[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 4007 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 578
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4007

                          [Report No. 113-263]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 9, 2014

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

                           September 18, 2014

               Reported by Mr. Carper, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To recodify and reauthorize the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 
                           Standards Program.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Chemical Facility Anti-
Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 
2014''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS 
              PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:</DELETED>

        <DELETED>``TITLE XXI--CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM 
                          STANDARDS</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 2101. CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS 
              PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) Program Established.--There is in the Department a 
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program. Under such Program, 
the Secretary shall establish risk-based performance standards designed 
to protect covered chemical facilities and chemical facilities of 
interest from acts of terrorism and other security risks and require 
such facilities to submit security vulnerability assessments and to 
develop and implement site security plans.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Security Measures.--Site security plans required 
under subsection (a) may include layered security measures that, in 
combination, appropriately address the security vulnerability 
assessment and the risk-based performance standards for security for 
the facility.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Approval or Disapproval of Site Security Plans.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall review and 
        approve or disapprove each security vulnerability assessment 
        and site security plan under subsection (a). The Secretary may 
        not disapprove a site security plan based on the presence or 
        absence of a particular security measure, but the Secretary 
        shall disapprove a site security plan if the plan fails to 
        satisfy the risk-based performance standards established under 
        subsection (a).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Alternative security programs.--The 
        Secretary may approve an alternative security program 
        established by a private sector entity or a Federal, State, or 
        local authority or pursuant to other applicable laws, if the 
        Secretary determines that the requirements of such program meet 
        the requirements of this section. A covered chemical facility 
        may meet the site security plan requirement under subsection 
        (a) by adopting an alternative security program that has been 
        reviewed and approved by the Secretary under this 
        paragraph.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Site security plan assessments.--In 
        approving or disapproving a site security plan under this 
        subsection, the Secretary shall employ the risk assessment 
        policies and procedures developed under this title. In the case 
        of a covered chemical facility for which a site security plan 
        has been approved by the Secretary before the date of the 
        enactment of this title, the Secretary may not require the 
        resubmission of the site security information solely by reason 
        of the enactment of this title.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Consultation.--The Secretary may consult 
        with the Government Accountability Office to investigate the 
        feasibility and applicability a third party accreditation 
        program that would work with industry stakeholders to develop 
        site security plans that may be applicable to all similarly 
        situated facilities. The program would include the development 
        of Program-Specific Handbooks for facilities to reference on 
        site.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Compliance.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Audits and inspections.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall 
                conduct the audit and inspection of covered chemical 
                facilities for the purpose of determining compliance 
                with this Act. The audit and inspection may be carried 
                out by a non-Department or nongovernment entity, as 
                approved by the Secretary.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Reporting structure.--Any audit or 
                inspection conducted by an individual employed by a 
                nongovernment entity shall be assigned in coordination 
                with the head of audits and inspections for the region 
                in which the audit or inspection is to be conducted. 
                When in the field, any individual employed by a 
                nongovernment entity shall report to the respective 
                head of audits and inspections for the region in which 
                the individual is operating.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Requirements for nongovernment 
                personnel.--If the Secretary arranges for an audit or 
                inspection under subparagraph (A) to be carried out by 
                a nongovernment entity, the Secretary shall require, as 
                a condition of such arrangement, that any individual 
                who conducts the audit or inspection be a citizen of 
                the United States and shall prescribe standards for the 
                qualification of the individuals who carry out such 
                audits and inspections that are commensurate with the 
                standards for a Government auditor or inspector. Such 
                standards shall include--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) minimum training 
                        requirements for new auditors or 
                        inspectors;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) retraining 
                        requirements;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) minimum education and 
                        experience levels;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) the submission of 
                        information as required by the Secretary to 
                        enable determination of whether the auditor or 
                        inspector has a conflict of interest;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) the maintenance of a secret 
                        security clearance;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vi) reporting any issue of non-
                        compliance with this section to the Secretary 
                        within 24 hours; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vii) any additional 
                        qualifications for fitness of duty as the 
                        Secretary may establish.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) Training of department auditors and 
                inspectors.--The Secretary shall prescribe standards 
                for the training and retraining of individuals employed 
                by the Department as auditors and inspectors. Such 
                standards shall include--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) minimum training 
                        requirements for new auditors and 
                        inspectors;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) retraining requirements; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) any additional 
                        requirements the Secretary may 
                        establish.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Notice of noncompliance.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Notice.--If the Secretary determines 
                that a covered chemical facility or a chemical facility 
                of interest is not in compliance with this section, the 
                Secretary shall--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) provide the owner or 
                        operator of the facility with--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) written notification 
                                (including a clear explanation of any 
                                deficiency in the security 
                                vulnerability assessment or site 
                                security plan) by not later than 14 
                                days after the determination is made; 
                                and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) an opportunity for 
                                consultation with the Secretary or the 
                                Secretary's designee; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) issue an order to comply by 
                        such date as the Secretary determines to be 
                        appropriate under the circumstances.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Continued noncompliance.--If the 
                owner or operator continues to be in noncompliance 
                after the date specified in such order, the Secretary 
                may enter an order assessing a civil penalty, an order 
                to cease operations, or both.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Personnel surety.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Personnel surety program.--For 
                purposes of this title, the Secretary shall carry out a 
                Personnel Surety Program that--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) does not require an owner or 
                        operator of a covered chemical facility that 
                        voluntarily participates to submit information 
                        about an individual more than one 
                        time;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) provides a participating 
                        owner or operator of a covered chemical 
                        facility with feedback about an individual 
                        based on vetting the individual against the 
                        terrorist screening database, to the extent 
                        that such feedback is necessary for the 
                        facility's compliance with regulations 
                        promulgated under this title; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) provides redress to an 
                        individual whose information was vetted against 
                        the terrorist screening database under the 
                        program and who believes that the personally 
                        identifiable information submitted to the 
                        Department for such vetting by a covered 
                        chemical facility, or its designated 
                        representative, was inaccurate.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Personnel surety implementation.--To 
                the extent that a risk-based performance standard under 
                subsection (a) is directed toward identifying 
                individuals with terrorist ties--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) a covered chemical facility 
                        may satisfy its obligation under such standard 
                        with respect to an individual by utilizing any 
                        Federal screening program that periodically 
                        vets individuals against the terrorist 
                        screening database, or any successor, including 
                        the Personnel Surety Program under subparagraph 
                        (A); and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the Secretary may not 
                        require a covered chemical facility to submit 
                        any information about such individual unless 
                        the individual--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) is vetted under the 
                                Personnel Surety Program; or</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) has been identified 
                                as presenting a terrorism security 
                                risk.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Responsibilities of security 
                screening coordination office.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) In general.--The Secretary 
                        shall direct the Security Screening 
                        Coordination Office of the Department to 
                        coordinate with the National Protection and 
                        Programs Directorate to expedite the 
                        development of a common credential that screens 
                        against the terrorist screening database on a 
                        recurrent basis and meets all other screening 
                        requirements of this title.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) Report.--Not later than 
                        March 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the 
                        Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
                        the progress of the Secretary in meeting the 
                        requirements of clause (i).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Facility access.--For purposes of the 
        compliance of a covered chemical facility with a risk-based 
        performance standard established under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary may not require the facility to submit any 
        information about an individual who has been granted access to 
        the facility unless the individual--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) was vetted under the Personnel 
                Surety Program; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) has been identified as presenting a 
                terrorism security risk.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Availability of information.--The Secretary 
        shall share with the owner or operator of a covered chemical 
