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Business/Financial

Panel Approves Extension Of Anti-Terror Law For Chemical Facilities

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, July 1st, 2011

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a three-year extension of regulations that enable the Department of Homeland Security to oversee compliance by high-risk chemical facilities with federal security standards. The bi-partisan Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program bill (S. 473) creates a best practices clearinghouse and private sector advisory board at DHS to help implement the standards as well as a new voluntary technical assistance program to allow DHS, at the request of facility owners and…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

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