[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 304 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 304

  To amend the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act to improve the Alaska 
    pipeline construction training program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 8, 2011

  Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Begich) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act to improve the Alaska 
    pipeline construction training program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ALASKA PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION TRAINING PROGRAM.

    Section 113 of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720k) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ``support an 
        Alaska gas pipeline training program.'' and inserting 
        ``support--
                            ``(i) an Alaska gas pipeline training 
                        program; and
                            ``(ii) a program to train workers in the 
                        construction, operation, maintenance, and 
                        performance of all related environmental 
                        processes involving existing and future oil and 
                        gas infrastructure in Alaska.'';
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Requirements for Grants.--The Secretary shall make a grant 
under subsection (a) only if the Governor of the State of Alaska 
requests the grant funds and certifies in writing to the Secretary that 
there is a need for the funds in order to ensure an adequately skilled, 
safe, and competent workforce--
            ``(1) to construct, operate, and maintain an Alaska natural 
        gas pipeline system; or
            ``(2) to construct, operate, maintain, and perform all 
        related environmental processes involving existing and future 
        oil and gas infrastructure in Alaska.''; and
            (3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), by striking 
        ``15 percent'' and inserting ``50 percent''.
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