Drinking Water Security Act of 2005

Drinking Water Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report to Congress on progress in and impediments to implementing methods to prevent, detect, and respond to the intentional introduction of chemical, biological or radiological contaminants into community water systems. Directs the Administrator to develop and carry out an implementation plan for FY2006-FY2010.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1426 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1426

    To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize and extend 
provisions relating to contaminant prevention, detection, and response.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 19, 2005

   Mr. Obama introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize and extend 
provisions relating to contaminant prevention, detection, and response.

    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 ``Drinking Water Security Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. CONTAMINANT PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND RESPONSE.

    Section 1434 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300i-3) is 
amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of the Drinking Water Security Act of 2005, the Administrator shall 
submit to Congress a report that includes--
            ``(1) a description of the progress made as of that date in 
        implementing this section;
            ``(2) a description of any impediments to that 
        implementation identified by the Administrator, including--
                    ``(A) difficulty in coordinating the implementation 
                with other Federal, State, or local agencies or 
                organizations;
                    ``(B) insufficient funding for effective 
                implementation;
                    ``(C) a lack of authorization to take certain 
                actions (including the authority to hire necessary 
                personnel) required to carry out the implementation; 
                and
                    ``(D) technological impediments to developing the 
                methods, means, and equipment specified in subsection 
                (a)(1).
    ``(c) Implementation Plan.--The Administrator shall develop, and 
carry out during the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, an 
implementation plan with respect to actions described in subsection (a) 
that--
            ``(1) is consistent with actions taken under that 
        subsection as of the date on which the implementation plan is 
        finalized; and
            ``(2) reflects the findings of the report submitted under 
        subsection (b).
    ``(d) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.''.
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