[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2269 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2269
To improve environmental enforcement and security.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 1, 2004
Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) 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 improve environmental enforcement and security.
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 ``Environmental Enforcement and
Security Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Criminal enforcement program.--The term ``criminal
enforcement program'' means the criminal enforcement program of
the Criminal Investigation Division of the Office of Criminal
Enforcement, Forensics, and Training of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
(3) Special agent.--The term ``special agent'' means a
Special Agent in the Criminal Investigation Division of the
Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training of the
Environmental Protection Agency.
SEC. 3. CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT.
(a) In General.--The Administrator shall increase the number of
special agents assigned to the criminal enforcement program as
necessary to ensure that the total number of special agents assigned to
the criminal enforcement program--
(1) by September 30, 2005, is at least 330;
(2) by September 30, 2006, is at least 340; and
(3) by September 30, 2007, is at least 355.
(b) Homeland Security and Protective Service Duties.--Not later
than September 30, 2005, the Administrator shall ensure that at least
80 special agents are assigned to homeland security and protective
service duties.
(c) Administrative Support Staff.--The Administrator shall maintain
a number of administrative support staff to support special agents that
is not less than 10 percent of the number of special agents.
SEC. 4. HOMELAND SECURITY DUTIES OF SPECIAL AGENTS.
The Administrator may assign special agents from the criminal
enforcement program--
(1) to support crisis management and consequence management
activities during terrorism attacks;
(2) to support the anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism
efforts of the Department of Homeland Security and the
Department of Justice to detect, prevent, prepare for, protect
against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks; and
(3) to provide protective service duties.
SEC. 5. DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION.
(a) In General.--The Administrator may provide grants to drinking
water systems to improve the security of those facilities against
terrorist attack.
(b) Criteria.--The Administrator shall distribute the grants based
on criteria, developed jointly with the Secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security, that consider--
(1) population density; or
(2) service to critical national assets.
(c) Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center.--The
Administrator shall provide for the operation of the Water Information
Sharing and Analysis Center at no cost to subscribers.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Criminal Enforcement.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to carry out section 3--
(1) $54,450,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $57,970,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $62,480,000 for fiscal year 2007.
(b) Enforcement Training.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to train Federal, State, and local lawyers, inspectors, civil and
criminal investigators, and technical experts in the enforcement of
environmental laws--
(1) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
(c) Compliance Assistance.--To improve compliance with
environmental laws and reduce risk to human health and the environment,
there are authorized to be appropriated to provide information and
technical assistance to the individuals and entities that are subject
to regulation under this or any other Federal environmental law to
increase the understanding of those individuals and entities of
statutory and regulatory environmental requirements--
(1) $37,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $47,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
(d) Enforcement Targeting.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to develop and use strategic targeting tools to assist the
Administrator and States in compliance assistance and civil and
criminal enforcement activities--
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $5,150,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $5,300,000 for fiscal year 2007.
(e) Authorizations of Appropriations.--
(1) Drinking water infrastructure protection.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5(a)
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended.
(2) Water information sharing and analysis center.--There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5(c)
$5,000,000 for each fiscal year.
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