        facility such information as the owner or operator needs to 
        comply with this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Responsibilities of the Secretary.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Identification of facilities of interest.--
        In carrying out this title, the Secretary shall consult with 
        the heads of other Federal agencies, States and political 
        subdivisions thereof, and relevant business associations to 
        identify all chemical facilities of interest.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Risk assessment.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this 
                title, the Secretary shall develop a risk assessment 
                approach and corresponding tiering methodology that 
                incorporates all relevant elements of risk, including 
                threat, vulnerability, and consequence.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Criteria for determining security 
                risk.--The criteria for determining the security risk 
                of terrorism associated with a facility shall include--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) the relevant threat 
                        information;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the potential economic 
                        consequences and the potential loss of human 
                        life in the event of the facility being subject 
                        to a terrorist attack, compromise, 
                        infiltration, or exploitation; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) the vulnerability of the 
                        facility to a terrorist attack, compromise, 
                        infiltration, or exploitation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Changes in tiering.--Any time that tiering 
        for a covered chemical facility is changed and the facility is 
        determined to no longer be subject to the requirements of this 
        title, the Secretary shall maintain records to reflect the 
        basis for this determination. The records shall include 
        information on whether and how the information that was the 
        basis for the determination was confirmed by the 
        Secretary.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Definitions.--In this title:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) The term `covered chemical facility' means a 
        facility that the Secretary identifies as a chemical facility 
        of interest and, based upon review of a Top-Screen, as such 
        term is defined in section 27.105 of title 6 of Code of Federal 
        Regulations, determines meets the risk criteria developed 
        pursuant subsection (e)(2)(B). Such term does not include any 
        of the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) A facility regulated pursuant to the 
                Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (Public 
                Law 107-295).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) A Public Water System, as such term 
                is defined by section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water 
                Act (Public Law 93-523; 42 U.S.C. 300f).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) A Treatment Works, as such term is 
                defined in section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution 
                Control Act (Public Law 92-500; 33 U.S.C. 
                12920).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) Any facility owned or operated by 
                the Department of Defense or the Department of 
                Energy.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) Any facility subject to regulation 
                by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) The term `chemical facility of interest' 
        means a facility that holds, or that the Secretary has a 
        reasonable basis to believe holds, a Chemical of Interest, as 
        designated under in Appendix A of title 6 of the Code of 
        Federal Regulations, at a threshold quantity that meets 
        relevant risk-related criteria developed pursuant to subsection 
        (e)(2)(B).</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 2102. PROTECTION AND SHARING OF INFORMATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, information developed pursuant to this title, including 
vulnerability assessments, site security plans, and other security 
related information, records, and documents shall be given protections 
from public disclosure consistent with similar information developed by 
chemical facilities subject to regulation under section 70103 of title 
46, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Sharing of Information With States and Local 
Governments.--This section does not prohibit the sharing of information 
developed pursuant to this title, as the Secretary deems appropriate, 
with State and local government officials possessing the necessary 
security clearances, including law enforcement officials and first 
responders, for the purpose of carrying out this title, if such 
information may not be disclosed pursuant to any State or local 
law.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Sharing of Information With First Responders.--The 
Secretary shall provide to State, local, and regional fusion centers 
(as such term is defined in section 210A(j)(1) of this Act) and State 
and local government officials, as determined appropriate by the 
Secretary, such information as is necessary to help ensure that first 
responders are properly prepared and provided with the situational 
awareness needed to respond to incidents at covered chemical 
facilities. Such information shall be disseminated through the Homeland 
Security Information Network or the Homeland Secure Data Network, as 
appropriate.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Enforcement Proceedings.--In any proceeding to 
enforce this section, vulnerability assessments, site security plans, 
and other information submitted to or obtained by the Secretary under 
this section, and related vulnerability or security information, shall 
be treated as if the information were classified material.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 2103. CIVIL PENALTIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) Violations.--Any person who violates an order issued 
under this title shall be liable for a civil penalty under section 
70119(a) of title 46, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Right of Action.--Nothing in this title confers upon 
any person except the Secretary a right of action against an owner or 
operator of a covered chemical facility to enforce any provision of 
this title.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 2104. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``The Secretary shall publish on the Internet website of 
the Department and in other materials made available to the public the 
whistleblower protections that an individual providing such information 
would have.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 2105. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) Other Federal Laws.--Nothing in this title shall be 
construed to supersede, amend, alter, or affect any Federal law that 
regulates the manufacture, distribution in commerce, use, sale, other 
treatment, or disposal of chemical substances or mixtures.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) States and Political Subdivisions.--This title shall 
not preclude or deny any right of any State or political subdivision 
thereof to adopt or enforce any regulation, requirement, or standard of 
performance with respect to chemical facility security that is more 
stringent than a regulation, requirement, or standard of performance 
issued under this section, or otherwise impair any right or 
jurisdiction of any State with respect to chemical facilities within 
that State, unless there is an actual conflict between this section and 
the law of that State.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Rail Transit.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Duplicative regulations.--The Secretary 
        shall coordinate with the Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
        Security (Transportation Security Administration) to eliminate 
        any provision of this title applicable to rail security that 
        would duplicate any security measure under the Rail 
        Transportation Security Rule under section 1580 of title 49 of 
        the Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect as of the date of 
        the enactment of this title. To the extent that there is a 
        conflict between this title and any regulation under the 
        jurisdiction of the Transportation Security Administration, the 
        regulation under the jurisdiction of the Transportation 
        Security Administration shall prevail.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Exemption from top-screen.--A rail transit 
        facility or a rail facility, as such terms are defined in 
        section 1580.3 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
        to which subpart 3 of such title applies pursuant to section 
        1580.100 of such title shall not be required to complete a Top-
        Screen as such term is defined in section 27.105 of title 6 of 
        the Code of Federal Regulations.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 2106. REPORTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) Report to Congress.--Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this title, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards 
Program. Such report shall include each of the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Certification by the Secretary that the 
        Secretary has made significant progress in the identification 
        of all chemical facilities of interest pursuant to section 
        2101(e)(1), including a description of the steps taken to 
        achieve such progress and the metrics used to measure it, 
        information on whether facilities that submitted Top-Screens as 
        a result of such efforts were tiered and in what tiers they 
        were placed, and an action plan to better identify chemical 
        facilities of interest and bring those facilities into 
        compliance.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Certification by the Secretary that the 
        Secretary has developed a risk assessment approach and 
        corresponding tiering methodology pursuant to section 
        2101(e)(2).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) An assessment by the Secretary of the 
        implementation by the Department of any recommendations made by 
        the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute as 
        outlined in the Institute's Tiering Methodology Peer Review 
        (Publication Number: RP12-22-02).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Semiannual GAO Report.--During the 3-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this title, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit a semiannual report to 
Congress containing the assessment of the Comptroller General of the 
implementation of this title. The Comptroller General shall submit the 
first such report by not later than the date that is 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this title.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 2107. CFATS REGULATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized, in 
accordance with chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, to promulgate 
regulations implementing the provisions of this title.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Existing CFATS Regulations.--In carrying out the 
requirements of this title, the Secretary shall use the CFATS 
regulations, as in effect immediately before the date of the enactment 
of this title, that the Secretary determines carry out such 
requirements, and may issue new regulations or amend such regulations 
pursuant to the authority in subsection (a).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Definition of CFATS Regulations.--In this section, 
the term `CFATS regulations' means the regulations prescribed pursuant 
to section 550 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2007 (Public Law 109-295; 120 Stat. 1388; 6 U.S.C. 121 note), as 
well as all Federal Register notices and other published guidance 
concerning section 550 of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2007.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Authority.--The Secretary shall exclusively rely 
upon authority provided in this title for determining compliance with 
this title in--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) identifying chemicals of interest;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) designating chemicals of interest; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) determining security risk associated with a 
        chemical facility.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 2108. SMALL COVERED CHEMICAL FACILITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may provide guidance and, 
as appropriate, tools, methodologies, or computer software, to assist 
small covered chemical facilities in developing their physical 
security.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on 
best practices that may assist small chemical facilities, as defined by 
the Secretary, in development of physical security best 
practices.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`small covered chemical facility' means a covered chemical facility 
that has fewer than 350 employees employed at the covered chemical 
facility, and is not a branch or subsidiary of another 
entity.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 2109. OUTREACH TO CHEMICAL FACILITIES OF 
              INTEREST.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this title, the Secretary shall establish an outreach implementation 
plan, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal and 
State agencies and relevant business associations, to identify chemical 
facilities of interest and make available compliance assistance 
materials and information on education and training.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 2110. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
title $81,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 
2017.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 
1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following:</DELETED>

