Contents: (1) Introduction; (2) Overview of Statute and Regulation: Statute; Regulation; (3) Implementation; Policy Issues: Adequacy of Funds; Federal Preemption of State Activities; Transparency of Process; Definition of Chemical Facility; Inherently Safer Technologies; (5) Policy Options: (a) Maintain the Existing Regulatory Framework: Extend the Sunset Date; Codify Existing Regulations; (b) Alter the Existing Statutory Authority: Accelerate or Decelerate Compliance Activities; Incorporate Additional Facility Types; Consider Inherently Safer Technologies; Modify Information Security Provisions; Preempt State Regulations; (6) Legislation in the 111th Congress: Extend the Existing Authority; Modify the Existing Authority.

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.

Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."

This report on federal mandates focuses on preemptions, a type of mandate that would limit the authority of state, local, or tribal governments to apply and enforce their own laws. It discusses the nature of federal preemptions and identifies preemptive language in legislation considered by the 111th Congress. It also outlines the policy areas most affected by those proposed federal requirements and presents data about other preemptions since 2001. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.

Includes history of bills and resolutions.