112 S2975 ES: Pipeline Integrity, Protection, and Enhancement for Leveraging Investments in the Nation's Energy to assure Safety Act of 2025
U.S. Senate
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Pipeline Integrity, Protection, and Enhancement for Leveraging Investments in the Nation's Energy to assure Safety Act of 2025
or the PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions.TITLE I—ReauthorizationsSec. 101. Gas and hazardous liquid.Sec. 102. Operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.Sec. 103. Other programs.TITLE II—Modernizing pipeline safetySec. 201. Inspection of in-service breakout tanks.Sec. 202. Risk assessment obligations.Sec. 203. Timely incorporation by reference.Sec. 204. Report on updates to the National Pipeline Mapping System.Sec. 205. Pipeline safety enhancement programs.Sec. 206. Technical safety standards committees.Sec. 207. Enforcement procedures.Sec. 208. Civil penalties.Sec. 209. Improving whistleblower protections.Sec. 210. Assessment of composite materials.Sec. 211. Elements and evaluation of State damage prevention programs.Sec. 212. Pipeline safety voluntary information-sharing system.Sec. 213. Transporting gas.Sec. 214. Inspection and management of rights-of-way.Sec. 215. Geological hazards.Sec. 216. Alternative technologies.Sec. 217. Fire shutoff valves.Sec. 218. Exemption from post-accident testing.Sec. 219. Maximum allowable operating pressure records.Sec. 220. Pipeline operating status.Sec. 221. Potential impact radius.Sec. 222. Effects of weather on natural gas pipelines.Sec. 223. Aldyl–A pipelines.Sec. 224. Improvements to pipeline safety integrity management programs.Sec. 225. Nonemergency waivers by the Secretary.TITLE III—Streamlining oversight of pipelinesSec. 301. Regulatory updates.Sec. 302. State use of integrated inspections.Sec. 303. Optimizing pipeline safety inspections.Sec. 304. Sense of Congress on PHMSA engagement prior to rulemaking activities.TITLE IV—Improving safety of emerging gasesSec. 401. Studies of hydrogen pipeline transportation.Sec. 402. Safety of carbon dioxide pipelines.Sec. 403. Reporting of blended products.TITLE V—Improving emergency response and transparencySec. 501. Bitumen oil response plan review.Sec. 502. National Center of Excellence for Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Leak Detection.Sec. 503. Operator financial disclosure.Sec. 504. Data and transparency.Sec. 505. Office of Public Engagement.Sec. 506. Clarification of confirmed discovery.Sec. 507. Public alert notification system for pipeline facilities.TITLE VI—Other mattersSec. 601. Prohibition on PHMSA operation, procurement, or contracting action with respect to covered unmanned aircraft systems.Sec. 602. Natural gas distribution pipeline infrastructure safety and modernization grants.Sec. 603. Issues affecting federally recognized Indian Tribes.Sec. 604. Identification of and justification for redactions.Sec. 605. Fees for loan guarantees.Sec. 606. Improving pipeline cybersecurity.Sec. 607. Technical corrections.2.In this Act:(1)The term Administration means the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.(2)The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Administration.(3)Appropriate committees of CongressThe term appropriate committees of Congress means—(A)the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;(B)the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and(C)the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.(4)Document produced to another personThe term document produced to another person means a document produced in response to a request under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act), a submission to a Federal, State, or Tribal court, information made available on a website, and a document transmitted to Congress.(5)The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation.<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reauthorizations</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id23bc8c47-b6d1-42ce-9225-796c284d79b9" changed="not-changed"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gas and hazardous liquid</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 60125(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37bd19a8-996d-49c7-919b-9a8a1b0c46b3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd58bc099-f2cc-4645-926c-196c892078e3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85e120f0-f6eb-4c8e-9558-0e416ff2a85c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>$156,400,000 for fiscal year 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>$185,000,000 for fiscal year 2026</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe145bbc-5484-4af3-b435-e59890c7420a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking <quote>$63,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$83,250,000</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id950370f8-23d4-4241-86d0-4e01ebd222e0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a458d3a-2b60-4ef3-a1c1-9c88392db832" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>$158,500,000 for fiscal year 2022</quote> and inserting <quote>$190,365,000 for fiscal year 2027</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05301ce7-9f56-4092-b62d-cd4a91be58f6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9c1763f-9523-4e24-8fad-8d6e281d10be" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$66,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$85,660,000</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85f2ecf6-fe06-4638-bd4c-7a99e0cf2897" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbcf2b6fa-8275-4279-ba29-98b25af17afc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcfdd97be-8910-4b7e-94f8-592deb6e432e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>$162,700,000 for fiscal year 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>$195,886,000 for fiscal year 2028</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id215b59cc-7a69-4e41-9790-bc4875538c5e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ec9c5a5-decb-432c-a110-0c06494acd99" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$69,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$88,150,000</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32331488-88d7-4051-9b98-7b1f66988ece" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6bd98fd9-e07a-4246-a9b0-c22437dc1aa2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3049ae0a-d0b9-47dc-baac-76ec90afe202" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68b0b955-0c63-4231-bc5c-2b0878b0af65" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$201,556,000 for fiscal year 2029, of which—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02163ab1-b180-4ea1-8632-6d7d339ab729" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60101">49 U.S.C. 60101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/355">Public Law 107–355</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb76c08eb-8b22-4e21-937d-99ecd899384e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$90,700,000 shall be used for making grants; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17dbccdb-37de-4980-9ee1-4e923bebc3da" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$207,412,000 for fiscal year 2030, of which—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id459c1ce4-3f73-4f68-a7a5-50f85618e5f5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60101">49 U.S.C. 60101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/355">Public Law 107–355</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f88e149-9e81-4c6b-a896-5dd074bf1bc7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$93,340,000 shall be used for making grants.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c79e275-2a84-48f7-9255-344c30d5c4a8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9d47a05-9db6-4f67-a680-ef81e7c677fc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bfaa68c-0d8b-4430-8902-43b8ce936cb4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>$27,000,000 for fiscal year 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2026</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf21c974a-4322-4ebd-b36a-a535bd467a8a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking <quote>$11,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$13,500,000</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68481a67-d651-47d7-bba2-79a7ea5d8284" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4734b553-9351-40c5-a6b2-51cdc9a2e626" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>$27,650,000 for fiscal year 2022</quote> and inserting <quote>$31,000,000 for fiscal year 2027</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7cbc2633-0163-4db8-be6c-be5dc11921a2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfed65319-a404-4a71-913b-871b5e745f24" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$12,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$13,950,000</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69a67980-ede1-440f-878b-3a7ccf5c9bc0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20450cd6-6c9f-4085-8da9-3da22dc7e33e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad294a4f-e562-49e0-9564-1f85b1585dbb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>$28,700,000 for fiscal year 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>$32,000,000 for fiscal year 2028</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40d3fc9e-c508-4072-b349-8123455476cb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9fd0f91a-3c97-432b-b170-50d245936cdf" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$13,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$14,400,000</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idecad5679-957f-448d-80b8-0decbcdf54c4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cd05047-06e0-4927-a602-0751b99fb6c5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb570f5e0-43a4-45f6-91a6-7884bbf0ff31" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1d244f7-55eb-49e2-8c1b-7134924e4acb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$33,000,000 for fiscal year 2029, of which—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50faf971-7902-4417-b812-6f845b5a9080" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60101">49 U.S.C. 60101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/355">Public Law 107–355</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbd24783-9499-478e-b8b4-8176cac10f0f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$14,850,000 shall be used for making grants; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7264930-d37f-4a5a-9636-232e8c87fcf5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">34,000,000 for fiscal year 2030, of which—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id187e8af3-de5e-4ea7-968e-68777d512b0d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60101">49 U.S.C. 60101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/355">Public Law 107–355</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff1ebac5-cb39-4097-b75b-b61a8f109d03" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,300,000 shall be used for making grants.