Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2007

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 requriements 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.

3/15/2007--Introduced.
Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2007 - Prohibits federal funds from being 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 it against terrorist acts established by the state or local government for the area where it is located.
Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to:
(1) repeal a provision prohibiting the Secretary from disapproving a site security plan based on the presence or absence of a particular security measure;
(2) require vulnerability assessments and site security plans to be treated as sensitive security information; and
(3) repeal a provision limiting to the Secretary any right of action against a chemical facility owner or operator to enforce security measures.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
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Committees

• House Homeland Security
• 3 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Homeland Security
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March 15, 2007

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• Mar 26, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
• Mar 16, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
• Mar 15, 2007: Referred to House Homeland Security
• Mar 15, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Mar 15, 2007: 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.
• Mar 15, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2600-2601)
• Introduced on Mar 15, 2007.
• Mar 15, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2600-2601)

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• Emergency management
• Actions and defenses
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• Chemical industries
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• Counterterrorism
• Criminal justice
• Government information
• Intelligence activities
• Law
• Local laws
• Official secrets
• Risk
• Security classification (Government documents)
• Security measures
• State and local government
• State laws
• Terrorism

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