IIB 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4007 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 9, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To recodify and reauthorize the Chemical Facility AntiTerrorism Standards Program. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chemical Facility Anti3 Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Ac4 countability Act of 2014’’. 

5 SEC. 2. CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS 

6 PROGRAM. 

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

8 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

9 end the following: 

10 ‘‘TITLE XXI—CHEMICAL FACIL11 ITY ANTI–TERRORISM STAND12 ARDS 

13 ‘‘SEC. 2101. CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STAND14 ARDS PROGRAM. 

15 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—There is in the De16 partment a Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards 

17 Program. Under such Program, the Secretary shall estab18 lish risk-based performance standards designed to protect 

19 covered chemical facilities and chemical facilities of inter20 est from acts of terrorism and other security risks and 

21 require such facilities to submit security vulnerability as22 sessments and to develop and implement site security 

23 plans. 

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

26 measures that, in combination, appropriately address the 


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1 security vulnerability assessment and the risk-based per2 formance standards for security for the facility. 

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

4 PLANS.— 

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

6 and approve or disapprove each security vulner7 ability assessment and site security plan under sub8 section (a). The Secretary may not disapprove a site 

9 security plan based on the presence or absence of a 

10 particular security measure, but the Secretary shall 

11 disapprove a site security plan if the plan fails to 

12 satisfy the risk-based performance standards estab13 lished under subsection (a). 

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

15 Secretary may approve an alternative security pro16 gram established by a private sector entity or a Fed17 eral, State, or local authority or pursuant to other 

18 applicable laws, if the Secretary determines that the 

19 requirements of such program meet the require20 ments of this section. A covered chemical facility 

21 may meet the site security plan requirement under 

22 subsection (a) by adopting an alternative security 

23 program that has been reviewed and approved by the 

24 Secretary 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 

4 assessment policies and procedures developed under 

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

6 for which a site security plan has been approved by 

7 the Secretary before the date of the enactment of 

8 this title, the Secretary may not require the resub9 mission of the site security information solely by rea10 son of the enactment of this title. 

11 ‘‘(4) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary may con12 sult with the Government Accountability Office to 

13 investigate 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 ref19 erence 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 deter25 mining compliance with this Act. The audit and 


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1 inspection may be carried out by a non-Depart2 ment or nongovernment entity, as approved by 

3 the Secretary. 

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 

9 audit or inspection is to be conducted. When in 

10 the field, any individual employed by a non11 government entity shall report to the respective 

12 head of audits and inspections for the region in 

13 which the individual is operating. 

14 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENTS FOR NONGOVERN15 MENT PERSONNEL.—If the Secretary arranges 

16 for an audit or inspection under subparagraph 

17 (A) to be carried out by a nongovernment enti18 ty, the Secretary shall require, as a condition of 

19 such arrangement, that any individual who con20 ducts the audit or inspection be a citizen of the 

21 United States and shall prescribe standards for 

22 the qualification of the individuals who carry 

23 out such audits and inspections that are com24 mensurate with the standards for a Government 


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1 auditor or inspector. Such standards shall in2 clude— 

3 ‘‘(i) minimum training requirements 

4 for new auditors or inspectors; 

5 ‘‘(ii) retraining requirements; 

6 ‘‘(iii) minimum education and experi7 ence levels; 

8 ‘‘(iv) the submission of information as 

9 required by the Secretary to enable deter10 mination of whether the auditor or inspec11 tor has a conflict of interest; 

12 ‘‘(v) the maintenance of a secret secu13 rity clearance; 

14 ‘‘(vi) reporting any issue of non-com15 pliance with this section to the Secretary 

16 within 24 hours; and 

17 ‘‘(vii) any additional qualifications for 

18 fitness of duty as the Secretary may estab19 lish. 

20 ‘‘(D) TRAINING OF DEPARTMENT AUDI21 TORS AND INSPECTORS.—The Secretary shall 

22 prescribe standards for the training and re23 training of individuals employed by the Depart24 ment as auditors and inspectors. Such stand25 ards shall include— 


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1 ‘‘(i) minimum training requirements 

2 for new auditors and inspectors; 

3 ‘‘(ii) retraining requirements; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) any additional requirements the 

5 Secretary may establish. 

6 ‘‘(2) NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

7 ‘‘(A) NOTICE.—If the Secretary deter8 mines that a covered chemical facility or a 

9 chemical facility of interest is not in compliance 

10 with this section, the Secretary shall— 

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

12 the facility with— 

13 ‘‘(I) written notification (includ14 ing a clear explanation of any defi15 ciency in the security vulnerability as16 sessment or site security plan) by not 

17 later than 14 days after the deter18 mination is made; and 

19 ‘‘(II) an opportunity for consulta20 tion with the Secretary or the Sec21 retary’s designee; and 

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

23 date as the Secretary determines to be ap24 propriate under the circumstances. 