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb619d36c-e778-4c0e-ad95-522743d05a5b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>$8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>$7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa8bfddd-3ee5-4de1-8f91-c01e88ea85b6" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the necessary operational expenses of the Administration—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67334490-18e5-49f3-81bb-731fb1ff9eec" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$33,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d224fe5-599c-42c5-9df3-f1ec500875bf" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$34,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6128f2b7-4e12-4a5f-a84d-027f80bd1359" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$35,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id417dd66f-efbe-4227-9e3b-643fb1c7bd7b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$36,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82c6b0f7-6ae3-400f-b61c-622af60c2995" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$37,000,000 for fiscal year 2030.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09783a4e-6df6-4a3b-bfe5-f1177d5e4411" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other programs</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d150e8d-7299-4861-ab34-87b1850578ed" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency response grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60125(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 to carry out this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>to carry out this subsection $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e7ef659-6c78-4357-98f4-8d65311fd644" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline safety information grants to communities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60130 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21387bf9-d247-4864-83fa-a4699e677df6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84270e0c-93f0-4c5a-b8b0-0bc771adeb5d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>section 2(b) of the PIPES Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/183">Public Law 114–183</external-xref>; 130 Stat. 515), the Secretary shall use $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 to carry out this section.</quote> and inserting the following: “section 60125(a)(1), the Secretary shall use to carry out this section—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0840ff3-5303-413b-be17-63e0e4a9c27e" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd3c91e2-4f1b-4531-a52c-5919e60af219" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5771992-f2e8-425c-a27e-fd1f4b99e544" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,750,000 for fiscal year 2027;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9d38313-27e2-43c6-b1a5-61c9b8665ad4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id310127e7-6f8f-408a-bc09-a19475ec6e34" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,250,000 for fiscal year 2029; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id039d2e26-7824-4282-8d09-231e04739817" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000,000 for fiscal year 2030.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f21d7b1-c3c0-4817-9e85-d0f5219134be" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80949430-2884-43e2-813c-26f2b3101ec1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$1,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf3effe5-a243-4552-8fff-0a2eda2b5bcc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>section.</quote> and inserting the following: “section—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fc41603-cf45-4fbd-9a76-fbbe595e3c14" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f3abc95-95c2-4c7d-a459-2c4489273282" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id192e8fd0-c52d-400f-a8e5-4c19ee8457cf" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,250,000 for fiscal year 2027;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7dc2afd3-7a97-4f87-9550-140e898ba649" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,500,000 for fiscal year 2028;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb7d164b-8614-4708-8085-a22305e03e0d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,750,000 for fiscal year 2029; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd69b747a-ea97-4db2-9174-9531b133ed66" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2030.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf328a1d3-b3ad-4bde-996c-0ef0f7eb9c79" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66bb4c1f-103e-4b97-b40a-7938b2f87449" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf2c48c5-4a46-4891-83e2-4d3e0889a778" changed="not-changed"><subsection id="idf88e6eb7-9f46-49a2-88e0-d06b544ebc97" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadlines</header><paragraph id="idd433bf00-3839-4f4a-af80-89f702173d79" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice of Funding Opportunity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall publish a notice of funding opportunity for the funds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6c75f74c-64fa-4f04-b864-5914711ce12e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an eligible applicant shall submit to the Secretary an application—</text><subparagraph id="idc6c857a3-ee69-4182-9ebb-e8a7c8f871cc" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in such form and containing such information as the Secretary considers to be appropriate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id275ffded-b7ab-4560-9a00-3d04326300bd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by such date as the Secretary may establish, subject to the condition that the date shall be not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary publishes the notice of funding opportunity under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id11ad3b7d-dd96-4944-b703-6db932f6a1db" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary publishes the notice of funding opportunity under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall announce the selection by the Secretary of eligible applicants to receive grants in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7968412-c127-4052-a513-658b0208b3d4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Damage prevention programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60134(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023. Such funds shall remain</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030, to remain</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf98d482e-b384-4883-8716-ffe2a43a3adf" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline integrity program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12(f) of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60101">49 U.S.C. 60101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/355">Public Law 107–355</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide05f0a5f-0d27-41e7-8ec8-31bc794d9a87" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$3,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,500,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29cda0ef-610d-48eb-978f-36e70275d4bd" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the fiscal years 2021 through 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2026 through 2030</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modernizing pipeline safety</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35d671a5-4056-411c-ad4b-5e574d5e647d" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspection of in-service breakout tanks</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf192d359-0a11-4086-ab06-a6c9aaa8990e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise part 195 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to allow for risk-based inspections of in-service breakout tanks if the Secretary finds such revisions maintain or enhance safety.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2515de7b-0732-46e9-92ed-a91da0d3379c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In revising the regulations under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider the American Petroleum Institute standard entitled <quote>Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction</quote>, dated November 2014, and numbered API Standard 653 (Fifth Edition) (or a successor standard).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id966a79db-45e8-4ac5-8d0f-ae2f8a38bbec" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In revising the regulations under subsection (a), for any in-service breakout tanks that would be internally inspected less frequently under the revised regulations than required under part 195 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2025), the Secretary shall require operators—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4494439-2fc9-450d-a6c1-876a5d089227" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to visually monitor the external conditions of those tanks on a routine basis; and </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7fbb6377-e361-4527-a9c3-3b24e107b2f9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to use a secondary containment system designed to contain hazardous liquids in the event of a leak.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a3185e5-4b36-4433-9838-c929677201ff" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the regulations promulgated under subsection (a) differ from the American Petroleum Institute standard referred to in subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a notification explaining the reasons for the differences not later than 60 days after the date on which the regulations are published in the Federal Register.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida42b88ee-2350-4cc7-88bf-340355339571" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Risk assessment obligations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 60102(b)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b1d08d3-a76d-47c8-8c8c-bf1eb25caac1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a27efa7-4cbb-481d-98c0-ff30082a7b6b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ee66118-54cb-4a0a-83dd-54c6b7812455" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcef8e322-c4af-41c1-a242-e31265dc1804" changed="not-changed"><clause id="idc74970ed-5be6-4843-a35c-6b6c9b9f1a59" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require that an officer or employee of the Department of Transportation with expertise in conducting risk assessments or cost-benefit analyses for pipeline facilities or other modes of transportation attend any meeting in which a committee described in clause (i) is serving as a peer review panel with respect to that risk assessment information.