Department of Homeland Security looks to renew program to keep dangerous chemicals out of extremists' hands

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking to renew a program that is meant to keep dangerous chemicals out of the hands of extremists.

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But the program, called the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, expired July 28 after Congress failed to renew it. Homeland Security officials say this left gaping holes in the country's national security, and they are calling on Congress to act quickly when it returns this week. DEADLY SYRIA ATTACK SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS LINKED TO ASSAD REGIME, ISIS-INSPIRED TERROR GROUPS

Facilities also send the names of prospective employees to Homeland Security so they can be checked for links to extremist groups. CISA official Kelly Murray said at the conference that before the program expired, about 300 names per day were being run through databases. That has stopped.

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