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House GOP Seeks Two-Year CFATS Extension, Setting Up Clash With Senate


July 12, 2023 at 06:05 PM
Republican leaders on the House homeland security committee are backing a bill to reauthorize the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program into 2025, just weeks ahead of its expiration on July 27, even as a bipartisan Senate coalition is seeking a five-year extension instead.

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