</text></clause><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc73dc56-ab84-41e7-b820-2e3e7bf81a7d" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timely incorporation by reference</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 60102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (l) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3202167-501d-48d1-9b4d-ab1a96f0216e" changed="not-changed"><subsection id="id8508a178-0143-40ba-abf6-912e7e7ac3e4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(l)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Updating standards</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50edc230-264d-4706-aa37-8a6551fb2c62" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less frequently than once every 5 years, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="id95fa168c-cda6-40e3-ba85-44d402ffeea8" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review each industry consensus standard—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f02222a-00f8-4124-8a05-8a31663fb5d9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that has been adopted or incorporated, partially or in full, as part of the Federal pipeline safety regulatory program under this chapter;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idafae8293-830c-4a1d-bafb-de62bd4d4e67" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that has been modified by a standards development organization (as defined in section 2(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4301">15 U.S.C. 4301(a)</external-xref>)) since being adopted or incorporated; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12d3c2c8-01cf-4685-b31c-a5823e7ae765" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the modification of which has been published by a standards development organization (as defined in that section); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83e1decd-518a-41f6-8fc9-f8beff493b7e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">update, as determined necessary by the Secretary, the adoption or incorporation of each industry consensus standard reviewed under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id01785bc1-44f9-4094-b9e4-5958b9f9f0d0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">List of industry standards</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id357d9887-fdc0-4e57-9260-137d91946213" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall maintain a publicly available list of all industry standards considered for adoption or incorporation under this chapter, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bab43a4-424c-47ce-b676-c8b85b50d454" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the determination of the Secretary with respect to each standard considered; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1474b627-25c9-4b7c-afc3-336b09ed2af1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to each standard not adopted or incorporated in full, the reasoning for not adopting or incorporating that standard in full.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40810509-7c7b-4c1d-a4b2-5e12d66408cd" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after initial completion and each revision of the list under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall publish the list on the public website of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id23934af2-f2c5-4054-b555-c1afd260e8a3" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consideration of industry consensus standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In prescribing new safety standards under this chapter, the Secretary shall consider adopting or incorporating industry consensus standards.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6332975-e852-4951-b57e-cd38773b38ed" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public access</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91449c52-050f-4dab-aa70-dc8164b06e65" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For all industry consensus standards incorporated or partially incorporated under this chapter on or after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025</short-title>, the Secretary shall publish on the public website of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration the full text of the standard or a direct link to an external source where the full text is available to the public on a website to view at no cost for the duration of time that the Secretary has the incorporation by reference available for public comment.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f063624-2770-40b2-8a98-3ca233f909ed" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the full text of an industry consensus standard is not published on the public website of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration or available from that website via a direct link to an external source where the full text is available to the public on a website to view at no cost for the duration of time that the Secretary has the incorporation by reference available for public comment, then the Secretary shall not incorporate or partially incorporate under this chapter that industry consensus standard by reference.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6284238f-7a5c-4b77-b4a0-48f0be7ca34f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Previously incorporated standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For industry consensus standards incorporated or partially incorporated under this chapter before the date of enactment of the <short-title>PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025</short-title> that are publicly available on a public-facing website at no charge to the public, the Secretary shall publish on the public website of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration the full text of the standard or a direct link to an external source where the full text is available to the public on a website.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0fc9374-3920-4fe8-97f1-9c74684a845d" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on updates to the National Pipeline Mapping System</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd8405cf-9f52-4960-b6dd-31235aaf04a2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the management of the National Pipeline Mapping System by the Administration.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45789f81-f059-4032-8edd-c8d34f7f8b98" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report submitted under subsection (a) shall describe—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5347373-76a7-4c29-b6b7-188d4c91149e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how and when the Administration updates the high consequence area data contained in the National Pipeline Mapping System;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5eea269-4fb7-4f78-88a1-2a2f7cc5bc74" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">what sources of scientific data are used for those updates; and </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf29eef98-fd4d-4a8c-8f62-8a87c185b114" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how those data are validated for accuracy. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc16c876-ff60-46dd-ba05-e7b2b9b88255" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to require that the information submitted under section 60132(a) of title 49, United States Code, has a spatial accuracy within a radius of 50 feet from the location of the facility (+/− 50 feet). </text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc4ab973-924e-4025-84b6-1f14e7488264" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline safety enhancement programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 60142 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03a64d24-cd81-45bb-99ef-c3ae708c45ea" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>3 years after the date of enactment of this section</quote> and inserting <quote>5 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025</short-title></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id67304a31-c807-45f8-b9c0-99a38527f0c9" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5978212e-cd93-489e-a797-36b67ed4ec86" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or equal to</quote> after <quote>greater than</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idc03bab98-f6f3-4fe5-9f69-d9c5cb9dbcf0" changed="not-changed" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f4fd87f-cde4-4eda-9c18-99fb193a6dd2" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3bef87f-29c3-48fb-8d88-6084a3eb7182" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idddddb4f2-e56a-4533-87f9-a74367b20693" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To accomplish the purpose of a testing program, the Secretary may issue an order waiving compliance with any part of an applicable standard prescribed under this chapter if the condition described in paragraph (1) is met, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92f68049-2a42-49f4-84e6-1517c67d70b7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not require testing program applicants to use the nonemergency waiver process, or to otherwise meet the requirements of the nonemergency waiver process, established under section 60118(c)(1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2a3f197b-43d8-48a9-ad87-5b01be6fc6de" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca6e1e72-1a17-4703-97a4-0809200fafc0" changed="not-changed"><subsection id="idb008e705-1a95-4397-b643-3073eb239a17" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority to terminate program</header><paragraph id="id9c6286a1-3f72-48e0-b600-a08ae2ecde04" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall immediately terminate a testing program under subsection (a) if continuation of the testing program would not be consistent with the goals and objectives of this chapter.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id79c13a98-dc63-4919-a6a8-6b2a12f6acbe" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 10 days after the termination of a testing program under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall notify the relevant pipeline operators of how they can address any deficiencies identified by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd085954a-3ee0-452c-a3b9-149a01559a8b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reinstatement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that the deficiencies identified under paragraph (2) are addressed, the Secretary shall reinstate the testing program.