House Passes Terrorist-Proof Chemicals Legislation
November 9, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
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The House passed legislation that would give the government the authority to force companies to replace chemicals that terrorists could use in attacks with safer alternatives.
The measure, approved 230 to 193, was opposed by the DuPont Company and others in the chemical industry. The legislation would make permanent the authority to oversee chemical plant security that was temporarily given to the homeland security secretary in 2006.
