H.R.2868 - Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend, modify, and recodify the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities, and for other purposes. view all titles (9)

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  • Short: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend, modify, and recodify the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 as reported to house.
  • Official: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to enhance the security of public water systems, and to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to enhance the security of wastewater treatment works, and for other purposes. as amended by house.
  • Short: Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009 as passed house.
  • Short: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 as passed house.
  • Short: Drinking Water System Security Act of 2009 as passed house.
  • Short: Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2009 as passed house.
  • Official: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to enhance the security of public water systems, and to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to enhance the security of wastewater treatment works, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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12/02/10
Chemical Industry Puppet or Homela...

Together they spent $31 million on lobbying last year, which included efforts to weaken or oppose legislation (HR 2868) that passed the ...

Source: Greenpeace USA (blog)
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11/29/10
RE: H.R.2868

The Democrat-controlled House passed comprehensive legislation (HR 2868) last year to permanently authorize CFATS, but Republicans—and t...

Source: Chemical & Engineering News
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07/27/10
NACD Commends Senate Committee for...

Unlike the version of HR 2868 passed by the House of Representatives late last year that imposes inherently-safer technology mandates an...

Source: PR Newswire (press release)
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07/15/10
Lautenberg Introduces Bills to Pro...

Similar legislation, the Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009, HR 2868, was approved in the US House of Representatives on November 6...

Source: Water World
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07/15/10
Kristen Breunig: Support the Safe ...

Your signature will show our senators — Bennett and Udall — that they should co-sponsor the Safe Chemicals Act, which passed in the Hous...

Source: Summit Daily News
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07/15/10
NACD Concerned with Introduction o...

Like the House-passed bill, HR 2868, the Senator's legislation would create a much more prescriptive system than the current CFATS regul...

Source: PR Newswire (press release)
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07/14/10
Chemical Disaster Prevention Legis...

The Lautenberg legislation is based on the compromise bill (HR 2868) adopted by the House of Representatives last November. Disaster pre...

Source: PR Newswire (press release)
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07/14/10
What Will Protect 110 Million Amer...

In summary, the analysis suggests that HR 2868 will have a slight positive impact on the US economy and a small increase in net employme...

Source: PR Newswire (press release)
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07/10/10
Napolitano Makes Push for CFATS

One bill (HR 2868), sponsored by Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., would require companies that deal with potentially...

Source: HSToday
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11/15/09
House passes chemical security bil...

Two major oil industry trade associations immediately criticized the bill, HR 2868, which now heads to the Senate. National Petrochemica...

Source: Oil & Gas Journal
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09/07/11
H.R.2868: Unemployed Workers Hirin...

All Bill Titles. Short: Unemployed Workers Hiring Act of 2011 as introduced.Official: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provi...

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12/31/10
AWWA: Local Decision-Making Critic...

A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in the fall, H.R. 2868, would create a new chemical security program for water and was...

Source: tdwebz.com
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12/22/10
GAO Issues Report on Sexual Abuse ...

The Senate replaced H.R. 2868 with a new version of the bill. The version passed by the Senate committee is identical to the House versio...

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12/19/10
Chemical Facility Security News: S...

In the three bills reported by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HR 2868, S 1649, and S 3480), the bills w...

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12/17/10
Week at a Glance: June 22-26: Univ...

Homeland Security marks up chemical facility security legislation, HR 2868. IN THE SENATE. Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pens...

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12/16/10
Defense Legislation: Chemical Faci...

The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2868, an authorization bill which addresses chemical facility, water treatment facility, and was...

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12/16/10
Penny Hill Press » Blog Archive » ...

The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2868, an authorization bill which addresses chemical facility, water treatment facility, and was...

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12/03/10
Chemical Industry Puppet or Homela...

If Congress were to enact comprehensive chemical security legislation (HR. 2868) as the House of Representatives did in 2009, the DHS wou...

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11/29/10
Earthopolis : December 2009 | outl...

Eight years after the September 11th attacks, the House of Representatives on November 6th 2009 approved the “Chemical and Water Security...

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11/26/10
WashingtonWatch.com Digest – Novem...

Updated Items. HR 2868 The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 Costs $3.77 per family. Passed Items. none. email newsletter | te...

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