,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,homeland ,security1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide that no ,federal 
funds may be used by the ,secretary of  
,homeland ,security to approve a site   
security plan for a chemical facility1  
unless the facility meets or exceeds    
security standards and requirements to  
protect the facility against acts of    
terrorism established for such a        
facility by the ,state or local         
government for the area where the       
facility is located1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,chemical ,facility 

,security ,improvement ,act of #bjac4   
#b4 ,performance standards for security 
of chemical facilities  7a7 ,limitation 
on use of funds  7#a7 ,limitation ,no   
,federal funds may be used by the       
,secretary of ,homeland ,security to    
approve a site security plan for a      
chemical facility unless the facility   
meets or exceeds security standards and 
requirements to protect the facility    
against acts of terrorism established   
for such a facility by the ,state or    
local government for the area where the 
facility is located4  7#b7 ,definitions 
,in this subsection1 each of the terms  
site security plan and chemical facility
 has the meaning that the term has in   
section #eej of the ,department of      
,homeland ,security ,appropriations     
,act1 #bjjg 7,public ,law #aji-bie2 #abj
 ,stat4 #achh71 as amended by this ,act4
  7b7 ,amendments to existing law       
relating to approval of security plans  
,section #eej of the ,department of     
,homeland ,security ,appropriations     

,act1 #bjjg 7,public ,law #aji-bie2 #abj
 ,stat4 #achh7 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subsection 7a7--  7,a7 by inserting from
 a terrorist attack after shall issue   
interim final regulations establishing  
risk-based performance standards for    
security of chemical facilities2  7,b7  
by inserting of a terrorist attack after
 in the discretion of the ,secretary1   
present high levels of security risk2   
and  7,c7 by striking the ,secretary may
 not disapprove a site security plan    
submitted under this section based on   
the presence or absence of a particular 
security measure1 but2  7#b7 in         
subsection 7c7--  7,a7 by striking      
consistent with similar and inserting   
identical to2  7,b7 by striking         
vulnerability assessments1 site security
 plans1 and other information submitted 
to or obtained by the ,secretary under  
this section1 and related vulnerability 
or security information1 and inserting  
vulnerability assessments and site      
security plans2 and  7,c7 by striking   

classified material and inserting       
sensitive security information 7as that 
term is used in section #aebj4e of title
 #di1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations72  
and  7#c7 in subsection 7d71 by         
striking3 3 ,provided1 ,that nothing in 
this section confers upon any person    
except the ,secretary a right of action 
against an owner or operator of a       
chemical facility to enforce any        
provision of this section44