H.R. 4470 would extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program through July 27, 2025; the authority to carry out the current program will expire on July 27, 2023. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provided $74 million to run the CFATS program through the end of the current fiscal year and CBO expects that under the bill, the cost of operating the program for the last two months of the current fiscal year would be paid from that appropriation. Reauthorizing the CFATS program also would extend CISA’s authority to levy civil penalties against owners or operators of facilities that fail to comply with orders to correct deficiencies in their security plans.
