1.This Act may be cited as the
Continuing Chemical Facilities
Antiterrorism Security Act of 2011
.
2.Extension of chemical facilities
antiterrorism security program
(a)Section 550(b) of the Department of
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (6 U.S.C. 121 note) is amended by
striking October
4, 2010October
4, 2011
and inserting October 4,
2014
.
(b)Chemical facility security
enhancements
(1)The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
<enum>XXI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chemical facility security</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbc305b7af76a4a4cb94ca395e5c7300a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title—</text>
<paragraph id="idE49DA3DFE4CF4E96AA352C0F1D4C86D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>Board</term> means the Chemical Facility Security Advisory Board
established under section 2105(a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF4C7BEAE30DD41E5ACDD341931D478CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards</term> means the interim final
regulations issued by the Secretary under section 550 of the Department of
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (6 U.S.C. 121 note); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFE6177204BAE41D4B852309BD6C60BD6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>covered chemical facility</term> means a chemical facility subject to the
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9877D271A7048008FCE312C5FDD0BF8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chemical security training program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5A5C6EB3C87494184C50AC2FB3ACC9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acting through the Administrator of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency and in coordination with the Under
Secretary for National Protection and Programs, the Secretary shall establish a
voluntary chemical security training program (referred to in this section as
the <quote>training program</quote>) for the purpose of enhancing the
capabilities of covered chemical facilities to prevent, prepare for, respond
to, mitigate against, and recover from threatened or actual acts of terrorism,
natural disasters, and other man-made disasters.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5124bd80b0524cbcbbef16f97950be06"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The training program shall provide
validated voluntary training that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe54e7b084d9c439e9b7329800c269a55"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reaches multiple disciplines, including
Federal, State, and local government officials, commercial personnel and
management, and governmental and nongovernmental emergency response
providers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0eda5d672e474b129310cb6f2c2de5da"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides training at the awareness,
performance, and management and planning levels;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3cd8ccac27a5475f9db169c5cef04dcf"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">uses multiple training mediums and
methods;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID102da5f7da90441683b1bf403ce7c3ff"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is coordinated with training provided by
government training facilities, academic institutions, private organizations,
and other entities that provide specialized, state-of-the-art training for
governmental and nongovernmental emergency responder providers or commercial
personnel and management;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4e561193abe443ee84a8d82132af811e"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">uses, as appropriate, government training
facilities, courses provided by community colleges, public safety academies,
State and private universities, and other facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd4bc5310c0444ed887656cbe7d0cc316"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is consistent with, and supports
implementation of, the National Incident Management System, the National
Response Framework, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the National
Preparedness Guidance, the National Preparedness Goal, the National Maritime
Transportation Security Plan, and other such national initiatives, and any
successors thereto;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDae4975b5632d43228152df03ee2fcafc"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is evaluated against clear and consistent
performance measures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc307d28a85d1474a9c279df341fbf6fa"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">addresses security requirements under
chemical facility security plans; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd7f62161952e4694873f5a78c2ab859b"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">educates, trains, and involves individuals
in neighborhoods around chemical facilities on how to observe and report
security risks.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9ad65149c6ed4d03845422e25f55e70a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chemical security exercise program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B1EDEA1EB734210A1D1723DDBEF710E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acting through the Administrator of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency and in coordination with Under Secretary
for National Protection and Programs, the Secretary shall develop a voluntary
chemical security exercise program (referred to in this section as the
<quote>exercise program</quote>) for the purpose of offering voluntary testing
and evaluation of the capabilities of the Federal Government, State
governments, commercial personnel and management, governmental and
nongovernmental emergency response providers, the private sector, or any other
organization or entity, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, to
prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from acts of
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies at covered chemical
facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID272bb14f395e4f3e91dbde4fb58ca57e"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under the exercise program, the Secretary
shall conduct, on a periodic basis, voluntary joint security exercises at
chemical facilities that are—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7490be768a984807a0a073fda6fe0075"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">scaled and tailored to the needs of each
chemical facility;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb06ecb8ba9d34d4d96a90e6386ea20d8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the highest risk chemical facilities,
as determined by the Secretary, live training exercises;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID08e8adba18be4233ae2293391b1f6352"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as realistic as practicable and based on
current risk assessments, including credible threats, vulnerabilities, and
consequences;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID05a6e48fff574a3b8ccffb75873d11b0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent with the National Incident
Management System, the National Response Framework, the National Infrastructure
Protection Plan, the National Preparedness Guidance, the National Preparedness
Goal, the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan, and other such
