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Press Release

Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 4007, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program Authorization and Accountability Act on voice vote. This bill, introduced by Reps. Patrick Meehan, (R-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), and Michael McCaul (R-TX) authorizes CFATS through 2017. This program provides security regulations for high-risk chemical facilities.

"Our District is home to one of the largest petrochemical complexes in the world," Green said. "Our constituents work in these plants and live and raise their families in the communities that surround them. It's essential for Congress to authorize CFATS and continue to monitor DHS' implementation of the program to ensure that workers and communities are safe from terrorist threats, and prevent future disasters like the explosion in West, Texas that killed 15 people last year."

Originally introduced to prevent terrorist attacks on chemical plants, CFATS requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to sort sites into risk tiers and requires high-risk plants to submit confidential site security assessments to implement better security plans. DHS has already approved 1,100 chemical facility security plans.

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