3.0.0 2469 2022-11-01T13:50:02Z 2022-11-01T13:50:02Z Senate S 2019-09-12 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-09-12T19:34:52Z 2019-09-12 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-09-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2019-09-12 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-09-12 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-09-12 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-09-12 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-09-12 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-09-12 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-09-12 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-09-12 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-09-12 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-09-12 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-09-12 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-09-16 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-09-16 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-09-16 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-11-21 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-12-19 False Transportation and Public Works Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental technology Oil and gas Pipelines Transportation and Public Works 00 2019-09-12 Introduced in Senate 2019-12-04T21:27:58Z Methane Emissions from Transmission Harm American Neighborhoods and the Environment Act or the METHANE Act

This bill requires operators of distribution pipelines to use advanced leak detection technology to detect and repair leaking pipelines, including high sensitivity methane detectors mounted on a vehicle or aircraft that is equipped with global positioning system technology.

The bill also requires operators to report to the Department of Transportation any event that involves a release of gas from a pipeline facility that results in an unintentional estimated gas loss of 50,000 cubic feet or more.

]]> METHANE Act Display Title METHANE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced METHANE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Methane Emissions from Transmission Harm American Neighborhoods and the Environment Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the use of advanced leak detection technology for pipelines, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2469is/xml/BILLS-116s2469is.xml 2019-09-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.