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1 ‘‘(B) CONTINUED NONCOMPLIANCE.—If 

2 the owner or operator continues to be in non3 compliance after the date specified in such 

4 order, the Secretary may enter an order assess5 ing a civil penalty, an order to cease operations, 

6 or both. 

7 ‘‘(3) PERSONNEL SURETY.— 

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

9 purposes of this title, the Secretary shall carry 

10 out a Personnel Surety Program that— 

11 ‘‘(i) does not require an owner or op12 erator of a covered chemical facility that 

13 voluntarily participates to submit informa14 tion about an individual more than one 

15 time; 

16 ‘‘(ii) provides a participating owner or 

17 operator of a covered chemical facility with 

18 feedback about an individual based on vet19 ting the individual against the terrorist 

20 screening database, to the extent that such 

21 feedback is necessary for the facility’s com22 pliance with regulations promulgated under 

23 this title; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) provides redress to an individual 

25 whose information was vetted against the 


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1 terrorist screening database under the pro2 gram and who believes that the personally 

3 identifiable information submitted to the 

4 Department for such vetting by a covered 

5 chemical facility, or its designated rep6 resentative, was inaccurate. 

7 ‘‘(B) PERSONNEL SURETY IMPLEMENTA8 TION.—To the extent that a risk-based per9 formance standard under subsection (a) is di10 rected toward identifying individuals with ter11 rorist ties— 

12 ‘‘(i) a covered chemical facility may 

13 satisfy its obligation under such standard 

14 with respect to an individual by utilizing 

15 any Federal screening program that peri16 odically vets individuals against the ter17 rorist screening database, or any successor, 

18 including the Personnel Surety Program 

19 under subparagraph (A); and 

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

21 covered chemical facility to submit any in22 formation about such individual unless the 

23 individual— 

24 ‘‘(I) is vetted under the Per25 sonnel Surety Program; or 


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1 ‘‘(II) has been identified as pre2 senting a terrorism security risk. 

3 ‘‘(C) RESPONSIBILITIES OF SECURITY

4 SCREENING COORDINATION OFFICE.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

6 shall direct the Security Screening Coordi7 nation Office of the Department to coordi8 nate with the National Protection and Pro9 grams Directorate to expedite the develop10 ment of a common credential that screens 

11 against the terrorist screening database on 

12 a recurrent basis and meets all other 

13 screening requirements of this title. 

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

15 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Sec16 retary shall submit to Congress a report on 

17 the progress of the Secretary in meeting 

18 the requirements of clause (i). 

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

20 compliance of a covered chemical facility with a risk21 based performance standard established under sub22 section (a), the Secretary may not require the facil23 ity to submit any information about an individual 

24 who has been granted access to the facility unless 

25 the individual— 


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1 ‘‘(A) was vetted under the Personnel Sur2 ety Program; or 

3 ‘‘(B) has been identified as presenting a 

4 terrorism security risk. 

5 ‘‘(5) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The 

6 Secretary shall share with the owner or operator of 

7 a covered chemical facility such information as the 

8 owner or operator needs to comply with this section. 

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

10 ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION OF FACILITIES OF INTER11 EST.—In carrying out this title, the Secretary shall 

12 consult with the heads of other Federal agencies, 

13 States and political subdivisions thereof, and rel14 evant business associations to identify all chemical 

15 facilities of interest. 

16 ‘‘(2) RISK ASSESSMENT.— 

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

18 title, the Secretary shall develop a risk assess19 ment approach and corresponding tiering meth20 odology that incorporates all relevant elements 

21 of risk, including threat, vulnerability, and con22 sequence. 

23 ‘‘(B) CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING SECU24 RITY RISK.—The criteria for determining the 


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1 security risk of terrorism associated with a fa2 cility shall include— 

3 ‘‘(i) the relevant threat information; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the potential economic con5 sequences and the potential loss of human 

6 life in the event of the facility being sub7 ject to a terrorist attack, compromise, infil8 tration, or exploitation; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) the vulnerability of the facility 

10 to a terrorist attack, compromise, infiltra11 tion, or exploitation. 