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaea2c60b-3b07-4653-beb4-7dca05904e75" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id673722bf-3125-4bc7-be7c-a9b68164df8c" changed="not-changed"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5b160bf-4890-47b4-9c38-1813282eb6d4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(m)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of a testing program under subsection (a) shall not be considered a major Federal action (as defined in section 111 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4336e">42 U.S.C. 4336e</external-xref>)) for purposes of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f975b24-642a-4db7-bbbe-5a26bddff654" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical safety standards committees</header><subsection id="id90886c75-c5ca-4e6f-84e1-5695c7fc4418" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notification to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60115(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended, in the fifth sentence, by inserting <quote>and notify the appropriate committees of Congress (as defined in section 2 of the <short-title>PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary shall publish the reasons</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34307009-1a43-4b99-b91f-798cbfc26fe1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Frequency of meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60115(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>up to 4</quote> and inserting <quote>2</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1555a3d1-2179-412c-be7f-b7b94ac4fdbe" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enforcement procedures</header><subsection id="idb7dc98d1-5183-4c0c-ad6e-b8174dea0c17" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60117(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1272071c-7335-4562-8417-815cccf62287" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49c8563d-3615-4d46-a5d7-1b998b0d3e6d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id838b17e5-d66c-437e-b0a0-630730f9d8d2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by adding <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91b167e1-1300-416d-a621-cfd6e95b7e25" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72d90004-3477-47c3-a83b-28cda006b178" changed="not-changed"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53e51002-d6d3-4efc-a94d-70bcc82f7f80" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to allow a recipient of a warning under section 190.205 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), to discuss claims made in the warning with relevant staff;</text></clause><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6e26c556-f804-4cdf-9ebe-a492054bd7d4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (I), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2fe85370-9f97-417b-996f-1530d09a7a9e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (J), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc478a66f-95cb-41c7-845f-43439f679ea3" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f8c4c4c-462a-45a9-b044-32e14b6d62a0" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph id="idbe824796-db0e-4eb0-8fdf-e609e449b07e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for civil penalties over $1,000,000, adjusted each year for inflation, allow the respondent to request a formal hearing in accordance with section 554 of title 5, conducted by an administrative law judge; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0ec8b889-9a25-4ff3-ba67-85e1abb470b6" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a written response to a request for the withdrawal or modification of a written warning issued under this section.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id38f942e7-5472-4369-ba93-4bdc42b56b3b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hearings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60117(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3882fc1b-b836-420c-a86a-2f0d058788a9" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ab9cb86-b32c-455f-96c8-b4cc033acb8b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hearing requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A hearing under this section shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef1d6fc1-3112-45b9-84b7-829db329fc9e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be noticed to the public on the website of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on its own page titled <quote>Upcoming Enforcement Hearings</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde0f761d-1760-414f-a159-91a40cced35d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide an orderly and timely process, as determined by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2440897-ded3-4dba-8051-ad1683230154" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a formal hearing, be open to the public.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c82f368-08bb-4695-96ba-db40a6598fc2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update the regulations prescribing protocols for all hearings under section 60117 of title 49, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d68ec6ad10948b095ee921310f24c90" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60117(b)(1)(K) of title 49, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)(4)) shall apply only to civil penalties for violations that occur on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="id8ef01390-b1ae-4f3f-bd79-46e413142a31" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 60122(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="idcd8d943f-bb97-4089-990b-d478192789e0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>$200,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$400,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfbdb4b3a-8e78-40f1-85a4-76458c980c84" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the third sentence, by striking <quote>$2,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$4,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27036af8-8438-4e2a-b151-bbfe94c5faa0" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving whistleblower protections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 60129 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1470d8b1-ef07-45e5-ad86-69b025fddc3b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f0952de-414d-46ff-9c8e-be53686a9041" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3b3d3a4-7fe3-4f1d-bf10-f605a8afcd8a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>such a person.</quote> and inserting <quote>a person described in subparagraph (A); or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21fe6a18-e34b-4970-8f06-36c551ce1394" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09eea4eb-105f-4625-89fd-0bc2e37cecba" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ff109fb-4679-4e11-9de5-b06ca369579a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an officer, employee, or agent of a person described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9869fc21-6c2a-4025-910a-6f3e719b8b2b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(3)(B)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd50dc77-a4df-43de-a9bf-710101de1196" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>with interest</quote> after <quote>back pay</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id590d32df-b0aa-46db-8429-0ff04cea7da5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii), by inserting <quote>, including compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the discrimination</quote> after <quote>compensatory damages to the complainant</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="idfc4f014b-c541-4d4c-ac82-597e54af5c64" changed="not-changed"><enum>210.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessment of composite materials</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84148cb0-0b8c-4cab-a8e5-7ba090d91a91" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall gather and assess any studies, data, standards, and approved applications available as of the date of enactment of this Act that address the safety of composite materials to support the safe transportation of—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96eee7c3-7a95-4851-95ea-252bb0f08efb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">natural gas;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b67afba-d69e-4143-97c8-f4e0bbead39e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hazardous liquids;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaac17d4b-5ddc-40bc-a7df-6025df29e4ff" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">new fuels, such as hydrogen and hydrogen blended with natural gas; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67b706df-c670-4ec3-ba5b-7c54e352e39b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">new fluids, such as carbon dioxide. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f82bdd7-1e31-48ea-9e01-66a2b470c9e1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assessment under subsection (a) shall be completed not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id049df1e5-ca2e-4316-913d-8dc3e4ec0277" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after completing the assessment under subsection (a), the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing the conclusions of the assessment.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0a05f44d-2157-4789-9bac-f21db61cc3c1" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rulemaking</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id025df9e9-7e6a-420b-afc8-3958cd944626" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator concludes, based on the assessment under subsection (a), that composite materials provide, at a minimum, an equivalent level of safety as other pipelines under the jurisdiction of the Administration, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations, not later than 1 year after the date on which the report under subsection (c) is submitted, that allow for the use of composite materials for the transportation of new fuels.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb91575e7-0e96-4361-8266-0e5b2dda3ead" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incorporation of existing standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations promulgated under paragraph (1) may include adoption or incorporation by reference of existing industry consensus standards. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0ac49bb-18e6-46e6-98aa-9a14099e43fb" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements and evaluation of State damage prevention programs</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b98a8ef-1278-45a3-8d85-f18c7a83c4a7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60134 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id352b099a-d824-4472-9d68-848049708638" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d68808d-90ef-4bf2-8d65-22ad04a8e7e9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">State</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Damage</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id515b852c-f7c9-449e-b0d1-348511a6d0e7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (9) as subparagraphs (A) through (I), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ffb6b3d-fc0a-4df8-9cb8-0c0674d8530e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>An</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4152dfe0-88f5-4b07-9912-af829955d81c" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21f73ee1-a03c-4f5c-9be7-c546db811dca" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca33eb1a-6077-4763-a877-d38014683059" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb023e022-7606-4d6c-afe0-34bd31d53ee8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by indenting subparagraphs (A) through (I) appropriately; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2007044e-9804-4a03-8efc-eee7acd51e07" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31115fe8-6e27-478b-8068-41e9925be77f" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph id="idd0599b1a-ed2f-4abf-810a-7896dc3f751c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State one-call program that includes, or is making substantial progress toward including, the one-call leading practices described in paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e27b200-188d-45ff-9880-d83610f340de" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf45832e4-e1a9-4f0b-87c5-41c9a47b1a44" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8194e453-4bb5-458a-9ca7-258d79451edb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">One-call leading practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The one-call leading practices referred to in paragraph (1)(J) are the following:</text><subparagraph id="id5794f9af-c489-401e-99e1-f9636ea81fae" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restricting the size or scope of a one-call ticket for standard locate requests (which may include process exceptions for special large project tickets).