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House Passes Bills For Chemical and Border Security, Emergency Communications

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 9th, 2014

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House Passes Bills For Chemical and Border Security, Emergency Communications

The House Tuesday night approved with little opposition several homeland security bills dealing with chemical and border security, and emergency communications. The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014 (H.R. 4007) codifies the Department of Homeland Security’s CFATS program and is aimed at improving security standards at chemical facilities. The bill was approved by voice vote. “It is vitally important that we ensure our first responders have adequate knowledge of where these facilities are located,”…

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