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

13 tiering for a covered chemical facility is changed and 

14 the facility is determined to no longer be subject to 

15 the requirements of this title, the Secretary shall 

16 maintain records to reflect the basis for this deter17 mination. The records shall include information on 

18 whether and how the information that was the basis 

19 for the determination was confirmed by the Sec20 retary. 

21 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 

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

23 a facility that the Secretary identifies as a chemical 

24 facility of interest and, based upon review of a Top25 Screen, as such term is defined in section 27.105 of 


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1 title 6 of Code of Federal Regulations, determines 

2 meets the risk criteria developed pursuant subsection 

3 (e)(2)(B). Such term does not include any of the fol4 lowing: 

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

6 Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 

7 (Public Law 107–295). 

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

9 is defined by section 1401 of the Safe Drinking 

10 Water Act (Public Law 93–523; 42 U.S.C. 

11 300f). 

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

13 defined in section 212 of the Federal Water 

14 Pollution Control Act (Public Law 92–500; 33 

15 U.S.C. 12920). 

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

17 Department of Defense or the Department of 

18 Energy. 

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

20 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

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

22 means a facility that holds, or that the Secretary 

23 has a reasonable basis to believe holds, a Chemical 

24 of Interest, as designated under in Appendix A of 

25 title 6 of the Code of Federal Regulations, at a 


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1 threshold quantity that meets relevant risk-related 

2 criteria developed pursuant to subsection (e)(2)(B). 

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

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro5 vision of law, information developed pursuant to this title, 

6 including vulnerability assessments, site security plans, 

7 and other security related information, records, and docu8 ments shall be given protections from public disclosure 

9 consistent with similar information developed by chemical 

10 facilities subject to regulation under section 70103 of title 

11 46, United States Code. 

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

13 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—This section does not prohibit 

14 the sharing of information developed pursuant to this title, 

15 as the Secretary deems appropriate, with State and local 

16 government officials possessing the necessary security 

17 clearances, including law enforcement officials and first 

18 responders, for the purpose of carrying out this title, if 

19 such information may not be disclosed pursuant to any 

20 State or local law. 

21 ‘‘(c) SHARING OF INFORMATION WITH FIRST RE22 SPONDERS.—The Secretary shall provide to State, local, 

23 and regional fusion centers (as such term is defined in 

24 section 210A(j)(1) of this Act) and State and local govern25 ment officials, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, 


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1 such information as is necessary to help ensure that first 

2 responders are properly prepared and provided with the 

3 situational awareness needed to respond to incidents at 

4 covered chemical facilities. Such information shall be dis5 seminated through the Homeland Security Information 

6 Network or the Homeland Secure Data Network, as ap7 propriate. 

8 ‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS.—In any pro9 ceeding to enforce this section, vulnerability assessments, 

10 site security plans, and other information submitted to or 

11 obtained by the Secretary under this section, and related 

12 vulnerability or security information, shall be treated as 

13 if the information were classified material. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 2103. CIVIL PENALTIES. 

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

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

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

18 ‘‘(b) RIGHT OF ACTION.—Nothing in this title con19 fers upon any person except the Secretary a right of action 

20 against an owner or operator of a covered chemical facility 

21 to enforce any provision of this title. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 2104. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS. 

23 ‘‘The Secretary shall publish on the Internet website 

24 of the Department and in other materials made available 


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1 to the public the whistleblower protections that an indi2 vidual providing such information would have. 

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

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

5 shall be construed to supersede, amend, alter, or affect 

6 any Federal law that regulates the manufacture, distribu7 tion in commerce, use, sale, other treatment, or disposal 

8 of chemical substances or mixtures. 

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

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

11 political subdivision thereof to adopt or enforce any regu12 lation, requirement, or standard of performance with re13 spect to chemical facility security that is more stringent 

14 than a regulation, requirement, or standard of perform15 ance issued under this section, or otherwise impair any 

16 right or jurisdiction of any State with respect to chemical 

17 facilities within that State, unless there is an actual con18 flict between this section and the law of that State. 