    <DELETED>``TITLE XXI--CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS

<DELETED>``Sec. 2101. Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards 
                            Program.
<DELETED>``Sec. 2102. Protection and sharing of information.
<DELETED>``Sec. 2103. Civil penalties.
<DELETED>``Sec. 2104. Whistleblower protections.
<DELETED>``Sec. 2105. Relationship to other laws.
<DELETED>``Sec. 2106. Reports.
<DELETED>``Sec. 2107. CFATS regulations.
<DELETED>``Sec. 2108. Small covered chemical facilities.
<DELETED>``Sec. 2109. Outreach to chemical facilities of interest.
<DELETED>``Sec. 2110. Authorization of appropriations.''.
<DELETED>    (c) Third-party Assessment.--Using amounts authorized to 
be appropriated under section 2110 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002, as added by subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall commission a third-party study to assess vulnerabilities to acts 
of terrorism associated with the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 
Standards program, as authorized pursuant to section 550 of the 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 
109-295; 120 Stat. 1388; 6 U.S.C. 121 note).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Metrics.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
plan for the utilization of metrics to assess the effectiveness of the 
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program to reduce the risk 
of a terrorist attack or other security risk to those citizens and 
communities surrounding covered chemical facilities. The plan shall 
include benchmarks on when the program will begin utilizing the metrics 
and how the Department of Homeland Security plans to use the 
information to inform the program.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take 
effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting and Securing Chemical 
Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

        ``TITLE XXI--CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS

``SEC. 2101. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title--
            ``(1) the term `CFATS regulation' means--
                    ``(A) an existing CFATs regulation; and
                    ``(B) any regulation or amendment to an existing 
                CFATS regulation issued pursuant to the authority under 
                section 2107;
            ``(2) the term `chemical facility of interest' means a 
        facility that--
                    ``(A) holds, or that the Secretary has a reasonable 
                basis to believe holds, a chemical of interest, as 
                designated under Appendix A to part 27 of title 6, Code 
                of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto, at a 
                threshold quantity set pursuant to relevant risk-
                related security principles; and
                    ``(B) is not an excluded facility;
            ``(3) the term `covered chemical facility' means a facility 
        that--
                    ``(A) the Secretary--
                            ``(i) identifies as a chemical facility of 
                        interest; and
                            ``(ii) based upon review of the facility's 
                        Top-Screen, determines meets the risk criteria 
                        developed under section 2102(e)(2)(B); and
                    ``(B) is not an excluded facility;
            ``(4) the term `excluded facility' means--
                    ``(A) a facility regulated under the Maritime 
                Transportation Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
                295; 116 Stat. 2064);
                    ``(B) a public water system, as that term is 
                defined in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 300f);
                    ``(C) a Treatment Works, as that term is defined in 
                section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
                (33 U.S.C. 1292);
                    ``(D) a facility owned or operated by the 
                Department of Defense or the Department of Energy; or
                    ``(E) a facility subject to regulation by the 
                Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or by a State that has 
                entered into an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory 
                Commission under section 274 b. of the Atomic Energy 
                Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2021(b)) to protect against 
                unauthorized access of any material, activity, or 
                structure licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory 
                Commission;
            ``(5) the term `existing CFATS regulation' means--
                    ``(A) a regulation promulgated under section 550 of 
                the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
                2007 (Public Law 109-295; 6 U.S.C. 121 note) that is in 
                effect on the day before the date of enactment of the 
                Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from 
                Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014; and
                    ``(B) a Federal Register notice or other published 
                guidance relating to section 550 of the Department of 
                Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 that is in 
                effect on the day before the date of enactment of the 
                Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from 
                Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014;
            ``(6) the term `expedited approval facility' means a 
        covered chemical facility for which the owner or operator 
        elects to submit a site security plan in accordance with 
        section 2102(c)(4);
            ``(7) the term `facially deficient', relating to a site 
        security plan, means a site security plan that does not support 
        a certification that the security measures in the plan address 
        the security vulnerability assessment and the risk-based 
        performance standards for security for the facility, based on a 
        review of--
                    ``(A) the facility's site security plan;
                    ``(B) the facility's Top-Screen;
                    ``(C) the facility's security vulnerability 
                assessment; or
                    ``(D) any other information that--
                            ``(i) the facility submits to the 
                        Department; or
                            ``(ii) the Department obtains from a public 
                        source or other source;
            ``(8) the term `guidance for expedited approval facilities' 
        means the guidance issued under section 2102(c)(4)(B)(i);
            ``(9) the term `risk assessment' means the Secretary's 
        application of relevant risk criteria identified in section 
        2102(e)(2)(B);
            ``(10) the term `terrorist screening database' means the 
        terrorist screening database maintained by the Federal 
        Government Terrorist Screening Center or its successor;
            ``(11) the term `tier' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 27.105 of title 6, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
        successor thereto;
            ``(12) the terms `tiering' and `tiering methodology' mean 
        the procedure by which the Secretary assigns a tier to each 
        covered chemical facility based on the risk assessment for that 
        covered chemical facility;
            ``(13) the term `Top-Screen' has the meaning given the term 
        in section 27.105 of title 6, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
        any successor thereto; and
            ``(14) the term `vulnerability assessment' means the 
        identification of weaknesses in the security of a chemical 
        facility of interest.

