Chemical Security Act of 2003
Latest action · May 20, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 29, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Chemical Security Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to: (1) designate certain combinations of chemical sources and substances of concern as high priority categories based on the severity of the threat posed by an unauthorized release from the chemical sources; and (2) require each owner and operator of a high priority category chemical source to conduct an assessment of the vulnerability of the source to a terrorist attack or other unauthorized release, identify hazards that may result from an unauthorized release, and prepare a prevention, preparedness, and response plan.
Directs: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide owners and operators of chemical sources with relevant threat information; (2) each such owner and operator to
Directs the Administrator: (1) to establish a publicly available clearinghouse to compile and disseminate information on the use and availability of inherently safer technologies; (2) and the Secretary of Energy to establish and administer a Technology Transition Fund to provide grants to assist chemical facilities that demonstrate financial hardship in implementing inherently safer technologies; and (3) to make grants to provide for training of first responders and of employees at chemical sources in identifying opportunities to reduce the chemical source's vulnerability to a release of a substance of concern through the use of safer technologies or in emergency response procedures.
Sets forth provisions regarding Administrator: (1) certifications of source compliance with assessment and plan requirements; (2) provision of compliance assistance; (3) authorization to order compliance; and (4) actions to secure relief necessary to abate a terrorist threat.
Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for source violations.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 29, 2003 to Jul 8, 2004, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Apr 29, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Apr 29, 2003 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Apr 29, 2003 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 29, 2003 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Apr 30, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Apr 30, 2003 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | May 1, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | May 15, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 10, 2003 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Sep 30, 2003 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Sep 30, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Peter Deutsch | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Nov 21, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- Apr 29, 2003Introduced in House
- Apr 29, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Accident prevention
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Business records
- Chemical industries
- Chemical warfare
- Chemicals
- Civil actions and liability
- Commerce
- Computer crimes
- Computer networks
- Computer security measures
- Confidential communications
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Data banks
- EBB Terrorism
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Employee selection
- Employee training
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Evacuation of civilians
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fire fighters
- Freedom of information
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Higher education
- Identification of criminals
- Industrial accidents
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Injunctions
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Larceny
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Medical education
- Medical personnel
- Occupational health and safety
- Paramedical personnel
- Planning
- Police
- Recidivists
- Safety measures
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Technology transfer
- Terrorism
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