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59c0b4e9-c53e-49dc-874a-0c7e2602e1c5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restricting the longevity of a one-call ticket for standard locate requests (which may include process exceptions for special large project tickets).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa2edeb8-e616-436c-8cb2-9a16572c9a9c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specifying tolerance (soft-dig only) zone horizontal dimensions.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide865da2b-3c48-4c52-bf44-981f879c8850" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specifying tolerance zone requirements.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6c90b5e0-bfda-44b1-9618-1cef21528fe1" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specifying emergency excavation notification requirements.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id780dfe73-3e13-42d3-bf93-959403c0a6fe" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specifying the responsibilities of excavators, including the reporting of damages or suspected damages.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65226c1f-c8ad-47c9-97c5-6ea7e85892c2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Defining who is an excavator and what is considered excavation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0cc4b639-dbbb-4f5e-9eb5-d860df357421" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requiring the use of white-lining.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcef6557d-3d9f-4a2f-9796-595bead54342" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Requiring a positive response before excavation begins, such as a utility, municipality, or other entity that places the relevant marks positively responding to the notification center, and the excavator checking for that positive response before beginning excavation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20930871-e2d2-4a1a-bd0a-2d0c15015b19" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requiring that newly installed underground facilities be locatable with commercially available technology.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9a155c2a-3a17-4476-b5f0-281a4fc48b8c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requiring the marking of sewer lines and laterals.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf76b8aef-93b2-4a46-a15e-5f313545172c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specifying the qualifications of, and requirements for, those excavators performing trenchless excavation activities that are not subject to pipeline construction requirements under part 192 or 195 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf558643d-01a6-4529-8a44-50e36179b400" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04e0007c-e628-4cc7-99d6-86c79b44747e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>In</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida75cc4f0-38ae-4588-929e-eefee812b03f" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff021492-70c5-41eb-b08e-4451caecd295" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b85d9d1-f150-4709-ace0-4f3c56df2ffa" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d0d1a3a-da5a-417d-a132-7138e185efb6" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23ef57e7-4d34-4a1e-96e1-43701fd9468d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The evaluation criteria used by the Secretary for determining the effectiveness of a State damage prevention program shall include consideration of whether the State, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="id024cd9e8-94ce-4861-969b-9130024fcd98" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engages in effective, active, and meaningful enforcement of State one-call laws, including the efficacy of fines and penalties;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc5c1bbae-dadc-4615-99c0-77414c3d6e05" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires reporting to the local one-call center of excavation damage events that affect pipelines and other underground facilities that are not privately owned, including (to the extent available at the time of the reporting)—</text><clause id="id85290e8a-fc82-410f-812d-4e9585c9a0e2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information about the nature of the incident, including its apparent cause;</text></clause><clause id="id3b295e11-3fcc-4db5-aef2-82b6459f0c6c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the organizations involved;</text></clause><clause id="id6e4de1e4-4267-4dd0-b091-8c47a6e91aba" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact to public safety, utility operations, and customer service; and</text></clause><clause id="idd43e7af1-222b-461b-aef9-98d6da371400" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact to the environment; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc588ea18-5604-453c-aa27-160c345571c3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limits exemptions to State damage prevention laws.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5d0145a-1758-47a5-b918-033e8a62f1ad" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60114(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 60134(b)(7)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 60134(b)(1)(G)</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="idce2dfa7b-7b65-4f06-b222-0c195ae46b05" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline safety voluntary information-sharing system</header><subsection id="id625b1e85-a6c7-4e12-869a-f616853f25be" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/601">Chapter 601</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id697c459b-25cb-42f3-aeb4-66dae16169d6" changed="not-changed"><section id="id1455f6d9-ca60-4b7b-a256-b854e78dee68" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>60144.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Voluntary information-sharing system</header><subsection id="id7b5cf152-ceda-4ee1-ba46-e1ac934adf5f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph id="ide052306c-ee47-45ac-b04d-747df5a072cf" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id93fadb8f-2721-4dbd-8dc1-5b0117469417" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Governing Board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Governing Board</term> means the governing board established under subsection (d)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id63bf671b-408f-4f7b-bf05-92e741253c01" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Issue Analysis Team</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Issue Analysis Team</term> means an Issue Analysis Team established under subsection (g)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb873c854-ad80-4101-8249-384727e957be" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program Manager</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Program Manager</term> means the Program Manager described in subsection (e).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idadb04d8e-24c9-48a4-9eed-0312c7f05ab2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Third-Party Data Manager</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Third-Party Data Manager</term> means the Third-Party Data Manager appointed under subsection (f)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide206b93e-dc5b-4613-84aa-42c326b0cefd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">VIS</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>VIS</term> means the voluntary information-sharing system established under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idea6488d9-57cf-4bd5-9a2b-210111f2f937" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><paragraph id="id7a9251e5-db69-40e5-9478-ba8bd98461f8" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a confidential and nonpunitive voluntary information-sharing system to encourage the sharing of pipeline safety data and information in order to improve the safety of gas transmission pipelines, gas distribution pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, underground natural gas storage facilities, and hazardous liquid pipelines.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb64be0c9-ff11-4d89-bd8a-305ae91b122b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The VIS shall be implemented and managed in accordance with the report entitled <quote>Pipeline Safety Voluntary Information-Sharing System Recommendation Report</quote> prepared under section 10 of the PIPES Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60108">49 U.S.C. 60108</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/183">Public Law 114–183</external-xref>) by the Voluntary Information Sharing System Working Group convened under that section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1b1a14da-0b9a-4b56-bcf0-0024f7b5b13f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the VIS shall be to serve as a comprehensive and integrated system—</text><subparagraph id="id2eaddb15-fb5e-4ad5-a7ad-c4bfef49d430" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to gather, evaluate, and quantify critical pipeline safety data and information; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf6bcc32c-2ce7-4a95-9a33-9c450e013eb6" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to share recommended remediation measures and lessons learned across the pipeline industry in an efficient and confidential manner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd7014c97-a76a-4194-9028-40c71d8a1d70" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Governance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The VIS shall be governed, in accordance with this section, by the Governing Board, with support from—</text><paragraph id="id81234598-6b52-4457-9b56-7d930454c7ef" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Program Manager;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd8b65d81-7c43-4807-a623-2c066541dfac" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Third-Party Data Manager; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id08a1a9da-229f-4241-8336-f6e2caa3823d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more Issue Analysis Teams.