With authorization set to expire in October, Congress has yet to finalize legislation that would continue the Department of Homeland Security's program to protect the nation's chemical plants from terrorist attacks. The issue of chemical security came into sharper focus after 9/11. In 2006, Congress authorized DHS to regulate security at high-risk chemical facilities. That led to the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, or CFATS, a program that requires facilities that present "high levels of security risk" to assess their vulnerabilities and develop security plans.
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