19 ‘‘(c) RAIL TRANSIT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) DUPLICATIVE REGULATIONS.—The Sec21 retary shall coordinate with the Assistant Secretary 

22 of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Ad23 ministration) to eliminate any provision of this title 

24 applicable to rail security that would duplicate any 

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1 curity Rule under section 1580 of title 49 of the 

2 Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect as of the 

3 date of the enactment of this title. To the extent 

4 that there is a conflict between this title and any 

5 regulation under the jurisdiction of the Transpor6 tation Security Administration, the regulation under 

7 the jurisdiction of the Transportation Security Ad8 ministration shall prevail. 

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

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

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

12 Federal Regulations, to which subpart 3 of such title 

13 applies pursuant to section 1580.100 of such title 

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

15 such term is defined in section 27.105 of title 6 of 

16 the Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 2106. REPORTS. 

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

19 months after the date of the enactment of this title, the 

20 Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the Chem21 ical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards Program. Such 

22 report shall include each of the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) Certification by the Secretary that the Sec24 retary has made significant progress in the identi25 fication of all chemical facilities of interest pursuant 


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

2 steps taken to achieve such progress and the metrics 

3 used to measure it, information on whether facilities 

4 that submitted Top-Screens as a result of such ef5 forts were tiered and in what tiers they were placed, 

6 and an action plan to better identify chemical facili7 ties of interest and bring those facilities into compli8 ance. 

9 ‘‘(2) Certification by the Secretary that the Sec10 retary has developed a risk assessment approach and 

11 corresponding tiering methodology pursuant to sec12 tion 2101(e)(2). 

13 ‘‘(3) An assessment by the Secretary of the im14 plementation by the Department of any rec15 ommendations made by the Homeland Security 

16 Studies and Analysis Institute as outlined in the In17 stitute’s Tiering Methodology Peer Review (Publica18 tion Number: RP12–22–02). 

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

20 year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 

21 title, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

22 submit a semiannual report to Congress containing the as23 sessment of the Comptroller General of the implementa24 tion of this title. The Comptroller General shall submit 


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1 the first such report by not later than the date that is 

2 180 days after the date of the enactment of this title. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 2107. CFATS REGULATIONS. 

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

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

6 to promulgate regulations implementing the provisions of 

7 this title. 

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

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

10 the CFATS regulations, as in effect immediately before 

11 the date of the enactment of this title, that the Secretary 

12 determines carry out such requirements, and may issue 

13 new regulations or amend such regulations pursuant to 

14 the authority in subsection (a). 

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

16 section, the term ‘CFATS regulations’ means the regula17 tions prescribed pursuant to section 550 of the Depart18 ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 

19 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 1388; 6 U.S.C. 121 

20 note), as well as all Federal Register notices and other 

21 published guidance concerning section 550 of the Depart22 ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007. 

23 ‘‘(d) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall exclusively 

24 rely upon authority provided in this title for determining 

25 compliance with this title in— 


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1 ‘‘(1) identifying chemicals of interest; 

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

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

4 chemical facility. 

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

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide guid7 ance and, as appropriate, tools, methodologies, or com8 puter software, to assist small covered chemical facilities 

9 in developing their physical security. 

10 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the 

11 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep12 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

13 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on best 

14 practices that may assist small chemical facilities, as de15 fined by the Secretary, in development of physical security 

16 best practices. 

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

18 term ‘small covered chemical facility’ means a covered 

19 chemical facility that has fewer than 350 employees em20 ployed at the covered chemical facility, and is not a branch 

21 or subsidiary of another entity. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 2109. OUTREACH TO CHEMICAL FACILITIES OF IN23 TEREST. 

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1 implementation plan, in coordination with the heads of 

2 other appropriate Federal and State agencies and relevant 

3 business associations, to identify chemical facilities of in4 terest and make available compliance assistance materials 

5 and information on education and training. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 2110. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

8 this title $81,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015, 2016, 

9 and 2017.’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

11 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 

12 end 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.’’. 

13 (c) THIRD-PARTY ASSESSMENT.—Using amounts au14 thorized to be appropriated under section 2110 of the 

15 Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection 

16 (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall commission 

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1 priations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 

2 1388; 6 U.S.C. 121 note). 

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

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub5 mit to Congress a plan for the utilization of metrics to 

6 assess the effectiveness of the Chemical Facility Anti-Ter7 rorism Standards program to reduce the risk of a terrorist 

8 attack or other security risk to those citizens and commu9 nities surrounding covered chemical facilities. The plan 

10 shall include benchmarks on when the program will begin 

11 utilizing the metrics and how the Department of Home12 land Security plans to use the information to inform the 

13 program. 

14 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

15 This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 

16 shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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