H.R.225 - Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2011
To provide that no Federal funds may be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to approve a site security plan for a chemical facility, unless the facility meets or exceeds security standards and requirements to protect the facility against acts of terrorism established for such a facility by the State or local government for the area where the facility is located, and for other purposes.
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To provide that no Federal funds may be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to approve a site security plan for a chemical facility, unless the facility meets or exceeds security standards and requirements to protect the facility against acts of terrorism established for such a facility by the State or local government for the area where the facility is located, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 concernedCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
To provide that no Federal funds may be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to approve a site security plan for a chemical facility, unless the facility meets or exceeds security standards and requirements to protect the facility against acts of terrorism established for such a facility by the State or local government for the area where the facility is located, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(1) LIMITATION- No Federal funds may be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to approve a site security plan for a chemical facility unless the facility meets or exceeds security standards and requirements to protect the facility against acts of terrorism established for such a facility by the State or local government for the area where the facility is located.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(2) DEFINITIONS- In this subsection, each of the terms ‘site security plan’ and ‘chemical facility’ has the meaning that the term has in section 550 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109-295; 120 Stat. 1388), as amended by this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) Amendments to Existing Law Relating to Approval of Security Plans- Section 550 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109-295; 120 Stat. 1388) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(A) by inserting ‘from a terrorist attack’ after ‘shall issue interim final regulations establishing risk-based performance standards for security of chemical facilities’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(B) by inserting ‘of a terrorist attack’ after ‘in the discretion of the Secretary, present high levels of security risk’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(C) by striking ‘the Secretary may not disapprove a site security plan submitted under this section based on the presence or absence of a particular security measure, but’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(B) by striking ‘vulnerability assessments, site security plans, and other information submitted to or obtained by the Secretary under this section, and related vulnerability or security information,’ and inserting ‘vulnerability assessments and site security plans’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(C) by striking ‘classified material’ and inserting ‘sensitive security information (as that term is used in section 1520.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations)’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(3) in subsection (d), by striking: ‘: Provided, That nothing in this section confers upon any person except the Secretary a right of action against an owner or operator of a chemical facility to enforce any provision of this section.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.225 as Introduced in House Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2011
