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WASHINGTON (AP) - The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack.
The three-part legislation would give federal agencies greater power to require chemical and water plants to meet federally set standards, a policy welcomed by environmentalists but opposed by industry groups. It writes into law anti-terrorism rules in effect since 2007 and gives new enforcement teeth to the Department of Homeland Security over chemical facilities.
The bill, passed 230-193, now goes to the Senate, where action on a companion bill this year is uncertain.
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