Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2005
Latest action · Nov 10, 2005 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.
- IntroducedNov 10, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to a wastewater treatment works, state, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate agency to: (1) conduct vulnerability assessments of wastewater treatment works; (2) prepare and implement site security plans; (3) prepare emergency response plans; (4) implement certain security enhancements and alternative approaches to wastewater treatment to reduce security threats; and (5) obtain technical assistance.
Requires the Administrator to: (1) issue regulations to require owners or operators of wastewater treatment works to conduct vulnerability assessments and to implement and submit to the EPA site security and emergency response plans for treatment works; and (2) establish confidentiality protocols to protect information submitted by such owners or operators.
Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) provide technical guidance to small wastewater treatment works (serving a population of fewer than 10,000 people) on conducting vulnerability assessments, preparing emergency response and site security plans, and implementing security enhancements; (2) make grants to nonprofit organizations to improve vulnerability assessment methodologies and tools for publicly-owned treatment works, including those that are part of a combined wastewater treatment and water supply system; and (3) designate substances of concern based upon the threat from an unauthorized release from a treatment works.
Requires the Administrator to research and review terrorist threats to wastewater treatment plants and alternative means for providing wastewater treatment in the event of attacks on such treatment plants.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 10, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Original | Nov 10, 2005 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Nov 10, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Nov 10, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Nov 10, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Nov 10, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12686-12687)
- Nov 10, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S12943 | Barack Obama D-IL | Nov 16, 2005 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S12686 | James M. Jeffords R-VT | Nov 10, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL31294 | Safeguarding the Nation’s Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions Archived | Report | Jan 10, 2011 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2781 | Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2006 | Related bill | Sep 28, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to enhance the security of wastewater treatment works.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative procedure
- Chemicals
- Chlorine
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Confidential communications
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Environmental health
- Environmental law enforcement
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental research
- Environmental technology
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Freedom of information
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Infrastructure
- Law
- Nonprofit organizations
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Social Welfare
- Terrorism
- Waste water treatment
- Water supply
- Water treatment plants
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2005Introduced in Senate
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