[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6496 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6496

 To require the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
    Safety Administration to apply the final rule relating to valve 
  installation and minimum rupture detection standards to Type A gas 
                gathering lines, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2023

 Mr. Carbajal (for himself and Ms. Brownley) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
    Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, 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 require the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
    Safety Administration to apply the final rule relating to valve 
  installation and minimum rupture detection standards to Type A gas 
                gathering lines, 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 ``Valve Safety Fairness Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF RULE TO TYPE A GAS GATHERING LINES.

    The Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration shall take such actions as are necessary to apply the 
final rule of the Administration, titled ``Pipeline Safety: Requirement 
of Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards'' and 
published on April 8, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 20940), to Type A gas 
gathering lines.
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