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HR 6711 112th Congress House

Keeping our Communities Safe by Strengthening Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make certain considerations when assigning chemical facilities to risk-based tiers pursuant to the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards.

Introduced: December 27, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Dec 27, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 27, 2012
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 Latest action December 27, 2012

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keeping our Communities Safe by Strengthening Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities Act - Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in assigning a chemical facility to a risk tier under performance standards for the security of chemical facilities, to consider the proximity of the facility to population centers, schools, and other facilities at risk of creating a secondary explosion.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6711: Keeping our Communities Safe by Strengthening Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6711/
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"H.R. 6711: Keeping our Communities Safe by Strengthening Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6711/.
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H.R. 6711, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6711/.
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