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S.216
Title: A bill to authorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop improvements in building and fire codes, standards, and practices to reduce the impact of terrorist and other extreme threats to the safety of buildings, their occupants, and emergency responders, and to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to form a task force to recommend ways to strengthen standards in the private security industry, stabilize the workforce, and create a safer environment for commercial building and industrial facility occupants.
Sponsor: Sen Edwards, John [NC] (introduced 1/23/2003)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/23/2003 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


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