HR 3178 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act

Introduced Oct 30, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Sherwood Boehlert R-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 19, 2001 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 299.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 30, 2001
Passed HouseDec 18, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 47

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 30, 2001 to Dec 18, 2001, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Brian Baird	Original	Oct 30, 2001
R-MD	Constance A. Morella	Original	Oct 30, 2001
R-PA	Curt Weldon	Original	Oct 30, 2001
R-NM	Heather Wilson	Original	Oct 30, 2001
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Original	Oct 30, 2001
D-MI	James A. Barcia	Original	Oct 30, 2001
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers	Original	Oct 30, 2001
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		Nov 13, 2001
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Nov 13, 2001
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Nov 13, 2001
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Nov 15, 2001
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Nov 15, 2001
D-OR	David Wu		Nov 15, 2001
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Nov 15, 2001
R-NY	Felix J. Grucci Jr.		Nov 15, 2001

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Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 19, 2001Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 299.
Dec 18, 2001Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10186-10193)
Dec 18, 2001DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3178.
Dec 18, 2001Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 18, 2001Mr. Boehlert moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1593	Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act	Companion bill	Dec 20, 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

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