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Union Calendar No. 366 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4007 

[Report No. 113–491, Part I] 

To recodify and reauthorize the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards 

Program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2014 

Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. GENE

GREEN of Texas, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, and Mr. ROGERS of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce, 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 

JUNE 23, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MARINO, Mr. DAINES, Mr. PERRY, and Mr. VELA

JUNE 23, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JUNE 23, 2014 

The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 

printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 6, 2014] 


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A BILL 

To recodify and reauthorize the Chemical Facility AntiTerrorism Standards Program. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chemical Facility Anti5 Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Account6 ability Act of 2014’’. 

7 SEC. 2. CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS 

8 PROGRAM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 

10 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

11 end the following: 

12 ‘‘TITLE XXI—CHEMICAL FACILITY 

13 ANTI–TERRORISM STANDARDS 

14 ‘‘SEC. 2101. CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STAND15 ARDS PROGRAM. 

16 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—There is in the De17 partment a Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards 

18 Program. Under such Program, the Secretary shall establish 

19 risk-based performance standards designed to protect cov20 ered chemical facilities and chemical facilities of interest 

21 from acts of terrorism and other security risks and require 

22 such facilities to submit security vulnerability assessments 

23 and to develop and implement site security plans. 

24 ‘‘(b) SECURITY MEASURES.—Site security plans re25 quired under subsection (a) may include layered security 


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1 measures that, in combination, appropriately address the 

2 security vulnerability assessment and the risk-based per3 formance standards for security for the facility. 

4 ‘‘(c) APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF SITE SECURITY

5 PLANS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall review 

7 and approve or disapprove each security vulnerability 

8 assessment and site security plan under subsection 

9 (a). The Secretary may not disapprove a site security 

10 plan based on the presence or absence of a particular 

11 security measure, but the Secretary shall disapprove 

12 a site security plan if the plan fails to satisfy the 

13 risk-based performance standards established under 

14 subsection (a). 

15 ‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE SECURITY PROGRAMS.—The 

16 Secretary may approve an alternative security pro17 gram established by a private sector entity or a Fed18 eral, State, or local authority or pursuant to other 

19 applicable laws, if the Secretary determines that the 

20 requirements of such program meet the requirements 

21 of this section. A covered chemical facility may meet 

22 the site security plan requirement under subsection 

23 (a) by adopting an alternative security program that 

24 has been reviewed and approved by the Secretary 

25 under this paragraph. 


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1 ‘‘(3) SITE SECURITY PLAN ASSESSMENTS.—In 

2 approving or disapproving a site security plan under 

3 this subsection, the Secretary shall employ the risk as4 sessment policies and procedures developed under this 

5 title. In the case of a covered chemical facility for 

6 which a site security plan has been approved by the 

7 Secretary before the date of the enactment of this title, 

8 the Secretary may not require the resubmission of the 

9 site security information solely by reason of the enact10 ment of this title. 

11 ‘‘(4) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary may con12 sult with the Government Accountability Office to in13 vestigate the feasibility and applicability a third 

14 party accreditation program that would work with 

15 industry stakeholders to develop site security plans 

16 that may be applicable to all similarly situated facili17 ties. The program would include the development of 

18 Program-Specific Handbooks for facilities to reference 

19 on site. 

20 ‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE.— 

21 ‘‘(1) AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

23 conduct the audit and inspection of covered 

24 chemical facilities for the purpose of determining 

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1 tion may be carried out by a non-Department or 

2 nongovernment entity, as approved by the Sec3 retary. 

4 ‘‘(B) REPORTING STRUCTURE.—Any audit 

5 or inspection conducted by an individual em6 ployed by a nongovernment entity shall be as7 signed in coordination with the head of audits 

8 and inspections for the region in which the audit 

9 or inspection is to be conducted. When in the 

10 field, any individual employed by a nongovern11 ment entity shall report to the respective head of 

12 audits and inspections for the region in which 

13 the individual is operating. 

