3.0.0 261 2020-02-10T16:49:07Z 2020-02-10T16:49:07Z House H HR 2009-01-07 111 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm07 Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee Referred to 2009-02-05T15:13:17Z Referred to 2009-01-07T15:10:45Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Referred to 2009-01-14T16:05:45Z Referred to 2009-01-07T15:10:44Z 2009-02-05 hshm07 Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection. Committee 2009-01-14 hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Committee 2009-01-07 Referred to House Homeland Security IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2009-01-07 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-07 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-01-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 N T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2009-01-07 True Emergency Management Civil actions and liability Government information and archives Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Homeland security Industrial facilities Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Terrorism Emergency Management 00 2009-01-07 Introduced in House 2009-01-23T23:18:42Z Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2009 - Prohibits federal funds from being used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to approve a site security plan for a chemical facility unless the facility meets or exceeds security standards and requirements to protect it against terrorist acts established by the state or local government for the area where it is located.

Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to: (1) repeal a provision prohibiting the Secretary from disapproving a site security plan based on the presence or absence of a particular security measure; (2) require vulnerability assessments and site security plans to be treated as sensitive security information; and (3) repeal a provision limiting to the Secretary any right of action against a chemical facility owner or operator to enforce security measures.

]]> Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2009 Display Title Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To provide that no Federal funds may be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to approve a site security plan for a chemical facility, unless the facility meets or exceeds security standards and requirements to protect the facility against acts of terrorism established for such a facility by the State or local government for the area where the facility is located, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2009-01-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr261ih/xml/BILLS-111hr261ih.xml 2009-02-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection. 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.