Wastewater Treatment Works Security and Safety Act
Latest action · Oct 3, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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 3, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to review both the assessment and the plan. Provides for the protection of the confidentiality of such information, including criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure.
Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to water treatment works to assist in compliance and pay the costs of basic security enhancements. Provides grants for immediate and urgent security needs.
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator to research and review possible terrorist means of intentional disruption as well as alternative treatment processes should a disruption occur.
Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for the improvement of vulnerability self-assessment tools for publicly owned treatment works.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Oct 3, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Oct 3, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9904-9905)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Cameras
- Chemicals
- Computer security measures
- Computer software
- Confidential communications
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- District of Columbia
- EBB Terrorism
- Emergency Management
- Employee selection
- Employee training
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Explosives
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Information services
- Infrastructure
- Labor and Employment
- Lighting
- Maintenance and repair
- Maryland
- Recycling of waste products
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Sewage treatment
- Sewerage
- Terrorism
- Virginia
- Waste water treatment
- Water pollution control
- Water Resources Development
- Water storage
- Water supply
- Water treatment plants
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