[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4971 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4971

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a criminal penalty 
for recklessly damaging or destroying certain pipeline facilities, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2016

 Ms. Speier (for herself and Ms. Hahn) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
    Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a criminal penalty 
for recklessly damaging or destroying certain pipeline facilities, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prosecuting Irresponsible Pipeline 
Explosions Act of 2016'' or the ``PIPE Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR DAMAGING OR DESTROYING CERTAIN PIPELINE 
              FACILITIES.

    Section 60123 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b) by inserting ``or recklessly'' after 
        ``knowingly and willfully''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Reckless Violations.--For purposes of this section, a person 
acts recklessly when the person displays a deliberate indifference or 
conscious disregard to the consequences of that person's conduct.''.
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