14 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENTS FOR NONGOVERNMENT

15 PERSONNEL.—If the Secretary arranges for an 

16 audit or inspection under subparagraph (A) to 

17 be carried out by a nongovernment entity, the 

18 Secretary shall require, as a condition of such 

19 arrangement, that any individual who conducts 

20 the audit or inspection be a citizen of the United 

21 States and shall prescribe standards for the qual22 ification of the individuals who carry out such 

23 audits and inspections that are commensurate 

24 with the standards for a Government auditor or 

25 inspector. Such standards shall include— 


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1 ‘‘(i) minimum training requirements 

2 for new auditors or inspectors; 

3 ‘‘(ii) retraining requirements; 

4 ‘‘(iii) minimum education and experi5 ence levels; 

6 ‘‘(iv) the submission of information as 

7 required by the Secretary to enable deter8 mination of whether the auditor or inspec9 tor has a conflict of interest; 

10 ‘‘(v) the maintenance of a secret secu11 rity clearance; 

12 ‘‘(vi) reporting any issue of non-com13 pliance with this section to the Secretary 

14 within 24 hours; and 

15 ‘‘(vii) any additional qualifications for 

16 fitness of duty as the Secretary may estab17 lish. 

18 ‘‘(D) TRAINING OF DEPARTMENT AUDITORS

19 AND INSPECTORS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 

20 standards for the training and retraining of in21 dividuals employed by the Department as audi22 tors and inspectors. Such standards shall in23 clude— 

24 ‘‘(i) minimum training requirements 

25 for new auditors and inspectors; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) retraining requirements; and 

2 ‘‘(iii) any additional requirements the 

3 Secretary may establish. 

4 ‘‘(2) NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

5 ‘‘(A) NOTICE.—If the Secretary determines 

6 that a covered chemical facility or a chemical fa7 cility of interest is not in compliance with this 

8 section, the Secretary shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) provide the owner or operator of 

10 the facility with— 

11 ‘‘(I) written notification (includ12 ing a clear explanation of any defi13 ciency in the security vulnerability as14 sessment or site security plan) by not 

15 later than 14 days after the determina16 tion is made; and 

17 ‘‘(II) an opportunity for consulta18 tion with the Secretary or the Sec19 retary’s designee; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) issue an order to comply by such 

21 date as the Secretary determines to be ap22 propriate under the circumstances. 

23 ‘‘(B) CONTINUED NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the 

24 owner or operator continues to be in noncompli25 ance after the date specified in such order, the 


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1 Secretary may enter an order assessing a civil 

2 penalty, an order to cease operations, or both. 

3 ‘‘(3) PERSONNEL SURETY.— 

4 ‘‘(A) PERSONNEL SURETY PROGRAM.—For 

5 purposes of this title, the Secretary shall carry 

6 out a Personnel Surety Program that— 

7 ‘‘(i) does not require an owner or oper8 ator of a covered chemical facility that vol9 untarily participates to submit information 

10 about an individual more than one time; 

11 ‘‘(ii) provides a participating owner or 

12 operator of a covered chemical facility with 

13 feedback about an individual based on vet14 ting the individual against the terrorist 

15 screening database, to the extent that such 

16 feedback is necessary for the facility’s com17 pliance with regulations promulgated under 

18 this title; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) provides redress to an individual 

20 whose information was vetted against the 

21 terrorist screening database under the pro22 gram and who believes that the personally 

23 identifiable information submitted to the 

24 Department for such vetting by a covered 


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1 chemical facility, or its designated rep2 resentative, was inaccurate. 

3 ‘‘(B) PERSONNEL SURETY IMPLEMENTA4 TION.—To the extent that a risk-based perform5 ance standard under subsection (a) is directed 

6 toward identifying individuals with terrorist 

7 ties— 

8 ‘‘(i) a covered chemical facility may 

9 satisfy its obligation under such standard 

10 with respect to an individual by utilizing 

11 any Federal screening program that peri12 odically vets individuals against the ter13 rorist screening database, or any successor, 

14 including the Personnel Surety Program 

15 under subparagraph (A); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary may not require a 

17 covered chemical facility to submit any in18 formation about such individual unless the 

19 individual— 

20 ‘‘(I) is vetted under the Personnel 

21 Surety Program; or 

22 ‘‘(II) has been identified as pre23 senting a terrorism security risk. 

24 ‘‘(C) RESPONSIBILITIES OF SECURITY

25 SCREENING COORDINATION OFFICE.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

2 direct the Security Screening Coordination 

3 Office of the Department to coordinate with 

4 the National Protection and Programs Di5 rectorate to expedite the development of a 

6 common credential that screens against the 

7 terrorist screening database on a recurrent 

8 basis and meets all other screening require9 ments of this title. 

10 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than March 

11 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Sec12 retary shall submit to Congress a report on 

13 the progress of the Secretary in meeting the 

14 requirements of clause (i). 

