SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Infrastructure
Security and Research Development Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) the term ‘‘research organization’’ means a
public or private institution or entity, including a
national laboratory, State or local agency, university,
or association of water management professionals, or
a consortium of such institutions or entities, that
has the expertise to conduct 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.
SEC. 3. WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM SECURITY RESEARCH AS-
SISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in consulta-
tion and coordination with other relevant Federal agen-
cies, shall establish a program of research and develop-
ment activities to achieve short-term and long-term im-
provements to technologies and related processes for the
security of water supply systems. In carrying out the pro-
gram, the Administrator shall make grants to or enter into
cooperative agreements, interagency agreements, or con-
tracts 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 vul-
nerability assessment technologies and related proc-
esses 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 tech-
nologies and related processes for protecting the
physical assets and information systems of water
supply systems from threats;
(3) develop programs for appropriately dissemi-
nating the results of research and development 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 re-
sponding to those threats;
(4) develop scientific protocols for physical and
information systems security at water supply sys-
tems;
(5) conduct research related to or develop real-
time monitoring systems to protect against chemical,
biological, and radiological attacks;
(6) conduct research related to or develop tech-
nologies and related processes for mitigation of, re-
sponse to, and recovery from biological, chemical,
and radiological contamination of water supply sys-
tems; or
(7) carry out other research and development
activities the Administrator considers appropriate to
improve the security of water supply systems.
(c) GUIDELINES, PROCEDURES, AND CRITERIA.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall,
in consultation with representatives of relevant Fed-
eral 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 Congress the guide-
lines, procedures, and criteria proposed to be pub-
lished under paragraph (1).
(3) DIVERSITY
OF
AWARDS.—The Adminis-
trator shall ensure that, to the maximum extent
practicable, awards under this section are made for
a wide variety of projects described in subsection (b)
to meet the needs of water supply systems of various
sizes and are provided to geographically, socially,
and economically diverse recipients.
(4) SECURITY.—The Administrator shall in-
clude 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
and development 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.
SEC. 4. EFFECT ON OTHER AUTHORITIES.
Nothing in this Act limits or preempts authorities of
the Administrator under other provisions of law (including
the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act) to award grants or to enter into inter-
agency agreements, cooperative agreements, or contracts
for the types of projects and activities described in this
Act.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated 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 sub-
section (a) shall remain available until expended.
Passed the House of Representatives December 18,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.