119-hr2344

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2344 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2344

To establish a program to increase drinking water and wastewater system 
 threat preparedness and resilience, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 25, 2025

Ms. Schakowsky introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

To establish a program to increase drinking water and wastewater system 
 threat preparedness and resilience, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Water Intelligence, Security, and 
Cyber Threat Protection Act'' or the ``Water ISAC Threat Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Community water system.--The term ``community water 
 system'' has the meaning given the term in 

section 1401 of the 
 Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f).

    (2) Natural hazard.--The term ``natural hazard'' has the 
 meaning given the term in 

section 1433

    (h) of the Safe Drinking 
 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300i-2

    (h) ).

    (3) Treatment works.--The term ``treatment works'' has the 
 meaning given the term in 

section 212 of the Federal Water 
 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292).

    (4) Water information sharing and analysis center.--The 
 term ``Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center'' means 
 the Information Sharing and Analysis Center referenced in 
 

section 1435
            (d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300i-
 4
            (d) ).

    (b) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall develop and carry out a program--

    (1) to encourage, support, and maintain the participation 
 of community water systems, treatment works, and other 
 appropriate entities in the Water Information Sharing and 
 Analysis Center;

    (2) to offset costs incurred by community water systems and 
 treatment works that are necessary to maintain or initiate 
 membership in the Water Information Sharing and Analysis 
 Center;

    (3) to expand the cooperation and coordination of the 
 Environmental Protection Agency with the Water Information 
 Sharing and Analysis Center with respect to incident data 
 collection and analysis of water sector-related threats; and

    (4) to enhance the tools, resources, and materials of the 
 Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center for--
        (A) monitoring the status of the water sector; and
        (B) enhancing the preparedness of community water 
 systems and publicly owned treatment works to identify, 
 protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from 
 malevolent acts (within the meaning of 

section 1433 of 
 the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300i-2)) or 
 natural hazards.
            (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2026 and 2027, to remain available until expended.
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