[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2477 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2477

   To provide for an extension of the authority of the Secretary of 
   Homeland Security to regulate the security of chemical facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2009

  Mr. Dent (for himself, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, and Mr. 
   Souder) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for an extension of the authority of the Secretary of 
   Homeland Security to regulate the security of chemical facilities.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chemical Facility Security 
Authorization Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO 
              REGULATE THE SECURITY OF CHEMICAL FACILITIES.

    Section 550(b) of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109-295; 6 U.S.C. 121 note) is 
amended by striking ``three years after the date of enactment of this 
Act'' and inserting ``on October 1, 2012''.
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