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6def5225-6bee-41c4-807e-2a3ddce7bcf6" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Governing board</header><paragraph id="id634ce04e-132d-4aeb-a71c-d905d2500c1c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator, after consulting with public, government, and private pipeline safety stakeholders, shall establish a governing board for the VIS. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6e9467e6-e186-41d4-b796-41a7397a3b0d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b613716-99bf-4c13-b455-480bb3dbb72e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governing Board shall be composed of 15 members who shall represent a balanced cross-section of pipeline safety stakeholders, in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and (C).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e8d7316-d0ab-47e3-9170-c2730d41b094" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governing Board shall be composed of the following members:</text><clause id="id8ebbf55c-be9d-44d2-a0c0-398844c7964d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 individuals selected from relevant pipeline safety departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the Federal Government or State or territorial governments, 1 of whom shall be the Administrator (or a designee of the Administrator).</text></clause><clause id="ida7e44fac-663a-43cc-bb00-0ce68231572a" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 individuals selected from the gas or hazardous liquid industries, such as individuals representing or otherwise associated with—</text><subclause id="ida6fcbc02-7b05-4ebc-9720-fc17a41bdff6" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operators; </text></subclause><subclause id="id5c228cc6-3cc6-413a-b221-c2cf1d8c5abd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">trade associations; </text></subclause><subclause id="id8776536e-3c73-4964-b78c-dd1c6d292e2b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">inspection technology, coating, or cathodic protection vendors;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95c41373-c08b-4d79-8874-0e4c9c3fcbb4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards development organizations; </text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5af734b-b061-4ce6-8460-c3cc551b8a17" changed="not-changed"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">research and development consortia; or </text></subclause><subclause id="ide5d82dfa-4c9d-48a8-8068-1ad5a9dcd5b0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pipeline inspection organizations.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idebe5d17a-1302-4700-89cb-d635c79c9dd0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 individuals selected from general public safety advocacy organizations with relevant pipeline safety expertise, including—</text><subclause id="ida48084ec-953d-4e4c-b7de-7b3e409490c0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pipeline safety and environmental public interest groups;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide987dcdc-d7d9-464f-b08b-7a531db640c9" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public institutions of higher education with pipeline safety expertise; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idbb0d99c7-f7ff-40ed-ac01-b9c4040a0d08" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nonprofit employee labor organizations.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37f5bf0b-9c79-484b-8221-c2352a8d9614" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4bfc029-4a5e-4eb5-8dc5-b77fc461b016" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline industry</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least 1 member of the Governing Board appointed under subparagraph (B)(ii) shall be a representative of the pipeline industry.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31fd4502-3675-4199-812d-e80a41c5b870" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline safety public interest groups</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least 1 member of the Governing Board appointed under subparagraph (B)(iii) shall be a representative of a pipeline safety public interest group.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id167a47a3-a8f2-477a-89e2-e75aa6945da5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms</header><subparagraph id="idfe1f6ecb-8b42-4442-9cb6-5f05a31d4d26" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each member of the Governing Board shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1f9aecc8-811e-4832-8373-ca4a6c9d0e8d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In appointing the initial members of the Governing Board, the Administrator shall appoint members to terms of 1, 2, or 3 years to ensure that each year thereafter— </text><clause id="id24ceca2e-8a18-4c90-b73f-abc1ce45fca9" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms of 5 members will expire; and</text></clause><clause id="id7b413556-2c61-4532-82b2-ec40f43440c0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term of not less than 1 and not more than 2 members described in each of clauses (i) through (iii) of paragraph (2)(B) will expire.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc3e76d28-bc6b-49cd-90cb-6993c0ff6323" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reappointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member or former member of the Governing Board appointed under clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (2)(B) may be reappointed, but may only serve for a total of 3 terms.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2b921d29-1944-44a3-8a1b-a121659629b7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Co-chairs</header><subparagraph id="id793fdc38-a65a-46e5-ba2c-53b94ea2e1fe" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governing Board shall be co-chaired by—</text><clause id="idbb717568-aa87-4449-9f09-40ded0968248" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator (or a designee of the Administrator);</text></clause><clause id="ide6624675-3aa5-4fed-b7ef-0bf4cd964cdb" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a representative of the pipeline industry appointed under paragraph (2)(B)(ii), who shall be appointed co-chair by the Administrator, with the advice and consent of the Governing Board; and</text></clause><clause id="idf1e3b880-a418-4a1d-9f73-97130317390d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a representative of a pipeline safety public interest group, who shall be appointed co-chair by the Administrator, with the advice and consent of the Governing Board.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4b386aa6-7c43-4a49-8583-b88b312a35dc" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities of co-chairs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The co-chairs shall be jointly responsible for organizing and conducting meetings of the Governing Board.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id978adb1c-d661-406f-8a66-b893cc1fc01d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governing Board shall have authority—</text><subparagraph id="idff2fcd19-35ca-4c2a-9763-862af71ba4e7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to govern and provide strategic oversight of the VIS;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida912c8a5-d275-49ff-bdf3-06dc9d9b08f7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop governance documents, including a charter for the Governing Board that shall—</text><clause id="id5bb9d2b1-e500-483d-8b80-b88bf4823594" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be made available to the public; and </text></clause><clause id="idc7968219-6dd2-415a-95fb-6ed456f5996e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe—</text><subclause id="id79bc076c-227f-4990-b148-c8780e325a38" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the scope of the authority of the Governing Board; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id8cea1887-cb4a-4a93-822b-ad1c16dee9aa" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the objectives of the Governing Board;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81183e84-a44d-424e-ab31-952ee2d7b8a2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to select and appoint the Third-Party Data Manager in accordance with subsection (f);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id903dc61f-a21d-4bae-a9e3-52ed897c3606" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to approve the criteria and procedures governing how the Third-Party Data Manager will receive and accept pipeline safety data and information;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb7f8ec3f-aa7e-4bf1-82dd-2b3aa653a837" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish, and appoint members of, Issue Analysis Teams in accordance with subsection (g);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideedc79d1-4c61-4c8f-94c3-ca6c6a92d682" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to collaborate with Issue Analysis Teams to identify issues and topics to be analyzed by the Issue Analysis Teams;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb45a157-9568-4aa2-8020-876d13457743" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to collaborate with Issue Analysis Teams to specify the type of pipeline safety data and information necessary for the Issue Analysis Teams to analyze the issues and topics identified under subparagraph (F);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95e6cdf3-49f4-4115-ae20-7aac5837c3e0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to determine the information to be disseminated by the VIS;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69c5449d-84fe-439b-bf7d-62ab84f280c9" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to determine the reports to be disseminated by the VIS; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7784336b-8ad8-4df1-9fe2-8b4142747206" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to issue, not less frequently than annually, publicly available reports on—</text><clause id="id84ba6b3a-e7b3-48f4-b9c4-f2ee065a3dca" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">VIS processes;</text></clause><clause id="id2be2d756-5ed9-447d-98ce-4e658ccf284d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the membership of the Governing Board;</text></clause><clause id="idf11ad22a-f761-47be-ad73-72b12ec7bab1" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issues and topics being investigated and analyzed by Issue Analysis Teams or the Governing Board;</text></clause><clause id="idfd3a938a-09dd-4b75-b027-b152a30013d3" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pipeline safety data and information that the VIS has requested for submission to the VIS; and</text></clause><clause id="id735f127f-2cc7-4a63-b12d-c74fdd340ebf" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">safety trends identified by the Administrator, Issue Analysis Teams, or the Governing Board; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0c214413-89fb-427f-a487-6a752353d945" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to perform such other functions that the Governing Board determines are—</text><clause id="id8b3542f3-cdb6-4bdc-a19f-0211a75766ba" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">necessary or appropriate; and </text></clause><clause id="iddb031af8-1161-4aab-862f-c4e1d8f3143f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent with the purpose of the VIS described in subsection (b)(3).