``SEC. 2102. CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Program Established.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is in the Department a Chemical 
        Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program.
            ``(2) Requirements.--In carrying out the Chemical Facility 
        Anti-Terrorism Standards Program, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) identify--
                            ``(i) chemical facilities of interest; and
                            ``(ii) covered chemical facilities;
                    ``(B) require each chemical facility of interest to 
                submit a Top-Screen and any other information the 
                Secretary determines necessary to enable the Department 
                to assess the security risks associated with the 
                facility;
                    ``(C) establish risk-based performance standards 
                designed to address high levels of security risk at 
                covered chemical facilities; and
                    ``(D) require each covered chemical facility to--
                            ``(i) submit a security vulnerability 
                        assessment; and
                            ``(ii) develop, submit, and implement a 
                        site security plan.
    ``(b) Security Measures.--A facility, in developing a site security 
plan as required under subsection (a), shall include security measures 
that, in combination, appropriately address the security vulnerability 
assessment and the risk-based performance standards for security for 
the facility.
    ``(c) Approval or Disapproval of Site Security Plans.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Review.--Except as provided in paragraph (4), 
                the Secretary shall review and approve or disapprove 
                each site security plan submitted pursuant to 
                subsection (a).
                    ``(B) Bases for disapproval.--The Secretary--
                            ``(i) may not disapprove a site security 
                        plan based on the presence or absence of a 
                        particular security measure; and
                            ``(ii) shall disapprove a site security 
                        plan if the plan fails to satisfy the risk-
                        based performance standards established 
                        pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(C).
            ``(2) Alternative security programs.--
                    ``(A) Authority to approve.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary may 
                        approve an alternative security program 
                        established by a private sector entity or a 
                        Federal, State, or local authority or under 
                        other applicable laws, if the Secretary 
                        determines that the requirements of the program 
                        meet the requirements under this section.
                            ``(ii) Additional security measures.--If 
                        the requirements of an alternative security 
                        program do not meet the requirements under this 
                        section, the Secretary may recommend additional 
                        security measures to the program that will 
                        enable the Secretary to approve the program.
                    ``(B) Satisfaction of site security plan 
                requirement.--A covered chemical facility may satisfy 
                the site security plan requirement under subsection (a) 
                by adopting an alternative security program that the 
                Secretary has--
                            ``(i) reviewed and approved under 
                        subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(ii) determined to be appropriate for the 
                        operations and security concerns of the covered 
                        chemical facility.
            ``(3) Site security plan assessments.--
                    ``(A) Risk assessment policies and procedures.--In 
                approving or disapproving a site security plan under 
                this subsection, the Secretary shall employ the risk 
                assessment policies and procedures developed under this 
                title.
                    ``(B) Previously approved plans.--In the case of a 
                covered chemical facility for which the Secretary 
                approved a site security plan before the date of 
                enactment of the Protecting and Securing Chemical 
                Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014, the 
                Secretary may not require the facility to resubmit the 
                site security plan solely by reason of the enactment of 
                this title.
            ``(4) Expedited approval program.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A covered chemical facility 
                assigned to tier 3 or 4 may meet the requirement to 
                develop and submit a site security plan under 
                subsection (a)(2)(D) by developing and submitting to 
                the Secretary--
                            ``(i) a site security plan and the 
                        certification described in subparagraph (C); or
                            ``(ii) a site security plan in conformance 
                        with a template authorized under subparagraph 
                        (H).
                    ``(B) Guidance for expedited approval facilities.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 180 days 
                        after the date of enactment of the Protecting 
                        and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist 
                        Attacks Act of 2014, the Secretary shall issue 
                        guidance for expedited approval facilities that 
                        identifies specific security measures that are 
                        sufficient to meet the risk-based performance 
                        standards.
                            ``(ii) Material deviation from guidance.--
                        If a security measure in the site security plan 
                        of an expedited approval facility materially 
                        deviates from a security measure in the 
                        guidance for expedited approval facilities, the 
                        site security plan shall include an explanation 
                        of how such security measure meets the risk-
                        based performance standards.
                            ``(iii) Process.--In developing and 
                        issuing, or amending, the guidance for 
                        expedited approval facilities under this 
                        subparagraph and in collecting information from 
                        expedited approval facilities, the Secretary--
                                    ``(I) shall consult with--
                                            ``(aa) Sector Coordinating 
                                        Councils established under 
                                        sections 201 and 871(a); and
                                            ``(bb) appropriate labor 
                                        organizations; and
                                    ``(II) shall not be subject to 
                                section 553 of title 5, United States 
                                Code, the National Environmental Policy 
                                Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 
                                subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, 
                                United States Code, or section 2107(b) 
                                of this title.
                    ``(C) Certification.--The owner or operator of an 
                expedited approval facility shall submit to the 
                Secretary a certification, signed under penalty of 
                perjury, that--
                            ``(i) the owner or operator is familiar 
                        with the requirements of this title and part 27 
                        of title 6, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
                        successor thereto, and the site security plan 
                        being submitted;
                            ``(ii) the site security plan includes the 
                        security measures required by subsection (b);
                            ``(iii)(I) the security measures in the 
                        site security plan do not materially deviate 
                        from the guidance for expedited approval 
                        facilities except where indicated in the site 
                        security plan;
                            ``(II) any deviations from the guidance for 
                        expedited approval facilities in the site 
                        security plan meet the risk-based performance 
                        standards for the tier to which the facility is 
                        assigned; and
                            ``(III) the owner or operator has provided 
                        an explanation of how the site security plan 
                        meets the risk-based performance standards for 
                        any material deviation;
                            ``(iv) the owner or operator has visited, 
                        examined, documented, and verified that the 
                        expedited approval facility meets the criteria 
                        set forth in the site security plan;
                            ``(v) the expedited approval facility has 
                        implemented all of the required performance 
                        measures outlined in the site security plan or 
                        set out planned measures that will be 
                        implemented within a reasonable time period 
                        stated in the site security plan;
                            ``(vi) each individual responsible for 
                        implementing the site security plan is fully 
                        aware of the requirements relevant to the 
                        individual's responsibility contained in the 
                        site security plan and is competent to carry 
                        out those requirements; and
                            ``(vii) the owner or operator has 
                        committed, or, in the case of planned measures 
                        will commit, the necessary resources to fully 
                        implement the site security plan.
                    ``(D) Deadline.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 120 days 
                        after the date described in clause (ii), the 
                        owner or operator of an expedited approval 
                        facility shall submit to the Secretary the site 
                        security plan and the certification described 
                        in subparagraph (C).
                            ``(ii) Date.--The date described in this 
                        clause is--
                                    ``(I) for an expedited approval 
                                facility that was assigned to tier 3 or 
                                4 under existing CFATS regulations 
                                before the date of enactment of the 
                                Protecting and Securing Chemical 
                                Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act 
                                of 2014, the date that is 210 days 
                                after the date of enactment of that 
                                Act; and
                                    ``(II) for any expedited approval 
                                facility not described in subclause 
                                (I), the later of--
                                            ``(aa) the date on which 
                                        the expedited approval facility 
                                        is assigned to tier 3 or 4 
                                        under subsection (e)(2)(A); or
                                            ``(bb) the date that is 210 
                                        days after the date of 
                                        enactment of the Protecting and 
