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Senate Panel Approves Chemical Facility Standards Bill; DHS, OMB Nominations

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to modify an existing chemical facility standards program managed by the Department of Homeland Security and also reported several nominations, including for the deputy at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Programs Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014 (H.R. 4007) was approved by voice vote and requires DHS to establish performance-based standards to improve the security of chemical facilities. It also requires a…

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