[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 814 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 814

 To provide stronger penalties for violations of the Chemical Facility 
                       Anti-Terrorism Standards.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2013

Mr. Reid (for Mr. Lautenberg) introduced the following bill; which was 
   read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide stronger penalties for violations of the Chemical Facility 
                       Anti-Terrorism Standards.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Communities from Chemical 
Explosions Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF CHEMICAL 
              FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS.

    Section 550(d) of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2007 (6 U.S.C. 121 note) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Any person''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Any owner or operator of a chemical facility that holds a 
quantity of a chemical of interest that is at or above the screening 
threshold quantity established under the interim final regulations 
issued under this section and that does not file a Chemical Security 
Assessment Tool Top-Screen with the Department of Homeland Security 
shall be liable for a civil penalty under section 70119(a) of title 46, 
United States Code.
    ``(3)(A) It shall be unlawful for an officer of an entity that owns 
or operates, or an owner or operator of, a chemical facility that holds 
a quantity of a chemical of interest that is at or above the screening 
threshold quantity established under the interim final regulations 
issued under this section to intentionally fail to file a Chemical 
Security Assessment Tool Top-Screen with the Department of Homeland 
Security.
    ``(B) Any person who violates subparagraph (A) shall be fined under 
title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 6 years, or 
both.''.
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