national initiatives, and any successors thereto;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1008587c005748408438c94a355dd9c4"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluated against clear and consistent
performance measures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID40528e3d123647339aeebf68862db22c"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assessed to learn best practices, which
shall be shared with appropriate Federal, State, and local officials,
commercial personnel and management, governmental and nongovernmental emergency
response providers, and the private sector;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID19cfe55432084486a7a791d8702b830c"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">followed by remedial action in response to
lessons learned; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc1a2b9ce577a4afa8af6d8ac1890d37d"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designed to assist State and local
governments and chemical facilities in designing, implementing, and evaluating
exercises that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb93a8461420d4e64b2cc018f55072c96"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conform to the requirements of this
paragraph; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID073b4c20e5e949f6b67b6d031313f99e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are consistent with any applicable Buffer
Zone Protection Plan, State homeland security plan, or urban area homeland
security plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5338019805664ACCB665559043B4C0EC"><enum>2104.</enum><header>Voluntary
technical assistance program</header>
<subsection id="idCD442D336AF542FCA1798CA64A816C2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure
Protection, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Science and
Technology, and in consultation with the Board, shall establish a voluntary
technical assistance program under which, upon request by the owner or operator
of a covered chemical facility, and subject to the availability of resources at
the Department, the Secretary may provide nonbinding assistance or
recommendations to the owner or operator to—</text>
<paragraph id="id3FE2534EBD444B48AFFE679E76308470"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reduce the risk
or consequences associated with a successful act of terrorism against a covered
chemical facility, including the reduction of risk or consequences—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDFD1E018FEC24CF198C4AF528C165898"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sufficient to
decrease the risk-based tier assigned to the covered chemical facility under
the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65176720C3014149AF02C42716417DEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such that the
covered chemical facility no longer presents a high level of security risk;
or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa65a33e6c3e8456fb701a7334bfe5268"><enum>(2)</enum><text>aid in compliance
with the risk-based performance standards applicable to the covered chemical
facility under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4D863DFED1C64A35BE5861623A974466"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voluntary
nature of assistance</header>
<paragraph id="ID1b27031c4e5243d7acd8b569efd45ed6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The decision to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF16EEDAAEF154D8B94C7089D064E63F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>participate in
the voluntary technical assistance program under this section; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id268C9A5CE0904E3A9D2EE8A576853799"><enum>(B)</enum><text>implement any
assistance or recommendations provided by the Secretary under this
section,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall be
at the sole discretion of the owner or operator of a covered chemical
facility.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID860f901c073247248ab9496231da85d9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No required
assessment</header><text>The Secretary may not require the owner or operator of
a covered chemical facility to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id80032B67AB854E1F9F9C1D0877891BFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consider any
assistance or recommendation provided under this section as part of a security
vulnerability assessment under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5D5B499121DF413B810CDB740EBBE644"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assess, directly
or indirectly, the costs, benefits, economic or technical feasibility, or
practicality of implementing any assistance or recommendation provided under
this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9062f086f4c7457fba24488187575e08"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Site security
plan review</header><text>If the site security plan for a covered chemical
facility satisfies the risk-based performance standards applicable to the
covered chemical facility under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards,
the Secretary may not disapprove the site security plan based on—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFF0F4B8C57624CC097A6849EACB6109F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a decision by the
owner or operator of a covered chemical facility not to—</text>
<clause id="idC400D8308600452DA64ABAC2B04D16C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>participate in
the voluntary technical assistance program under this section; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id7FC1CB24A855478A91045A8FDFB11919"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>implement
assistance or a recommendation provided by the Secretary under this section;
or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD7891F6F0987476A9B347876D886F512"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the presence or
absence of a particular security measure.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb36d6115eb82421e9023881db9fefef0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect on
tiering</header><text>At the request of the owner or operator of a covered
chemical facility, the Secretary shall advise the owner or operator of the
overall effect that implementing all categories of assistance or
recommendations provided by the Secretary under this section would have on the
determination by the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa05c7f4811754670988e431914f4cddd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>of the placement
of the covered chemical facility in a risk-based tier under the Chemical
Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID99371931ab8e47a2a0ccedf4e53b075a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>regarding whether
the covered chemical facility would no longer present a high level of security
risk.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id302619BA7183468296B7ED0C387DF0D6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Civil
liability</header>
<subparagraph id="IDa6ada15454484a8caeea94da5d3ed2e9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), no action, or failure to
act, by the owner or operator of a covered chemical facility relating to
assistance or a recommendation provided by the Secretary under this section
shall be interpreted, construed, implied, or applied to create any liability or
cause of action for compensation for bodily injury, any other injury, or
property damage to any person that may result from an act of terrorism or