15 ‘‘(4) FACILITY ACCESS.—For purposes of the 

16 compliance of a covered chemical facility with a risk17 based performance standard established under sub18 section (a), the Secretary may not require the facility 

19 to submit any information about an individual who 

20 has been granted access to the facility unless the indi21 vidual— 

22 ‘‘(A) was vetted under the Personnel Surety 

23 Program; or 

24 ‘‘(B) has been identified as presenting a ter25 rorism security risk. 


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1 ‘‘(5) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Sec2 retary shall share with the owner or operator of a 

3 covered chemical facility such information as the 

4 owner or operator needs to comply with this section. 

5 ‘‘(e) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION OF FACILITIES OF INTER7 EST.—In carrying out this title, the Secretary shall 

8 consult with the heads of other Federal agencies, 

9 States and political subdivisions thereof, and relevant 

10 business associations to identify all chemical facilities 

11 of interest. 

12 ‘‘(2) RISK ASSESSMENT.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 

14 title, the Secretary shall develop a risk assess15 ment approach and corresponding tiering meth16 odology that incorporates all relevant elements of 

17 risk, including threat, vulnerability, and con18 sequence. 

19 ‘‘(B) CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING SECU20 RITY RISK.—The criteria for determining the se21 curity risk of terrorism associated with a facility 

22 shall include— 

23 ‘‘(i) the relevant threat information; 

24 ‘‘(ii) the potential economic con25 sequences and the potential loss of human 


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1 life in the event of the facility being subject 

2 to a terrorist attack, compromise, infiltra3 tion, or exploitation; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) the vulnerability of the facility 

5 to a terrorist attack, compromise, infiltra6 tion, or exploitation. 

7 ‘‘(3) CHANGES IN TIERING.—Any time that 

8 tiering for a covered chemical facility is changed and 

9 the facility is determined to no longer be subject to the 

10 requirements of this title, the Secretary shall main11 tain records to reflect the basis for this determination. 

12 The records shall include information on whether and 

13 how the information that was the basis for the deter14 mination was confirmed by the Secretary. 

15 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 

16 ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered chemical facility’ means 

17 a facility that the Secretary identifies as a chemical 

18 facility of interest and, based upon review of a Top19 Screen, as such term is defined in section 27.105 of 

20 title 6 of Code of Federal Regulations, determines 

21 meets the risk criteria developed pursuant subsection 

22 (e)(2)(B). Such term does not include any of the fol23 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(A) A facility regulated pursuant to the 

2 Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 

3 (Public Law 107–295). 

4 ‘‘(B) A Public Water System, as such term 

5 is defined by section 1401 of the Safe Drinking 

6 Water Act (Public Law 93–523; 42 U.S.C. 300f). 

7 ‘‘(C) A Treatment Works, as such term is 

8 defined in section 212 of the Federal Water Pol9 lution Control Act (Public Law 92–500; 33 

10 U.S.C. 12920). 

11 ‘‘(D) Any facility owned or operated by the 

12 Department of Defense or the Department of En13 ergy. 

14 ‘‘(E) Any facility subject to regulation by 

15 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

16 ‘‘(2) The term ‘chemical facility of interest’ 

17 means a facility that holds, or that the Secretary has 

18 a reasonable basis to believe holds, a Chemical of In19 terest, as designated under in Appendix A of title 6 

20 of the Code of Federal Regulations, at a threshold 

21 quantity that meets relevant risk-related criteria de22 veloped pursuant to subsection (e)(2)(B). 

23 ‘‘SEC. 2102. PROTECTION AND SHARING OF INFORMATION. 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi25 sion of law, information developed pursuant to this title, 


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1 including vulnerability assessments, site security plans, 

2 and other security related information, records, and docu3 ments shall be given protections from public disclosure con4 sistent with similar information developed by chemical fa5 cilities subject to regulation under section 70103 of title 46, 

6 United States Code. 

7 ‘‘(b) SHARING OF INFORMATION WITH STATES AND

8 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—This section does not prohibit the 

9 sharing of information developed pursuant to this title, as 

10 the Secretary deems appropriate, with State and local gov11 ernment officials possessing the necessary security clear12 ances, including law enforcement officials and first re13 sponders, for the purpose of carrying out this title, if such 

14 information may not be disclosed pursuant to any State 

15 or local law. 