                                        Securing Chemical Facilities 
                                        from Terrorist Attacks Act of 
                                        2014.
                            ``(iii) Notice.--An owner or operator of an 
                        expedited approval facility shall notify the 
                        Secretary of the intent of the owner or 
                        operator to certify the site security plan for 
                        the expedited approval facility not later than 
                        30 days before the date on which the owner or 
                        operator submits the site security plan and 
                        certification described in subparagraph (C).
                    ``(E) Compliance.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For an expedited 
                        approval facility submitting a site security 
                        plan and certification in accordance with 
                        subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D)--
                                    ``(I) the expedited approval 
                                facility shall comply with all of the 
                                requirements of its site security plan; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) the Secretary--
                                            ``(aa) except as provided 
                                        in subparagraph (G), may not 
                                        disapprove the site security 
                                        plan; and
                                            ``(bb) may audit and 
                                        inspect the expedited approval 
                                        facility under subsection (d) 
                                        to verify compliance with its 
                                        site security plan.
                            ``(ii) Noncompliance.--If the Secretary 
                        determines an expedited approval facility is 
                        not in compliance with the requirements of the 
                        site security plan or is otherwise in violation 
                        of this title, the Secretary may enforce 
                        compliance in accordance with section 2104.
                    ``(F) Amendments to site security plan.--
                            ``(i) Requirement.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--If the owner or 
                                operator of an expedited approval 
                                facility amends a site security plan 
                                submitted under subparagraph (A), the 
                                owner or operator shall submit the 
                                amended site security plan and a 
                                certification relating to the amended 
                                site security plan that contains the 
                                information described in subparagraph 
                                (C).
                                    ``(II) Technical amendments.--For 
                                purposes of this clause, an amendment 
                                to a site security plan includes any 
                                technical amendment to the site 
                                security plan.
                            ``(ii) Amendment required.--The owner or 
                        operator of an expedited approval facility 
                        shall amend the site security plan if--
                                    ``(I) there is a change in the 
                                design, construction, operation, or 
                                maintenance of the expedited approval 
                                facility that affects the site security 
                                plan;
                                    ``(II) the Secretary requires 
                                additional security measures or 
                                suspends a certification and recommends 
                                additional security measures under 
                                subparagraph (G); or
                                    ``(III) the owner or operator 
                                receives notice from the Secretary of a 
                                change in tiering under subsection 
                                (e)(3).
                            ``(iii) Deadline.--An amended site security 
                        plan and certification shall be submitted under 
                        clause (i)--
                                    ``(I) in the case of a change in 
                                design, construction, operation, or 
                                maintenance of the expedited approval 
                                facility that affects the security 
                                plan, not later than 120 days after the 
                                date on which the change in design, 
                                construction, operation, or maintenance 
                                occurred;
                                    ``(II) in the case of the Secretary 
                                requiring additional security measures 
                                or suspending a certification and 
                                recommending additional security 
                                measures under subparagraph (G), not 
                                later than 120 days after the date on 
                                which the owner or operator receives 
                                notice of the requirement for 
                                additional security measures or 
                                suspension of the certification and 
                                recommendation of additional security 
                                measures; and
                                    ``(III) in the case of a change in 
                                tiering, not later than 120 days after 
                                the date on which the owner or operator 
                                receives notice under subsection 
                                (e)(3).
                    ``(G) Facially deficient site security plans.--
                            ``(i) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding 
                        subparagraph (A) or (E), the Secretary may 
                        suspend the authority of a covered chemical 
                        facility to certify a site security plan if the 
                        Secretary--
                                    ``(I) determines the certified site 
                                security plan or an amended site 
                                security plan is facially deficient; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) not later than 100 days 
                                after the date on which the Secretary 
                                receives the site security plan and 
                                certification, provides the covered 
                                chemical facility with written 
                                notification that the site security 
                                plan is facially deficient, including a 
                                clear explanation of each deficiency in 
                                the site security plan.
                            ``(ii) Additional security measures.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--If, during or 
                                after a compliance inspection of an 
                                expedited approval facility, the 
                                Secretary determines that planned or 
                                implemented security measures in the 
                                site security plan of the facility are 
                                insufficient to meet the risk-based 
                                performance standards based on 
                                misrepresentation, omission, or an 
                                inadequate description of the site, the 
                                Secretary may--
                                            ``(aa) require additional 
                                        security measures; or
                                            ``(bb) suspend the 
                                        certification of the facility.
                                    ``(II) Recommendation of additional 
                                security measures.--If the Secretary 
                                suspends the certification of an 
                                expedited approval facility under 
                                subclause (I), the Secretary shall--
                                            ``(aa) recommend specific 
                                        additional security measures 
                                        that, if made part of the site 
                                        security plan by the facility, 
                                        would enable the Secretary to 
                                        approve the site security plan; 
                                        and
                                            ``(bb) provide the facility 
                                        an opportunity to submit a new 
                                        or modified site security plan 
                                        and certification under 
                                        subparagraph (A).
                                    ``(III) Submission; review.--If an 
                                expedited approval facility determines 
                                to submit a new or modified site 
                                security plan and certification as 
                                authorized under subclause (II)(bb)--
                                            ``(aa) not later than 90 
                                        days after the date on which 
                                        the facility receives 
                                        recommendations under subclause 
                                        (II)(aa), the facility shall 
                                        submit the new or modified plan 
                                        and certification; and
                                            ``(bb) not later than 45 
                                        days after the date on which 
                                        the Secretary receives the new 
                                        or modified plan under item 
                                        (aa), the Secretary shall 
                                        review the plan and determine 
                                        whether the plan is facially 
                                        deficient.
                                    ``(IV) Determination not to include 
                                additional security measures.--
                                            ``(aa) Revocation of 
                                        certification.--If an expedited 
                                        approval facility does not 
                                        agree to include in its site 
                                        security plan specific 
                                        additional security measures 
                                        recommended by the Secretary 
                                        under subclause (II)(aa), or 
                                        does not submit a new or 
                                        modified site security plan in 
                                        accordance with subclause 
                                        (III), the Secretary may revoke 
                                        the certification of the 
                                        facility by issuing an order 
                                        under section 2104(a)(1)(B).
                                            ``(bb) Effect of 
                                        revocation.--If the Secretary 
                                        revokes the certification of an 
                                        expedited approval facility 
                                        under item (aa) by issuing an 
                                        order under section 
                                        2104(a)(1)(B)--

