Yesterday the Senate amended and passed HR
251, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (CFATS)
Extension Act. The amendments were adopted, and the bill passed at the end
of yesterday’s session under the unanimous consent process. There was no
debate and no votes.
Two amendments were adopted. The first changed the ‘6 years’
change to amend 6
USC 621 Note (Effective and Termination Dates) to read ‘5 years and 3
months’ (15 months extension to March 17th, 2020). The second
amendment changed the title to read: “An Act to extend by 15 months the
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program of the Department of
Homeland Security, and for other purposes”.
The amendments were proposed by Sen. Johnson (R,WI) and Sen.
Peters (D,MI), the Chair and Ranking Member respectively of the Senate Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The Hill.com had a brief
article last night on the deal making surrounding these amendments.
The House is
scheduled to concur with the Senate’s amendments later today. That will
take place under the suspension of the rules process with no amendments and a
super majority (2/3) vote to pass. The House will almost certainly concur with
the Senate amendments. There has been no comment from the President on whether
or not he will sign the bill, but neither Rush Limbaugh nor Putin have voiced
any opposition. (Okay, the last comment was more than a little flip and over the top, sorry).
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