Protecting Communities from Chemical Explosions Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to make any owner or operator of a chemical facility that holds a quantity of a chemical of interest that is at or above the screening threshold quantity established under interim final regulations establishing security performance standards and requiring site security plans for chemical facilities, and that does not file a Chemical Security Assessment Tool Top-Screen with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), liable for a civil penalty.
Subjects an officer of an entity that owns or operates, or an owner or operator of, a chemical facility that holds a quantity of a chemical of interest that is at or above the screening threshold quantity, who intentionally fails to file a Chemical Security Assessment Tool Top-Screen with DHS, to a fine, up to six years' imprisonment, or both.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 814 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 814
To provide stronger penalties for violations of the Chemical Facility
Anti-Terrorism Standards.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 25, 2013
Mr. Reid (for Mr. Lautenberg) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To provide stronger penalties for violations of the Chemical Facility
Anti-Terrorism Standards.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Communities from Chemical
Explosions Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF CHEMICAL
FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS.
Section 550(d) of the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2007 (6 U.S.C. 121 note) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Any person''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Any owner or operator of a chemical facility that holds a
quantity of a chemical of interest that is at or above the screening
threshold quantity established under the interim final regulations
issued under this section and that does not file a Chemical Security
Assessment Tool Top-Screen with the Department of Homeland Security
shall be liable for a civil penalty under section 70119(a) of title 46,
United States Code.
``(3)(A) It shall be unlawful for an officer of an entity that owns
or operates, or an owner or operator of, a chemical facility that holds
a quantity of a chemical of interest that is at or above the screening
threshold quantity established under the interim final regulations
issued under this section to intentionally fail to file a Chemical
Security Assessment Tool Top-Screen with the Department of Homeland
Security.
``(B) Any person who violates subparagraph (A) shall be fined under
title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 6 years, or
both.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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