                                                    ``(AA) the order 
                                                shall require the owner 
                                                or operator of the 
                                                facility to submit a 
                                                site security plan or 
                                                alternative security 
                                                program for review by 
                                                the Secretary review 
                                                under subsection 
                                                (c)(1); and

                                                    ``(BB) the facility 
                                                shall no longer be 
                                                eligible to certify a 
                                                site security plan 
                                                under this paragraph.

                                    ``(V) Facial deficiency.--If the 
                                Secretary determines that a new or 
                                modified site security plan submitted 
                                by an expedited approval facility under 
                                subclause (III) is facially deficient--
                                            ``(aa) not later than 120 
                                        days after the date of the 
                                        determination, the owner or 
                                        operator of the facility shall 
                                        submit a site security plan or 
                                        alternative security program 
                                        for review by the Secretary 
                                        under subsection (c)(1); and
                                            ``(bb) the facility shall 
                                        no longer be eligible to 
                                        certify a site security plan 
                                        under this paragraph.
                    ``(H) Templates.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary may 
                        develop prescriptive site security plan 
                        templates with specific security measures to 
                        meet the risk-based performance standards under 
                        subsection (a)(2)(C) for adoption and 
                        certification by a covered chemical facility 
                        assigned to tier 3 or 4 in lieu of developing 
                        and certifying its own plan.
                            ``(ii) Process.--In developing and issuing, 
                        or amending, the site security plan templates 
                        under this subparagraph, issuing guidance for 
                        implementation of the templates, and in 
                        collecting information from expedited approval 
                        facilities, the Secretary--
                                    ``(I) shall consult with--
                                            ``(aa) Sector Coordinating 
                                        Councils established under 
                                        sections 201 and 871(a); and
                                            ``(bb) appropriate labor 
                                        organizations; and
                                    ``(II) shall not be subject to 
                                section 553 of title 5, United States 
                                Code, the National Environmental Policy 
                                Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 
                                subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, 
                                United States Code, or section 2107(b) 
                                of this title.
                            ``(iii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in 
                        this subparagraph shall be construed to prevent 
                        a covered chemical facility from developing and 
                        certifying its own security plan in accordance 
                        with subparagraph (A).
                    ``(I) Evaluation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 18 months 
                        after the date of enactment of the Protecting 
                        and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist 
                        Attacks Act of 2014, the Secretary shall take 
                        any appropriate action necessary for a full 
                        evaluation of the expedited approval program 
                        authorized under this paragraph, including 
                        conducting an appropriate number of 
                        inspections, as authorized under subsection 
                        (d), of expedited approval facilities.
                            ``(ii) Report.--Not later than 18 months 
                        after the date of enactment of the Protecting 
                        and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist 
                        Attacks Act of 2014, the Secretary 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 that contains--
                                    ``(I) any costs and efficiencies 
                                associated with the expedited approval 
                                program authorized under this 
                                paragraph;
                                    ``(II) the impact of the expedited 
                                approval program on the backlog for 
                                site security plan approval and 
                                authorization inspections;
                                    ``(III) an assessment of the 
                                ability of expedited approval 
                                facilities to submit facially 
                                sufficient site security plans;
                                    ``(IV) an assessment of any impact 
                                of the expedited approval program on 
                                the security of chemical facilities; 
                                and
                                    ``(V) a recommendation by the 
                                Secretary on the frequency of 
                                compliance inspections that may be 
                                required for expedited approval 
                                facilities.
    ``(d) Compliance.--
            ``(1) Audits and inspections.--
                    ``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
                            ``(i) the term `nondepartmental'--
                                    ``(I) with respect to personnel, 
                                means personnel that is not employed by 
                                the Department; and
                                    ``(II) with respect to an entity, 
                                means an entity that is not a component 
                                or other authority of the Department; 
                                and
                            ``(ii) the term `nongovernmental'--
                                    ``(I) with respect to personnel, 
                                means personnel that is not employed by 
                                the Federal Government; and
                                    ``(II) with respect to an entity, 
                                means an entity that is not an agency, 
                                department, or other authority of the 
                                Federal Government.
                    ``(B) Authority to conduct audits and 
                inspections.--The Secretary shall conduct audits or 
                inspections under this title using--
                            ``(i) employees of the Department; or
                            ``(ii) nondepartmental or nongovernmental 
                        personnel approved by the Secretary.
                    ``(C) Support personnel.--The Secretary may use 
                nongovernmental personnel to provide administrative and 
                logistical services in support of audits and 
                inspections under this title.
                    ``(D) Reporting structure.--
                            ``(i) Nondepartmental and nongovernmental 
                        audits and inspections.--Any audit or 
                        inspection conducted by an individual employed 
                        by a nondepartmental or nongovernmental entity 
                        shall be assigned in coordination with a 
                        regional supervisor with responsibility for 
                        supervising inspectors within the 
                        Infrastructure Security Compliance Division of 
                        the Department for the region in which the 
                        audit or inspection is to be conducted.
                            ``(ii) Requirement to report.--While an 
                        individual employed by a nondepartmental or 
                        nongovernmental entity is in the field 
                        conducting an audit or inspection under this 
                        subsection, the individual shall report to the 
                        regional supervisor with responsibility for 
                        supervising inspectors within the 
                        Infrastructure Security Compliance Division of 
                        the Department for the region in which the 
                        individual is operating.
                            ``(iii) Approval.--The authority to approve 
                        a site security plan under subsection (c) or 
                        determine if a covered chemical facility is in 
                        compliance with an approved site security plan 
                        shall be exercised solely by the Secretary or a 
                        designee of the Secretary within the 
                        Department.
                    ``(E) Standards for auditors and inspectors.--The 
                Secretary shall prescribe standards for the training 
                and retraining of each individual used by the 
                Department as an auditor or inspector, including each 
                individual employed by the Department and all 
                nondepartmental or nongovernmental personnel, 
                including--
                            ``(i) minimum training requirements for new 
                        auditors and inspectors;
                            ``(ii) retraining requirements;
                            ``(iii) minimum education and experience 
                        levels;
                            ``(iv) the submission of information as 
                        required by the Secretary to enable 
                        determination of whether the auditor or 
                        inspector has a conflict of interest;
                            ``(v) the proper certification or 
                        certifications necessary to handle chemical-
                        terrorism vulnerability information (as defined 
                        in section 27.105 of title 6, Code of Federal 
                        Regulations, or any successor thereto);
                            ``(vi) the reporting of any issue of non-
                        compliance with this section to the Secretary 
                        within 24 hours; and
                            ``(vii) any additional qualifications for 
                        fitness of duty as the Secretary may require.
                    ``(F) Conditions for nongovernmental auditors and 
                inspectors.--If the Secretary arranges for an audit or 
                inspection under subparagraph (B) to be carried out by 
                a nongovernmental entity, the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) prescribe standards for the 
                        qualification of the individuals who carry out 
                        such audits and inspections that are 
                        commensurate with the standards for similar 
                        Government auditors or inspectors; and
                            ``(ii) ensure that any duties carried out 
                        by a nongovernmental entity are not inherently 
                        governmental functions.
            ``(2) Personnel surety.--
                    ``(A) Personnel surety program.--For purposes of 
                this title, the Secretary shall establish and carry out 
                a Personnel Surety Program that--
                            ``(i) does not require an owner or operator 
                        of a covered chemical facility that voluntarily 
                        participates in the program to submit 
                        information about an individual more than one 
                        time;
                            ``(ii) provides a participating owner or 
                        operator of a covered chemical facility with 
                        relevant information about an individual based 
                        on vetting the individual against the terrorist 
                        screening database, to the extent that such 
                        feedback is necessary for the facility to be in 
                        compliance with regulations promulgated under 
                        this title; and
                            ``(iii) provides redress to an individual--
                                    ``(I) whose information was vetted 
                                against the terrorist screening 
                                database under the program; and
                                    ``(II) who believes that the 
                                personally identifiable information 
                                submitted to the Department for such 
                                vetting by a covered chemical facility, 
                                or its designated representative, was 
                                inaccurate.
                    ``(B) Personnel surety program implementation.--To 
                the extent that a risk-based performance standard 
                established under subsection (a) requires identifying 
                individuals with ties to terrorism--
                            ``(i) a covered chemical facility may 
                        satisfy its obligation under the standard by 
                        using any Federal screening program that 
                        periodically vets individuals against the 
                        terrorist screening database, or any successor 
                        program, including the Personnel Surety Program 
                        established under subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary may not require a 
                        covered chemical facility to submit any 
                        information about an individual unless the 
                        individual--
                                    ``(I) is to be vetted under the 
                                Personnel Surety Program; or
                                    ``(II) has been identified as 
                                presenting a terrorism security risk.
            ``(3) Availability of information.--The Secretary shall 
        share with the owner or operator of a covered chemical facility 
        any information that the owner or operator needs to comply with 
        this section.
    ``(e) Responsibilities of the Secretary.--
            ``(1) Identification of chemical facilities of interest.--
        In carrying out this title, the Secretary shall consult with 
        the heads of other Federal agencies, States and political 
        subdivisions thereof, relevant business associations, and 
        public and private labor organizations to identify all chemical 
        facilities of interest.
            ``(2) Risk assessment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this title, the 
                Secretary shall develop a security risk assessment 
                approach and corresponding tiering methodology for 
                covered chemical facilities that incorporates the 
                relevant elements of risk, including threat, 
                vulnerability, and consequence.
                    ``(B) Criteria for determining security risk.--The 
                criteria for determining the security risk of terrorism 
                associated with a covered chemical facility shall take 
                into account--
                            ``(i) relevant threat information;
                            ``(ii) potential economic consequences and 
                        the potential loss of human life in the event 
                        of the facility being subject to a terrorist 
                        attack, compromise, infiltration, or 
                        exploitation; and
                            ``(iii) vulnerability of the facility to a 
                        terrorist attack, compromise, infiltration, or 
                        exploitation.
            ``(3) Changes in tiering.--
                    ``(A) Maintenance of records.--The Secretary shall 
                document the basis for each instance in which--
                            ``(i) tiering for a covered chemical 
                        facility is changed; or
                            ``(ii) a covered chemical facility is 
                        determined to no longer be subject to the 
                        requirements under this title.
                    ``(B) Required information.--The records maintained 
                under subparagraph (A) shall include information on 
                whether and how the Secretary confirmed the information 
                that was the basis for the change or determination 
                described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(4) Semiannual performance reporting.--Not later than 6 
        months after the date of enactment of the Protecting and 
        Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 
        2014, and not less frequently than once every 6 months 
        thereafter, the Secretary 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 that describes, for the period covered 
        by the report--
                    ``(A) the number of covered chemical facilities in 
                the United States;
                    ``(B) the average number of days spent reviewing 
                site security or an alternative security program for a 
                covered chemical facility prior to approval;
                    ``(C) the number of covered chemical facilities 
                inspected;
                    ``(D) the average number of covered chemical 
                facilities inspected per inspector; and
                    ``(E) any other information that the Secretary 
                determines will be helpful to Congress in evaluating 
                the performance of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 
                Standards Program.

