US Congress House Bill 916 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2011 - Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to extend until October 4, 2015, the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue interim final regulations establishing risk-based performance standards for security of chemical facilities and requiring vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans for such facilities. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and in coordination with the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs, to: (1) establish a voluntary chemical security training program to enhance the capabilities of high-risk chemical facilities to prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate against, and recover from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other man-made disasters; and (2) develop a voluntary chemical security exercise program to offer voluntary testing and evaluation of the capabilities of the federal government, state governments, commercial personnel and management, emergency response providers, and the private sector to prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies at chemical facilities.

Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2011

Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2011-03-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
2011-03-03	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2011-03-03	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-03-03	House	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 concerned.

HB908 (Related) 2011-09-19 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 139.
SB473 (Related) 2011-10-20 - By Senator Lieberman from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 112-90.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/916/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr916/BILLS-112hr916ih.pdf