Chemical Industry Warns of Risks as Congress Lets Rule Lapse (1)

July 28, 2023, 9:45 AM UTCUpdated: July 28, 2023, 9:49 PM UTC

Chemical industry officials and lawmakers are warning of security risks from a lapse of federal anti-terrorism standards after senators failed to strike a deal before leaving town for more than a month.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards expired at the end of Thursday. The House passed legislation (H.R. 4470) to renew the program, but a lone holdout—Republican Rand Paul (Ky.)—blocked fast-tracked consideration in Senate. Lawmakers are heading out for their August recess without a deal.

The chemical security program, run by DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, requires high-risk sites to take steps to ...

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