Statutory Authority for the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) : A Comparison of H.R. 4007 and P.L. 109-295, Section 550.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Securities.

Chemicals.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (30 p), digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides brief overview of H.R. 4007, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014, as passed by the House, to allow DHS to use existing chemical facility anti-terrorism standards regulations to implement its provisions. Identifies select differences between existing statutory authority and H.R. 4007 for comparison; analyzes each section of H.R. 4007, as passed by the House, in the context of the existing statutory authority; and discusses several policy issues raised by Obama Administration in the context of chemical facility security legislation.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Aug. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Statutory Authority for the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)

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