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James Carafano, "Congressional Checklist for Chemical Security," Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum, May 2006 (heritage.org)
Congress is considering legislation to secure America's chemical infrastructure against terrorism. To be effective, argues Heritage Foundation fellow James Carafano, such legislation would need to follow certain guidelines.
First, legislation should avoid mandates for "safer" chemical-making technologies. That form of regulation does not fall in the realm of homeland security, and does not belong in an antiterrorism bill. Second, criminal penalties should not be imposed on private sector businesses that fail to comply with new chemical laws. Such steps would "over-criminalize federal regulatory codes" in an area in which civil ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Chemical checklist.(Brief article)