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6e295430-d29d-4753-94ed-138a8b406fa1" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Decisionmaking</header><subparagraph id="id6e1c044a-8b20-4005-8002-edfef3a627db" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Decisions and approvals of the Governing Board shall be made by a super-majority of the members, as described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf1d6f227-c949-45e6-bda9-69e9ab61e62a" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supermajority described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A supermajority referred to in subparagraph (A) shall consist of not fewer than—</text><clause id="id9f01127a-906d-438c-b436-fb9e03bf6970" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><fraction>2⁄3</fraction> of the total members of the Governing Board; and</text></clause><clause id="id2ff18441-a91e-4929-b0d1-a6a911b58499" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 additional member of the Governing Board.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id33d4812d-2205-45df-b86d-762863b3f917" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program manager</header><paragraph id="iddf2df8d9-b42e-4e2f-a0c0-34ec947965f7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator (or a designee of the Administrator) shall serve as the Program Manager for the VIS.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c8eeef1-6c2a-4e68-90c1-5c99494eca92" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Program Manager shall provide the day-to-day program management and administrative support for the VIS, including oversight of the Third-Party Data Manager. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida8e446da-c097-4f3c-8a3a-e1dfac7e714e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Third-Party Data Manager</header><paragraph id="ided65442d-364f-4649-be30-a86b47761a7d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governing Board shall appoint a Third-Party Data Manager to provide data management and data oversight services for the VIS.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id14339141-b6a2-4f75-97dd-dcf7b4877e44" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Third-Party Data Manager shall have expertise in data protection, aggregation, and analytics.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2404d86e-4c23-4afe-a188-5053b14ee9bc" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the services described in paragraph (1), the Third-Party Data Manager shall—</text><subparagraph id="id6a458b58-c61c-4425-bc4a-a97d9ebed778" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receive and secure pipeline safety data and information submitted to the VIS;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3fe3219e-9700-4c10-acd3-f76e492d9e92" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accept pipeline safety data and information submitted to the VIS that meets the criteria and procedures approved by the Governing Board under subsection (d)(5)(D);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1571a80f-c51f-4e8c-846b-daff09cf0028" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">de-identify, store, and manage pipeline safety data and information that is accepted by the VIS;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38c0236f-dfe3-4db9-9eb4-318ba0eca83b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collaborate with Issue Analysis Teams to analyze and aggregate pipeline safety data and information that is accepted by the VIS;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7977131-d4dc-4275-b6a9-8dfea9359763" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare reports as requested by the Governing Board regarding the type of pipeline safety data and information that is managed by the VIS; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9b585acf-1e6a-4878-b511-575d9a3a4f03" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make recommendations to the Governing Board regarding the management of pipeline safety data and information by the VIS, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4a18751b-9f3d-46f2-9ca3-b48146250d74" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Issue Analysis Teams</header><paragraph id="idc468f9e4-a24d-4c00-9e92-62c889bd26c3" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governing Board shall establish, and appoint the members of, 1 or more Issue Analysis Teams as the Governing Board determines to be appropriate and relevant to the pipeline safety work of the VIS.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida833a192-232a-4e4a-922e-ffcfcef2575b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Issue Analysis Team established under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3e6997d-495a-40b8-aec1-4c0543ba9e62" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to subparagraph (B), consist of pipeline safety technical and subject matter experts; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb16bb472-ad7e-40ea-bb4c-360417e03962" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include, as appropriate, representatives from public safety advocacy organizations described in subsection (d)(2)(B)(iii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8bd36008-4568-4d68-94d8-80319fcea5d0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Issue Analysis Team shall—</text><subparagraph id="idcdad46e5-9f16-4093-8768-1bcb4b95beb2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work with the Third-Party Data Manager to aggregate and analyze pipeline safety data and information submitted to the VIS relating to the issues and topics analyzed by the Issue Analysis Team; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc7bae862-b0dc-4fea-9eec-28281dc78bd7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit internal reports and recommendations to the Governing Board on those issues and topics.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida669cb8a-97ab-4868-ba18-266c7279a14f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application of FACA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/10">Chapter 10</external-xref> of title 5 (commonly referred to as the <quote><act-name parsable-cite="FACA">Federal Advisory Committee Act</act-name></quote>) shall not apply to—</text><paragraph id="idd1187b12-ee26-4a15-9ee2-1f15982448bd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the VIS;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id86a4cf6b-0061-46a2-9fd0-9d3d4f649c70" changed="not-changed" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Governing Board; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idc711a7ad-f417-4370-9cb1-6bc175b4a3b6" changed="not-changed" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any Issue Analysis Team.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf1b00db2-fc6e-48c6-8b58-d9ce10f92c90" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participation in the VIS</header><paragraph id="idfbffa267-1b7e-43ac-8f2e-5a0da65dabe1" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The submission of data and information to the VIS by any person shall be voluntary, with no person compelled to participate in, or to submit data or information to any person for inclusion in, the VIS.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id39ede85f-22bd-49fa-8273-d3ebd01cc9b6" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The VIS shall not accept data or information relating to an operator if the operator has not authorized the submission of that data or information for inclusion in the VIS.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d9a1c96-dda4-4904-b385-edc62ae5ad62" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Encouraging information sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governing Board shall encourage the voluntary sharing of pipeline safety data and information among—</text><subparagraph id="id7adb86f9-2d18-4fe0-b036-f63990c20fdb" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operators of gas transmission pipelines, gas distribution pipelines, and hazardous liquid pipelines;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0823eed0-69e9-448d-8af5-8ed7cbe1af77" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employees of those operators;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf9e8b5b7-077e-47a5-bbd4-7ab2eb0768e2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">labor unions representing those employees; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id853549ce-81a8-466d-92ed-a9d2ce1a1246" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contractors of the operators described in subparagraph (A);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0d1d0ae7-3683-4f93-ae91-6011592871da" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in-line inspection service providers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6b66dbc8-7ac1-4c17-afd3-43bf0a7ec1c9" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">non-destructive evaluation experts;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id26e38c86-a2e8-41dd-a93d-5b78f04c7b43" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2de5f2e5-6f11-46b8-91e1-d4eec4ef1ee7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives of—</text><clause id="id5af9aab1-3298-4c90-b53e-581526263a29" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State pipeline safety agencies;</text></clause><clause id="idcfd7250e-6d5d-47b3-9c0b-75f836ec3add" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relevant Tribal agencies;</text></clause><clause id="id84b50493-908d-4bed-bb2e-c953903d52bd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pipeline safety public interest groups;</text></clause><clause id="id51c740ce-fe66-4e42-aa9f-d77a164c9a54" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">manufacturers of gas transmission, gas distribution, and hazardous liquid pipeline infrastructure and equipment; and</text></clause><clause id="id8136a051-5ccc-42d5-8447-0de808833b4e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relevant research and academic institutions.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id52b123d2-4de3-4303-984e-2893a7b040c8" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on inclusion of data and information in the VIS</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline safety data and information accepted by the Third-Party Data Manager for inclusion in the VIS under subsection (f)(3)(B) shall be related to the issues and topics identified by the Governing Board for analysis by an Issue Analysis Team under subsection (d)(5)(F).