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Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2009

Introduced: January 7, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 5, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
Jan 14, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Jan 7, 2009
Referred to House Homeland Security
Jan 7, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 7, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jan 7, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2009 - Prohibits federal funds from being used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to approve a site security plan for a chemical facility unless the facility meets or exceeds security standards and requirements to protect it against terrorist acts established by the state or local government for the area where it is located.

Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to: (1) repeal a provision prohibiting the Secretary from disapproving a site security plan based on the presence or absence of a particular security measure; (2) require vulnerability assessments and site security plans to be treated as sensitive security information; and (3) repeal a provision limiting to the Secretary any right of action against a chemical facility owner or operator to enforce security measures.

What's happening now February 5, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jan 7, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 261: Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-261/
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"H.R. 261: Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-261/.
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H.R. 261, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-261/.
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