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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 Administrator 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 ASSISTANCE.

(a) In General.--The Administrator, in consultation and
coordination with other relevant Federal agencies, shall establish a
program of research and development 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, interagency agreements, or contracts 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 appropriately disseminating 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 responding to
those threats;
(4) develop scientific protocols for physical and
information systems security at water supply systems;
(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 technologies and
related processes for mitigation of, response to, and recovery
from biological, chemical, and radiological contamination of
water supply systems; 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 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 Congress 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) 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 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 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 Pollution Control Act) to
award grants or to enter into interagency 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 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.

Passed the House of Representatives December 18, 2001.

Attest:

JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.
A:
Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program of research, development, and demonstration activities to achieve improvements to technologies and related processes for the security of water supply systems. Requires the program to be carried out through grants to, or cooperative agreements with, research organizations to be used for: (1) research regarding, or development of, vulnerability assessment and physical asset and information system protection technologies; (2) dissemination of research, development, and demonstration results to the public and to managers of water supply systems; (3) demonstration and assessment of upgraded security technologies; (4) development of security standards and procedures; (5) research and development related to real-time monitoring to protect against, and technologies and processes to address, chemical, biological, and radiological contamination; and (6) other research, development, and demonstration activities the Administrator deems appropriate, including information sharing and analysis.Requires a report to Congress.States requirements for cost sharing by non-Federal sources.Authorizes appropriations.