To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to exclude certain propane storage facilities from certain chemical security standards under the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Subjects: Emergency Management


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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1623 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1623

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to exclude certain propane 
 storage facilities from certain chemical security standards under the 
        Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2023

Mr. Finstad (for himself and Mr. Costa) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to exclude certain propane 
 storage facilities from certain chemical security standards under the 
        Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROPANE STORAGE FACILITIES FROM CERTAIN 
              CHEMICAL SECURITY STANDARDS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              HOMELAND SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--Title XXI of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 621 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4) of section 2101--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or'' after 
                the semicolon at the end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``or'' after 
                the semicolon at the end; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(F) subject to section 2110, a facility that 
                stores propane for sale to or use by a dwelling (as 
                such term is defined in section 802(b) of the Fair 
                Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3602(b))), sale to or use in 
                agricultural production (as such term is defined in 
                section 4279.2 of title 7, Code of Federal 
                Regulations), or sale to or use by small business 
                concerns (as such term is described under section 3 of 
                the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) that are 
                located in rural areas (as such term is defined in 
                section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
                1490));''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 2110. DETERMINATION RELATING TO CERTAIN PROPANE STORAGE 
              FACILITIES.

    ``If the Secretary makes a determination that a propane storage 
facility does not satisfy the requirements of an excluded facility, the 
Secretary shall--
            ``(1) submit to Congress a report relating thereto; and
            ``(2) provide notification to the owner or operator of such 
        propane storage facility relating thereto.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 2109 the following new item:

``Sec. 2110. Determination relating to certain propane storage 
                            facilities.''.
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