S 473 Reported in Senate – CFATS Extension

On Monday the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee favorably reported S 473, the  Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2011. There is no written report but the revised version of the bill is now available from the GPO; no new surprises there.

The bill is now ‘placed on the calendar’ in the Senate and ‘could’ be considered at ‘any time’. While Sen. Collins (R,ME) is reportedly pressing for its consideration, I continue to suspect that she will have a hard time getting it to the floor. If it does get to the floor it is very likely (almost certainly) to get bogged down in the amendment process.

We now have three CFATS extension bills reported out of Committee with no word when or if they will be considered by their respective houses.