Essay on Ammonium Security Act and the Sandy Recovery Act

The United States was built on an agrarian system. The ability to grow crops helped create an economic backbone for the county. The use of fertilizer became a norm in farming and agriculture and was not considered a potentially harmful substance. Modern science in combination with the terrorist mind has looked at fertilizer as a weapon, particularly those containing ammonium nitrate. The Ammonium Nitrate Security Program shows how far the United States has progressed by regressing when the issue of terrorism is presented into the conversation. Terrorists are using readily available tools which can be purchased legally without knowledge of law enforcement personnel. The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 also reflected a commitment to†¦show more content†¦However the substance is also used in fertilizer which is not regulated. Following the bombing, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms began a partnership with The Fertilizer Institute (FTI) to monitor and report suspicious activity (Bureau of Alcohol, 2014). The Ammonium Nitrate Security Act was developed as a means of regulating the sales of ammonium nitrate to the public. A lack of a comprehensive and uniform method of tracking the substance among the states reveals a flaw in the system of preventative policing. North Carolina does not have any regulations in place for the monitoring of sales of ammonium nitrate in its fertilizer form. The fact that the substance is considered an explosive unless it is in the form of fertilizer is an oversight by the government. The Sandy Recovery Act The Sandy Recovery Act of 2013 signed by President Obama afforded federally recognized tribes residing on reservations the ability to deal directly with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). Prior to the signing of the amendment, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988 (Stafford Act), which provides disaster relief, did not include a provision allowing the tribes to request federal aid directly to the president. The sovereignty of the particular tribal nation was categorized as being in the same genre as a local