Chemical Facilities Security Act of 2008
Latest action · Jun 12, 2008 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Chemical Facilities Security Act of 2008 - Extends and transfers provisions requiring the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish risk-based performance standards, require vulnerability assessments, and implement site plans for the security of chemical facilities from the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
Eliminates the condition that an actual conflict with such provisions would preempt related state or local regulatory authority.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2008Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 6, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
- Mar 5, 2008Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2008Introduced in House
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