2)) or 
natural hazards. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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