Sec. 2. Findings and purpose
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Congress finds the following: The chemical sector of the United States represents a target that terrorists could exploit to cause consequences, including death, injury, or serious adverse effects to human health, the environment, critical infrastructure, public health, homeland security, national security, and the national economy. Small chemical facilities pose particular challenges to Homeland Security because they may lack the expertise or resources to register with the Department of Homeland Security’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program.
Small chemical facilities such as the fertilizer plant in the town of West Texas destroyed by an explosion may not have been fully compliant with State and Federal law. Small chemical facilities have less physical security. Chemical facilities that pose such potential consequences and that are vulnerable to terrorist attacks must be protected. The Secretary of Homeland Security has statutory authority under section 550 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 ( 6 U.S.C. 121 note) to regulate the security practices at chemical facilities that are at significant risk of being terrorist targets.
The Secretary of Homeland Security issued interim final regulations entitled the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards , which became effective on June 8, 2007. The purpose of this Act is to modify and make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate security practices at chemical facilities.
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