``SEC. 2103. PROTECTION AND SHARING OF INFORMATION.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
information developed under this title, including vulnerability 
assessments, site security plans, and other security related 
information, records, and documents shall be given protections from 
public disclosure consistent with the protection of similar information 
under section 70103(d) of title 46, United States Code.
    ``(b) Sharing of Information With States and Local Governments.--
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the sharing of 
information developed under this title, as the Secretary determines 
appropriate, with State and local government officials possessing a 
need to know and the necessary security clearances, including law 
enforcement officials and first responders, for the purpose of carrying 
out this title.
    ``(c) Sharing of Information With First Responders.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--The Secretary shall provide to State, 
        local, and regional fusion centers (as that term is defined in 
        section 210A(j)(1)) and State and local government officials, 
        as the Secretary determines appropriate, such information as is 
        necessary to help ensure that first responders are properly 
        prepared and provided with the situational awareness needed to 
        respond to security incidents at covered chemical facilities.
            ``(2) Dissemination.--The Secretary shall disseminate 
        information under paragraph (1) through a medium or system 
        determined by the Secretary to be appropriate to ensure the 
        secure and expeditious dissemination of such information to 
        necessary selected individuals.
    ``(d) Enforcement Proceedings.--In any proceeding to enforce this 
section, vulnerability assessments, site security plans, and other 
information submitted to or obtained by the Secretary under this title, 
and related vulnerability or security information, shall be treated as 
if the information were classified information.
    ``(e) Availability of Information.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law (including section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States 
Code), section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as 
the `Freedom of Information Act') shall not apply to information 
protected from public disclosure pursuant to subsection (a) of this 
section.

``SEC. 2104. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.

    ``(a) Notice of Noncompliance.--
            ``(1) Notice.--If the Secretary determines that a covered 
        chemical facility is not in compliance with this title, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) provide the owner or operator of the facility 
                with--
                            ``(i) not later than 14 days after date on 
                        which the Secretary makes the determination, a 
                        written notification of noncompliance that 
                        includes a clear explanation of any deficiency 
                        in the security vulnerability assessment or 
                        site security plan; and
                            ``(ii) an opportunity for consultation with 
                        the Secretary or the Secretary's designee; and
                    ``(B) issue to the owner or operator of the 
                facility an order to comply with this title by a date 
                specified by the Secretary in the order, which date 
                shall be not later than 180 days after the date on 
                which the Secretary issues the order.
            ``(2) Continued noncompliance.--If an owner or operator 
        continues to be in noncompliance with this title after the date 
        specified in an order issued under paragraph (1)(B), the 
        Secretary may enter an order in accordance with this section 
        assessing a civil penalty, an order to cease operations, or 
        both.
    ``(b) Civil Penalties.--
            ``(1) Violations of orders.--Any person who violates an 
        order issued under this title shall be liable for a civil 
        penalty under section 70119(a) of title 46, United States Code.
            ``(2) Non-reporting chemical facilities of interest.--Any 
        owner of a chemical facility of interest who fails to comply 
        with, or knowingly submits false information under, this title 
        or the CFATS regulations shall be liable for a civil penalty 
        under section 70119(a) of title 46, United States Code.
    ``(c) Emergency Orders.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any 
        site security plan or alternative security program approved 
        under this title, if the Secretary determines that there is a 
        reasonable likelihood that a violation of this title or the 
        CFATS regulations by a chemical facility could result in death, 
        serious illness, severe personal injury, or substantial 
        endangerment to the public, the Secretary may direct the 
        facility, effective immediately or as soon as practicable, to--
                    ``(A) cease some or all operations; or
                    ``(B) implement appropriate emergency security 
                measures.
            ``(2) Limitation on delegation.--The Secretary may not 
        delegate the authority under paragraph (1) to any official 
        other than the Under Secretary for the National Protection and 
        Programs Directorate.
    ``(d) Right of Action.--Nothing in this title confers upon any 
person except the Secretary or his or her designee a right of action 
against an owner or operator of a covered chemical facility to enforce 
any provision of this title.

``SEC. 2105. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.

    ``(a) Procedure for Reporting Problems.--
            ``(1) Establishment of a reporting procedure.--Not later 
        than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Protecting and 
        Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 
        2014, the Secretary shall establish, and provide information to 
        the public regarding, a procedure under which any employee or 
        contractor of a chemical facility may submit a report to the 
        Secretary regarding problems, deficiencies, or vulnerabilities 
        at a covered chemical facility that are associated with the 
        risk of a chemical facility terrorist incident.
            ``(2) Confidentiality.--The Secretary shall keep 
        confidential the identity of an individual who submits a report 
        under paragraph (1) and any such report shall be treated as a 
        record containing protected information to the extent that the 
        report does not consist of publicly available information.
            ``(3) Acknowledgment of receipt.--If a report submitted 
        under paragraph (1) identifies the individual making the 
        report, the Secretary shall promptly respond to the individual 
        directly and shall promptly acknowledge receipt of the report.
            ``(4) Steps to address problems.--The Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) review and consider the information provided 
                in any report submitted under paragraph (1); and
                    ``(B) take appropriate steps under this title if 
                necessary to address any substantiated problems, 
                deficiencies, or vulnerabilities associated with the 
                risk of a chemical facility terrorist incident 
                identified in the report.
            ``(5) Retaliation prohibited.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An owner or operator of a 
                covered chemical facility or agent thereof may not 
                discharge an employee or otherwise discriminate against 
                an employee with respect to the compensation provided 
                to, or terms, conditions, or privileges of the 
                employment of, the employee because the employee (or an 
                individual acting pursuant to a request of the 
                employee) submitted a report under paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Exception.--An employee shall not be entitled 
                to the protections under this section if the employee--
                            ``(i) knowingly and willfully makes any 
                        false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or 
                        representation; or
                            ``(ii) uses any false writing or document 
                        knowing the writing or document contains any 
                        false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or 
                        entry.
    ``(b) Protected Disclosures.--Nothing in this title shall be 
construed to limit the right of an individual to make any disclosure--
            ``(1) protected or authorized under section 2302(b)(8) or 
        7211 of title 5, United States Code;
            ``(2) protected under any other Federal or State law that 
        shields the disclosing individual against retaliation or 
        discrimination for having made the disclosure in the public 
        interest; or
            ``(3) to the Special Counsel of an agency, the inspector 
        general of an agency, or any other employee designated by the 
        head of an agency to receive disclosures similar to the 
        disclosures described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
    ``(c) Publication of Rights.--The Secretary, in partnership with 
industry associations and labor organizations, shall make publicly 
available both physically and online the rights that an individual who 
discloses information, including security-sensitive information, 
regarding problems, deficiencies, or vulnerabilities at a covered 
chemical facility would have under Federal whistleblower protection 
laws or this title.
    ``(d) Protected Information.--All information contained in a report 
made under this subsection (a) shall be protected in accordance with 
section 2103.

