I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6121 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to climate resiliency, 
security, and source water protection planning, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 
Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. PALLONE, and Mr. TONKO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to 
climate resiliency, security, and source water protection 
planning, 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 ‘‘Climate Resiliency, Se-
curity, and Source Water Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CLIMATE RESILIENCY, SECURITY, AND SOURCE 
WATER PROTECTION PLANNING. 
Section 1433 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300i–2) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 1433. CLIMATE RESILIENCY, SECURITY, AND SOURCE 
WATER PROTECTION. 
‘‘(a) SOURCE WATER AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 24 months 
after the date of enactment of the Climate Resil-
iency, Security, and Source Water Protection Act, 
each community water system shall submit to the 
Administrator source water and distribution system 
vulnerability assessments. 
‘‘(2) IDENTIFICATION
OF
THREATS.—Assess-
ments submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
identify— 
‘‘(A) threats to the community water sys-
tem’s source water from industrial activity, 
pipelines and storage tanks, contaminated sites, 
agricultural activity, and oil and gas explo-
ration; 
‘‘(B) threats to the community water sys-
tem’s source water and distribution system 
from climate change, extreme weather, drought, 
and temperature changes; and 
‘‘(C) threats to the community water sys-
tem’s source water and distribution system 
from intentional acts, including intentional con-
tamination, sabotage, and theft of any chemical 
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of interest (as designated under Appendix A to 
part 27 of title 6, Code of Federal Regulations, 
or any successor thereto). 
‘‘(3) ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES.—Assess-
ments submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall in-
clude a comparison of the disinfection methods used 
by the community water system and reasonably 
available alternative disinfection methods, including 
a determination of whether reasonably available al-
ternative disinfection methods could reduce the com-
munity water system’s vulnerability to the threats 
identified pursuant to paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) PERIODIC REVIEW AND RESUBMISSION.— 
Each community water system submitting a vulner-
ability assessment pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
review, revise as necessary, and resubmit such as-
sessment not less often than every 5 years. 
‘‘(5) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Climate Resiliency, Se-
curity, and Source Water Protection Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall provide guidance to community 
water systems for the preparation of vulnerability 
assessments under this subsection. 
‘‘(b) SOURCE WATER AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 
PROTECTION PLANS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date of enactment of the Climate Resil-
iency, Security, and Source Water Protection Act, 
each community water system shall submit to the 
Administrator source water and distribution system 
protection plans. 
‘‘(2) MITIGATION OF IDENTIFIED THREATS.— 
Plans submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
identify strategies and resources to mitigate the 
threats identified in assessments prepared pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) 
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
PLANNING.— 
Plans submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall in-
clude specific emergency response plans for the 
threats identified in assessments prepared pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
‘‘(4) PERIODIC REVIEW AND RESUBMISSION.— 
Each community water system submitting a plan 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall review, revise as 
necessary, and resubmit such plan not less often 
than every 5 years. 
‘‘(5) GUIDANCE.—Not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of the Climate Resiliency, Se-
curity, and Source Water Protection Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall provide guidance to community 
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water systems for the preparation of plans under 
this subsection. 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish and implement a program, to be known as 
the Drinking Water Infrastructure Resiliency and 
Sustainability Program, under which the Adminis-
trator may award grants in each of fiscal years 2017 
through 2021 to owners or operators of community 
water systems for the purpose of increasing the re-
siliency or adaptability of the community water sys-
tems to threats identified pursuant to subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—As a condition on receipt 
of a grant under this section, an owner or operator 
of a community water system shall agree to use the 
grant funds exclusively to assist in the planning, de-
sign, construction, implementation, operation, or 
maintenance of a program or project consistent with 
a plan developed pursuant to subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.— 
‘‘(A) WATER SYSTEMS AT GREATEST AND 
MOST IMMEDIATE RISK.—In selecting grantees 
under this subsection, the Administrator shall 
give priority to applicants that are owners or 
operators of community water systems that are, 
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based on the best available research and data, 
at the greatest and most immediate risk of fac-
ing significant negative impacts due to threats 
described in subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(B) GOALS.—In selecting among appli-
cants described in subparagraph (A), the Ad-
ministrator shall ensure that, to the maximum 
extent practicable, the final list of applications 
funded for each year includes a substantial 
number that propose to use innovative ap-
proaches to meet one or more of the following 
goals: 
‘‘(i) Promoting more efficient water 
use, water conservation, water reuse, or 
water recycling. 
‘‘(ii) Using decentralized, low-impact 
development technologies and nonstructur-
al approaches, including practices that use, 
enhance, or mimic the natural hydrological 
cycle or protect natural flows. 
‘‘(iii) Reducing stormwater runoff or 
flooding by protecting or enhancing nat-
ural ecosystem functions. 
‘‘(iv) Modifying, upgrading, enhanc-
ing, or replacing existing community water 
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system 
infrastructure 
in 
response 
to 
changing hydrologic conditions. 
‘‘(v) Improving water quality or quan-
tity for agricultural and municipal uses, in-
cluding through salinity reduction. 
‘‘(vi) Providing multiple benefits, in-
cluding to water supply enhancement or 
demand reduction, water quality protection 
or improvement, increased flood protection, 
and ecosystem protection or improvement. 
‘‘(4) COST-SHARING.— 
‘‘(A) FEDERAL SHARE.—The share of the 
cost of any activity that is the subject of a 
grant awarded by the Administrator to the 
owner or operator of a community water system 
under this subsection shall not exceed 50 per-
cent of the cost of the activity. 
‘‘(B) 
CALCULATION
OF
NON-FEDERAL 
SHARE.—In calculating the non-Federal share 
of the cost of an activity proposed by a commu-
nity water system in an application submitted 
under this subsection, the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(i) include the value of any in-kind 
services that are integral to the completion 
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of the activity, including reasonable admin-
istrative and overhead costs; and 
‘‘(ii) not include any other amount 
that the community water system involved 
receives from the Federal Government. 
‘‘(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 
years after the date of the enactment of the Climate 
Resiliency, Security, and Source Water Protection 
Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the Administrator 
shall submit to the Congress a report on progress in 
implementing this subsection, including information 
on project applications received and funded annually. 
‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
To carry out this subsection, there are authorized to 
be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2017 through 2021.’’. 
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