16 ‘‘(c) SHARING OF INFORMATION WITH FIRST RE17 SPONDERS.—The Secretary shall provide to State, local, 

18 and regional fusion centers (as such term is defined in sec19 tion 210A(j)(1) of this Act) and State and local government 

20 officials, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, such 

21 information as is necessary to help ensure that first re22 sponders are properly prepared and provided with the situ23 ational awareness needed to respond to incidents at covered 

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1 through the Homeland Security Information Network or the 

2 Homeland Secure Data Network, as appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS.—In any pro4 ceeding to enforce this section, vulnerability assessments, 

5 site security plans, and other information submitted to or 

6 obtained by the Secretary under this section, and related 

7 vulnerability or security information, shall be treated as 

8 if the information were classified material. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 2103. CIVIL PENALTIES. 

10 ‘‘(a) VIOLATIONS.—Any person who violates an order 

11 issued under this title shall be liable for a civil penalty 

12 under section 70119(a) of title 46, United States Code. 

13 ‘‘(b) RIGHT OF ACTION.—Nothing in this title confers 

14 upon any person except the Secretary a right of action 

15 against an owner or operator of a covered chemical facility 

16 to enforce any provision of this title. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 2104. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS. 

18 ‘‘The Secretary shall publish on the Internet website 

19 of the Department and in other materials made available 

20 to the public the whistleblower protections that an indi21 vidual providing such information would have. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 2105. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS. 

23 ‘‘(a) OTHER FEDERAL LAWS.—Nothing in this title 

24 shall be construed to supersede, amend, alter, or affect any 

25 Federal law that regulates the manufacture, distribution in 


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1 commerce, use, sale, other treatment, or disposal of chemical 

2 substances or mixtures. 

3 ‘‘(b) STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—This 

4 title shall not preclude or deny any right of any State or 

5 political subdivision thereof to adopt or enforce any regula6 tion, requirement, or standard of performance with respect 

7 to chemical facility security that is more stringent than a 

8 regulation, requirement, or standard of performance issued 

9 under this section, or otherwise impair any right or juris10 diction of any State with respect to chemical facilities with11 in that State, unless there is an actual conflict between this 

12 section and the law of that State. 

13 ‘‘(c) RAIL TRANSIT.— 

14 ‘‘(1) DUPLICATIVE REGULATIONS.—The Sec15 retary shall coordinate with the Assistant Secretary of 

16 Homeland Security (Transportation Security Admin17 istration) to eliminate any provision of this title ap18 plicable to rail security that would duplicate any se19 curity measure under the Rail Transportation Secu20 rity Rule under section 1580 of title 49 of the Code 

21 of Federal Regulations, as in effect as of the date of 

22 the enactment of this title. To the extent that there is 

23 a conflict between this title and any regulation under 

24 the jurisdiction of the Transportation Security Ad25 ministration, the regulation under the jurisdiction of 


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1 the Transportation Security Administration shall 

2 prevail. 

3 ‘‘(2) EXEMPTION FROM TOP-SCREEN.—A rail 

4 transit facility or a rail facility, as such terms are 

5 defined in section 1580.3 of title 49 of the Code of 

6 Federal Regulations, to which subpart 3 of such title 

7 applies pursuant to section 1580.100 of such title 

8 shall not be required to complete a Top-Screen as 

9 such term is defined in section 27.105 of title 6 of the 

10 Code of Federal Regulations. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 2106. REPORTS. 

12 ‘‘(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 

13 months after the date of the enactment of this title, the Sec14 retary shall submit to Congress a report on the Chemical 

15 Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards Program. Such report 

16 shall include each of the following: 

17 ‘‘(1) Certification by the Secretary that the Sec18 retary has made significant progress in the identifica19 tion of all chemical facilities of interest pursuant to 

20 section 2101(e)(1), including a description of the steps 

21 taken to achieve such progress and the metrics used 

22 to measure it, information on whether facilities that 

23 submitted Top-Screens as a result of such efforts were 

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1 tion plan to better identify chemical facilities of in2 terest and bring those facilities into compliance. 

3 ‘‘(2) Certification by the Secretary that the Sec4 retary has developed a risk assessment approach and 

5 corresponding tiering methodology pursuant to section 

6 2101(e)(2). 