``SEC. 2106. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.

    ``(a) Other Federal Laws.--Nothing in this title shall be construed 
to supersede, amend, alter, or affect any Federal law that regulates 
the manufacture, distribution in commerce, use, sale, other treatment, 
or disposal of chemical substances or mixtures.
    ``(b) States and Political Subdivisions.--This title shall not 
preclude or deny any right of any State or political subdivision 
thereof to adopt or enforce any regulation, requirement, or standard of 
performance with respect to chemical facility security that is more 
stringent than a regulation, requirement, or standard of performance 
issued under this section, or otherwise impair any right or 
jurisdiction of any State with respect to chemical facilities within 
that State, unless there is an actual conflict between this section and 
the law of that State.

``SEC. 2107. CFATS REGULATIONS.

    ``(a) General Authority.--The Secretary may, in accordance with 
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, promulgate regulations or 
amend existing CFATS regulations to implement the provisions under this 
title.
    ``(b) Existing CFATS Regulations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 4(b) of the 
        Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist 
        Attacks Act of 2014, each existing CFATS regulation shall 
        remain in effect unless the Secretary amends, consolidates, or 
        repeals the regulation.
            ``(2) Repeal.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities 
        from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014, the Secretary shall repeal 
        any existing CFATS regulation that the Secretary determines is 
        duplicative of, or conflicts with, this title.
    ``(c) Authority.--The Secretary shall exclusively rely upon 
authority provided under this title in--
            ``(1) determining compliance with this title;
            ``(2) identifying chemicals of interest; and
            ``(3) determining security risk associated with a chemical 
        facility.

``SEC. 2108. SMALL COVERED CHEMICAL FACILITIES.

    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `small covered 
chemical facility' means a covered chemical facility that--
            ``(1) has fewer than 100 employees employed at the covered 
        chemical facility; and
            ``(2) is owned and operated by a small business concern (as 
        defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        632)).
    ``(b) Assistance to Facilities.--The Secretary may provide guidance 
and, as appropriate, tools, methodologies, or computer software, to 
assist small covered chemical facilities in developing the physical 
security, cybersecurity, recordkeeping, and reporting procedures 
required under this title.
    ``(c) Report.--The Secretary 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 
on best practices that may assist small covered chemical facilities in 
development of physical security best practices.

``SEC. 2109. OUTREACH TO CHEMICAL FACILITIES OF INTEREST.

    ``Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the 
Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act 
of 2014, the Secretary shall establish an outreach implementation plan, 
in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal and State 
agencies, relevant business associations, and public and private labor 
organizations, to--
            ``(1) identify chemical facilities of interest; and
            ``(2) make available compliance assistance materials and 
        information on education and training.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-196; 116 Stat. 2135) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

        ``TITLE XXI--CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS

``Sec. 2101. Definitions.
``Sec. 2102. Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program.
``Sec. 2103. Protection and sharing of information.
``Sec. 2104. Civil enforcement.
``Sec. 2105. Whistleblower protections.
``Sec. 2106. Relationship to other laws.
``Sec. 2107. CFATS regulations.
``Sec. 2108. Small covered chemical facilities.
``Sec. 2109. Outreach to chemical facilities of interest.''.

SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT; REPORTS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards 
        Program'' means--
                    (A) the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards 
                program initially authorized under section 550 of the 
                Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
                2007 (Public Law 109-295; 6 U.S.C. 121 note); and
                    (B) the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards 
                Program subsequently authorized under section 2102(a) 
                of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 
                section 2;
            (2) the term ``Department'' means the Department of 
        Homeland Security; and
            (3) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security.
    (b) Third-party Assessment.--Using amounts appropriated to the 
Department before the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall commission a third-party study to assess vulnerabilities of 
covered chemical facilities, as defined in section 2101 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (as added by section 2), to acts of terrorism.
    (c) Reports.--
            (1) Report to congress.--Not later than 18 months after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 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 on the Chemical Facility Anti-
        Terrorism Standards Program that includes--
                    (A) a certification by the Secretary that the 
                Secretary has made significant progress in the 
                identification of all chemical facilities of interest 
                under section 2102(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act 
                of 2002, as added by section 2, including--
                            (i) a description of the steps taken to 
                        achieve that progress and the metrics used to 
                        measure the progress;
                            (ii) information on whether facilities that 
                        submitted Top-Screens as a result of the 
                        identification of chemical facilities of 
                        interest were tiered and in what tiers those 
                        facilities were placed; and
                            (iii) an action plan to better identify 
                        chemical facilities of interest and bring those 
                        facilities into compliance with title XXI of 
                        the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 
                        section 2;
                    (B) a certification by the Secretary that the 
                Secretary has developed a risk assessment approach and 
                corresponding tiering methodology under section 
                2102(e)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
                added by section 2;
                    (C) an assessment by the Secretary of the 
                implementation by the Department of the recommendations 
                made by the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis 
                Institute as outlined in the Institute's Tiering 
                Methodology Peer Review (Publication Number: RP12-22-
                02); and
                    (D) a description of best practices that may assist 
                small covered chemical facilities, as defined in 
                section 2108(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 
                as added by section 2, in the development of physical 
                security best practices.
            (2) Annual gao report.--
                    (A) In general.--During the 3-year period beginning 
                on the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
                General of the United States shall submit to Congress 
                an annual report that assesses the implementation of 
                this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
                    (B) Initial report.--Not later than 180 days after 
                the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
                General shall submit to Congress the first report under 
                subparagraph (A).
                    (C) Second annual report.--Not later than one year 
                from the date of the initial report required under 
                subparagraph (B), the Comptroller General shall submit 
                to Congress the second report under subparagraph (A), 
                which shall include an assessment of the whistleblower 
                protections provided under section 2105 of the Homeland 
                Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2, and--
                            (i) describes the number and type of 
                        problems, deficiencies, and vulnerabilities 
                        with respect to which reports have been 
                        submitted under such section 2105;
                            (ii) evaluates the efforts of the Secretary 
                        in addressing the problems, deficiencies, and 
                        vulnerabilities described in subsection (a)(1) 
                        of such section 2105; and
                            (iii) evaluates the efforts of the 
                        Secretary to inform individuals of their 
                        rights, as required under subsection (c) of 
                        such section 2105.
                    (D) Third annual report.--Not later than 1 year 
                after the date on which the Comptroller General submits 
                the second report required under subparagraph (A), the 
                Comptroller General shall submit to Congress the third 
                report under subparagraph (A), which shall include an 
                assessment of--
                            (i) the expedited approval program 
                        authorized under section 2102(c)(4) of the 
                        Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 
                        section 2; and
                            (ii) the report on the expedited approval 
                        program submitted by the Secretary under 
                        subparagraph (I)(ii) of such section 
                        2102(c)(4).

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; CONFORMING REPEAL.

    (a) Effective Date.--This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 550 of the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109-295; 120 Stat. 1388), 
is repealed as of the effective date of this Act.

SEC. 5. TERMINATION.

    The authority provided under title XXI of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002, as added by section 2(a), shall terminate on the date that is 
4 years after the effective date of this Act.
                                                       Calendar No. 578

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4007

                          [Report No. 113-263]

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                                 AN ACT

   To recodify and reauthorize the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 
                           Standards Program.

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                           September 18, 2014

                       Reported with an amendment