S. 3416 · 116th Congress
Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2020
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Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2020
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 5, 2020
Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2020
This bill reauthorizes the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for another five years. The CFATS program regulates high-risk chemical facilities to reduce the risk of terrorist attacks.
Among other requirements, DHS must
- issue a strategy to improve the cybersecurity of chemical facilities and the sharing of information with local emergency responders;
- prescribe regulations to establish the CFATS Recognition Program to enhance security of chemical facilities and provide incentives for greater regulatory relief;
- conduct a review every two years of audits and inspections and develop an official standard to evaluate the consistency of such audits and inspections;
- implement a Personnel Surety Program with respect to Tier 3 and Tier 4 facilities (currently, limited to Tier 1 [highest risk] and Tier 2);
- make information available to state, local, and regional fusion centers and state and local government officials, in a secure and expeditious manner; and
- implement a system under which an owner or operator of a chemical facility may request an informal consultation relating to a preliminary deficiency determination.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2020
Latest action (Mar 5, 2020): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 5, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.