To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from prescribing regulations that preempt more stringent State regulations governing chemical facility security.

3.0.0 1574 2023-01-11T19:51:28Z 2023-01-11T19:51:28Z House H HR 2007-03-19 110 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Legislative interest 2007-10-11T16:04:00Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2007-03-20T19:51:24Z Referred to 2007-03-19T16:31:00Z To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from prescribing regulations that preempt more stringent State regulations governing chemical facility security. 110 1633 HR 2007-03-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Related bill CRS 2007-03-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E599) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-20 hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2007-03-19 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-03-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 N Emergency Management Chemical industries Commerce Federal preemption Government Operations and Politics Industrial buildings Security measures State laws Terrorism Emergency Management

00 2007-03-19 Introduced in House 2007-04-10T18:38:46Z Safe Facilities Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide that no federal law, regulation, or agency action shall preempt any state law or regulation relating to the security of chemical facilities that is more stringent than the federal law, including any state law or regulation that takes effect after this Act's enactment.

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Safe Facilities Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to preserve State authority to ensure the security of chemical facilities. Introduced in House IH Display Title Safe Facilities Act Short Titles as Introduced Safe Facilities Act Introduced in House 2007-03-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1574ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1574ih.xml 2007-03-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E599) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.