7 ‘‘(3) An assessment by the Secretary of the im8 plementation by the Department of any recommenda9 tions made by the Homeland Security Studies and 

10 Analysis Institute as outlined in the Institute’s 

11 Tiering Methodology Peer Review (Publication Num12 ber: RP12–22–02). 

13 ‘‘(b) SEMIANNUAL GAO REPORT.—During the 3-year 

14 period beginning on the date of the enactment of this title, 

15 the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 

16 a semiannual report to Congress containing the assessment 

17 of the Comptroller General of the implementation of this 

18 title. The Comptroller General shall submit the first such 

19 report by not later than the date that is 180 days after 

20 the date of the enactment of this title. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 2107. CFATS REGULATIONS. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized, in 

23 accordance with chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, 

24 to promulgate regulations implementing the provisions of 

25 this title. 


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1 ‘‘(b) EXISTING CFATS REGULATIONS.—In carrying 

2 out the requirements of this title, the Secretary shall use 

3 the CFATS regulations, as in effect immediately before the 

4 date of the enactment of this title, that the Secretary deter5 mines carry out such requirements, and may issue new reg6 ulations or amend such regulations pursuant to the author7 ity in subsection (a). 

8 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION OF CFATS REGULATIONS.—In this 

9 section, the term ‘CFATS regulations’ means the regula10 tions prescribed pursuant to section 550 of the Department 

11 of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public 

12 Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 1388; 6 U.S.C. 121 note), as well 

13 as all Federal Register notices and other published guidance 

14 concerning section 550 of the Department of Homeland Se15 curity Appropriations Act, 2007. 

16 ‘‘(d) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall exclusively rely 

17 upon authority provided in this title for determining com18 pliance with this title in— 

19 ‘‘(1) identifying chemicals of interest; 

20 ‘‘(2) designating chemicals of interest; and 

21 ‘‘(3) determining security risk associated with a 

22 chemical facility. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 2108. SMALL COVERED CHEMICAL FACILITIES. 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide guid25 ance and, as appropriate, tools, methodologies, or computer 


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1 software, to assist small covered chemical facilities in devel2 oping their physical security. 

3 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the Com4 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa5 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov6 ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report on best practices 

7 that may assist small chemical facilities, as defined by the 

8 Secretary, in development of physical security best prac9 tices. 

10 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 

11 term ‘small covered chemical facility’ means a covered 

12 chemical facility that has fewer than 350 employees em13 ployed at the covered chemical facility, and is not a branch 

14 or subsidiary of another entity. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 2109. OUTREACH TO CHEMICAL FACILITIES OF INTER16 EST. 

17 ‘‘Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

18 of this title, the Secretary shall establish an outreach imple19 mentation plan, in coordination with the heads of other ap20 propriate Federal and State agencies and relevant business 

21 associations, to identify chemical facilities of interest and 

22 make available compliance assistance materials and infor23 mation on education and training. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 2110. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this title $87,436,000 for each of fiscal years 2015, 2016, 

4 and 2017.’’. 

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

6 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

‘‘TITLE XXI—CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI–TERRORISM STANDARDS 

‘‘Sec. 2101. Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program. 

‘‘Sec. 2102. Protection and sharing of information. 

‘‘Sec. 2103. Civil penalties. 

‘‘Sec. 2104. Whistleblower protections. 

‘‘Sec. 2105. Relationship to other laws. 

‘‘Sec. 2106. Reports. 

‘‘Sec. 2107. CFATS regulations. 

‘‘Sec. 2108. Small covered chemical facilities. 

‘‘Sec. 2109. Outreach to chemical facilities of interest. 

‘‘Sec. 2110. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 

8 (c) THIRD-PARTY ASSESSMENT.—Using amounts au9 thorized to be appropriated under section 2110 of the Home10 land Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a), the 

11 Secretary of Homeland Security shall commission a third12 party study to assess vulnerabilities to acts of terrorism as13 sociated with the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Stand14 ards program, as authorized pursuant to section 550 of the 

15 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 

16 2007 (Public Law 109-295; 120 Stat. 1388; 6 U.S.C. 121 

17 note). 

18 (d) METRICS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

20 Congress a plan for the utilization of metrics to assess the 


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1 effectiveness of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 

2 Standards program to reduce the risk of a terrorist attack 

3 or other security risk to those citizens and communities sur4 rounding covered chemical facilities. The plan shall include 

5 benchmarks on when the program will begin utilizing the 

6 metrics and how the Department of Homeland Security 

7 plans to use the information to inform the program. 

8 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

9 This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall 

10 take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of the 

11 enactment of this Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 366 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4007 

[Report No. 113–491, Part I] 

A BILL 

To recodify and reauthorize the Chemical Facility 

Anti-Terrorism Standards Program. 

JUNE 23, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

with an amendment 

JUNE 23, 2014 

The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; 

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 


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