incident at the covered chemical facility.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID44fb9007a570418ba9e89a3e0b4359a3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional or
intervening acts or omissions</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to
any injury or damage caused by any additional or intervening act or omission of
the owner or operator of a covered chemical facility.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID939332f5cee54864b849243add40105f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Except as provided in this section, nothing in
subparagraph (A) shall be construed to abrogate or limit any right, remedy, or
authority that the Federal Government, any State or local government, or any
entity or agency of the Federal Government or a State or local government may
possess under any other provision of law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe2e54ac95db34a9491ed52b7c4c1f39d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Best
practices</header><text>Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary shall develop
a repository for information and data on best practices and cost-effective
technologies for implementing the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards
and the voluntary technical assistance program under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1caf2d9dcd0d4d07b61fee6410eef5f9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Information
protection</header><text>Any information obtained by the Secretary under the
voluntary technical assistance program under this section or for purposes of
subsection (c) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDdf7dbf3d6eae42be9b505409ef38ab34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the extent
that the information may reveal vulnerabilities or other details of the
security capabilities of a covered chemical facility that may be exploited by
terrorists, be protected as chemical-terrorism vulnerability information under
the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID442014df772f4c739512a0806c2882dc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the extent
that the information may reveal trade secrets or commercial or financial
information that is not customarily in the public domain, be protected as
though the information was voluntarily shared critical infrastructure
information under section 214, except that the requirement under section 214
that the information be voluntarily submitted, including the requirement for an
express statement specified in section 214(a)(2), shall not apply to
information obtained under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe0f2326938ab4307b9f587f8d931edf5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report on
lessons learned</header><text>Not later than October 4, 2013, the Secretary, in
coordination with the Board, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security
of the House of Representatives a report regarding lessons learned from the
voluntary technical assistance program under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ID76857c21c63b4b03aea2dae80d783083"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Availability of
appropriations</header><text>Of the amounts made available for the Chemical
Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards for each of fiscal years
<deleted-phrase committee-id="SSGA00" reported-display-style="strikethrough">2011</deleted-phrase><added-phrase committee-id="SSGA00" reported-display-style="italic">2012</added-phrase>
through
<deleted-phrase committee-id="SSGA00" reported-display-style="strikethrough">2015</deleted-phrase><added-phrase committee-id="SSGA00" reported-display-style="italic">2014</added-phrase>, not
less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for the provision of voluntary
technical assistance under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID0f51347a9da34e599c6f1278aba685e0"><enum>2105.</enum><header>Chemical
Facility Security Advisory Board</header>
<subsection id="IDe887f5f109114d3ca3b1e066db09bff5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary
shall establish under section 871 a Chemical Facility Security Advisory
Board.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc4ba284ffb3c4dcbaf4c6b8ffd41a4ca"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Board shall advise the Secretary on the implementation of the Chemical Facility
Anti-Terrorism Standards, including regarding the implementation of the
voluntary technical assistance program under
<deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">section
2103</deleted-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">section
2104</added-phrase>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5527492b408447ce8353d21db8cc0a79"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>There
shall be 9 members of the Board, who shall be appointed by the Secretary and
shall represent a geographic and substantive cross-section of the United
States, including—</text>
<paragraph id="ID23e3a243720e495daec95a2ce1805cbd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not less than 5
owners or operators of covered chemical facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6bc395640e2d4eca9a618786e8d4f721"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not less than 2
employees of covered chemical facilities with direct responsibility for process
design and engineering, production and operations, or chemical process
security; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDad54d4ecb6494a3589d5f2d582b79c7c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>not less than 2
other experts in the fields of chemistry, security, process design and
engineering, process controls and instrumentation, environmental health and
safety, maintenance, production and operations, or chemical process
security.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID735e228501fa477d8af7a258132b46ee"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The
members of the Board shall be appointed for such terms as the Secretary may
determine.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4196aa2971d04e32827bc7b4fbedf46e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability
of Federal Advisory Committee Act</header><text>Notwithstanding section 871(a),
except as provided in subsection (f), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Board.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3F877DD83DEC47E882837DCC78391EE0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Exemption from
termination requirements</header><text>Section 14 of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and section 871(b) shall not apply to the
Board.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID909d83cda0e0422488a754ed076ea7a3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to
carry out this
title.</text>
</section>.
(2)The table of contents in section 1(b) of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 2022 the following:
TITLE XXI—Chemical facility security
Sec. 2101. Definitions.
Sec. 2102. Chemical security training program.
Sec. 2103. Chemical security exercise program.
Sec. 2104. Voluntary technical assistance program.
Sec. 2105. Chemical Facility Security Advisory
Board.
Sec. 2106. Authorization of
appropriations.
.
(3)Effective
on the date on which authority terminates under section 550(b) of the
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (6 U.S.C. 121 note),
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended—
(A)by striking title XXI;
and
(B)in the table of contents
in section 1(b), by striking the items relating to title XXI and sections 2101
through 2106.
October 17, 2011
Reported with amendments