US Congress House Bill 68 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2013 - Prohibits federal funds from being used by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) 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.

Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2013

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
2013-01-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-01-03	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/68/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr68/BILLS-113hr68ih.pdf