Chemical Facility Security News

The status of HR 901, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Security Authorization Act of 2011, was once again updated on Friday while the House...

While yesterday was a pro forma session for the House it did allow for some housekeeping measures to be completed. One of those was the publ...

An anonymous reader objected to my characterization in this morning's blog  of the bipartisan support (or lack thereof) of HR 908 in the...

As expected the House Energy and Commerce Committee amended and reported favorably on HR 908. With a final vote of 33 – 16, the supporters ...

The House Energy and Commerce Committee will begin another two-day markup hearing this afternoon that will include action on HR 908, the Ful...

The House is back in town after a long week of checking the pulse back home and the Senate was in session the whole time. We’re now back to ...

Yesterday the Environment and Economy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed on a voice vote an amended version of ...

Last Friday an anonymous reader posted a comment on my blog about the hearing for HR 908 correcting a statement I made about the House Home...

Yesterday the Environment and Economy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee held its initial hearing on HR 908 , one of f...

It’s going to be a busy week for Congressional hearings of interest to the chemical security community, CFATS, cyber security and weapons of...

As I mentioned last week there were four CFATS extension bills submitted in Congress last Friday. I have already reviewed S 473 and HR 901...

Yesterday, Congress started the process for a more formal extension of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program with t...