From NPCA - The House of Representatives passed its version of a chemical security bill (H.R. 2868) by a vote of 230-193
The bill includes three separate titles: Title I is the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 and Titles II and III address drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities. All votes in favor of the bill were cast by Democrats (although 21 Democrats also recorded "No" votes); no Republicans voted to support. The vote defeating the Republication Ranking Member's (Rep. Charles Dent) Motion to re-commit was similar: 189-236. Rep. Dent also offered an amendment, which was consistent with industry's initial position, that would extend the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) current Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) regulations, but that was voted down by a 241-186 margin.
The version of the H.R. 2868 bill passed by the House that will now move on to the Senate, which has no chemical security bill of its own in play at this point, can be found here:
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