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HR 1367 118th Congress House Water Resources Development

Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act of 2023

Introduced: March 3, 2023 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Mar 10, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
Mar 6, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 3, 2023
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.
Mar 3, 2023
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act of 2023

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a program to support increased membership and involvement of certain smaller water utilities and water treatment works (e.g., wastewater systems) in the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (WaterISAC). As background, WaterISAC is a group of water and wastewater systems and associations that coordinate with the EPA and other federal agencies to collect and analyze data on water security and threats. WaterISAC also provides analysis and resources to support response, mitigation, and resilience initiatives.

Under the bill, the EPA must develop a program to

  • encourage and support WaterISAC membership by community water systems (e.g., public water systems that regularly serve at least 25 year-round residents) and water treatment works,
  • offset membership dues for community water systems and water treatment works,
  • cooperate and coordinate with WaterISAC to expand incident data collection and analysis of threats related to the water sector, and
  • enhance WaterISAC's tools and resources for monitoring the water sector and increase the preparedness of community water systems and publicly owned water treatment works to identify and respond to malevolent acts or natural hazards.
What's happening now March 10, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.

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