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id49037fd2-81ae-4c88-a1bb-dfb41e0c8bd4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Types of data and information included in the VIS</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline safety data and information accepted by the Third-Party Data Manager for inclusion in the VIS under subsection (f)(3)(B) may include—</text><subparagraph id="id25c5ee2f-0e44-40e7-b940-d7a7b1a3aba5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pipeline integrity risk analysis information;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id67c26ff1-88fc-4d85-b72e-6c3c7083ea50" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lessons learned from accidents and near misses;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19a46033-0764-440d-8c7d-52b7fb27bb8c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">process improvements;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida20f4c53-a48a-4bb9-b6fc-1301cd33e0be" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technology deployment practices;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf8678608-dedd-4e0d-b855-8be1e2bbd699" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information obtained through VIS pipeline safety surveys of pipeline operator employees, subject to the condition that such surveys are voluntarily agreed to by the pipeline operator;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb5ae431-ddbc-42d4-b491-eb024995050f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pipeline safety data and information which may lead to the identification of pipeline safety risks, as specified by the Governing Board; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6a5ef6aa-5c39-4bfb-98cf-66f5089fab83" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other relevant data or information, as determined by the Governing Board.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4d87bbb4-0c34-4538-8c2d-f9688e92825e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Confidentiality</header><paragraph id="id7aafeff7-2d14-404b-bf6f-c47a7a122bdd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To facilitate the sharing of otherwise nonpublic pipeline safety data and information with the VIS, the data and information accepted, stored, managed, analyzed, or produced by the VIS—</text><subparagraph id="idfd14a4ae-4117-4ae7-bb5e-16e10f69e02c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be kept confidential by the VIS; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb9a4463f-ec48-49e6-a775-76ca65f1d892" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as otherwise provided in this section, is not subject to disclosure by the VIS under any other law. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f543988-f718-4ad2-b863-630ea69fcfba" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (3), no person, including the Program Manager, the Third-Party Data Manager, any member of the Governing Board, and any member of an Issue Analysis Team, and no Federal, State, local, or Tribal agency having or obtaining access to nonpublic information accepted, analyzed, stored, managed, or produced by the VIS may release or communicate that nonpublic information from the VIS, either in an identified or de-identified form, to any person who does not have the authority to view VIS data.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id549ba73d-05a3-40e4-8c44-9a4b2206193b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><subparagraph id="id2caa7a26-a98b-4654-82af-c491a040d37e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) and subsections (k) and (l), on approval by the Governing Board under subparagraph (B), the Governing Board or the Administrator may disclose de-identified nonpublic information obtained by the VIS.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcd12558a-b525-4891-9d9b-6e0fdccccace" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval to disclose de-identified nonpublic information under subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="id49bed779-d1f6-44ad-8922-9984d13072ca" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be based on an analysis of the de-identified nonpublic information; and </text></clause><clause id="id9808e6bf-0ea0-4455-81d0-c7951a726d2d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may, in the sole discretion of the Governing Board, consist of any safety findings or recommendations that the Governing Board determines to publish or authorizes the Administrator to publish to improve pipeline safety.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38a36a4d-7e35-484d-b74e-c0e2a88b7d31" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In issuing public reports under subsection (d)(5)(J), the Governing Board shall approve the disclosure of de-identified nonpublic information obtained by the VIS that the Governing Board determines is necessary to adequately describe and illustrate the issues and topics being investigated and analyzed by Issue Analysis Teams or the Governing Board. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida4988e8d-0b13-4037-a84e-73f1ca45feb0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection does not apply to public information that may be submitted to the VIS.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4c5fc42a-bccb-4f64-be48-2c9a413488ae" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of FOIA</header><paragraph id="id5749d900-23a0-41eb-91e7-17dbc1ebaff8" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any nonpublic information that is accepted, stored, managed, analyzed, or produced by the VIS and subsequently obtained by the Secretary or the Administrator from the VIS is exempt from the requirements of section 552 of title 5.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id58028ad1-ac69-4779-80dd-54153c214362" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (1), this section shall be considered to be a statute described in section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4700adc5-4d74-4e2c-aa60-84c24f863924" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(l)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion of VIS information in litigation and other proceedings</header><paragraph id="id01108f73-1128-4508-93e3-8cbc335ae83b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Excluded evidence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (3), any nonpublic information that is accepted, stored, managed, analyzed, or produced by the VIS may not be obtained from the VIS—</text><subparagraph id="id8ad5f34f-b3d9-4c90-a4c3-4c5dc280704b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for use as evidence for any purpose in any Federal, State, local, Tribal, or private litigation, including any action or proceeding; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id002aaac6-9c46-4963-a80e-ca75df874524" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to initiate any enforcement action or civil litigation against a pipeline operator or the employees or contractors of a pipeline operator relating to a probable violation under this chapter (including any regulation promulgated or order issued under this chapter).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf7a2654a-6b01-4a86-8f2c-b2f69f99c7b0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion from discovery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (3), any nonpublic information that is accepted, stored, managed, analyzed, or produced by the VIS shall not be subject to discovery from the VIS in any Federal, State, local, Tribal, or private litigation or other proceeding.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc5b42499-8807-47e6-b6f1-19a62280178d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations on exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exclusions described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to data or information that—</text><subparagraph id="idd9fbec15-42c7-4ccd-bf27-e07241acda60" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is evidence of a criminal violation; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a1d1b3f-5802-4172-b113-461ac3b5289b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not related to the purpose of the VIS described in subsection (b)(3);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7b714fc-c54c-4071-89ae-694dbf46acf9" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is otherwise required to be reported to the Secretary under part 190, 191 (including information about an incident or accident), 192, 194, 195, or 199 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84e998e0-c869-498d-83b6-59c05f6c6d79" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is required to be reported to a State authority under State pipeline safety laws; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida30f4ce3-6759-49d6-9d84-52373f25176d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is developed or obtained from a source other than the VIS, including through discovery from a person or an entity other than the VIS in an enforcement action or private litigation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idba757259-ec2e-4e76-adbd-3e0ce81069f8" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(m)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on discovery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (l)(2), nothing in this section or any rule or regulation promulgated under this section—</text><paragraph id="id623f1a59-41de-4753-ac56-e09558ddd232" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates a defense to a discovery request; or </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida141a04a-b997-497e-8926-12a83a054973" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">otherwise limits or affects the discovery of pipeline safety data and information arising from a cause of action authorized under any other Federal, State, or local law.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9581b606-9be2-48c0-a03c-0b095e1180fa" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(n)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section affects any Federal, State, or local pipeline safety law.</text></subsection><subsection id="id76db3a7d-a316-4099-ab1f-4d141b3bd9ea" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(o)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, by the end of that fiscal year, a report on the status of the VIS.</text></subsection><subsection id="id736d3a1b-610f-4130-bb39-f607c0738a40" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(p)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header><paragraph id="id5f33e69f-7414-4316-94b1-9c9ba12f1180" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sustainable funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="idd5a543a1-80a7-4248-88f9-a17b3bccc4d1" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explore sustainable funding sources for the VIS, including public-private partnerships; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id989824f7-cdbf-441e-a80f-15be65e36cbe" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the maximum extent practicable, sustainably fund the VIS through the use of those sustainable funding sources. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd45cd1d-ff16-4470-a8c9-1feca59a07e4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limited additional funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the fees collected under section 60301, the Secretary may collect an additional $5,000,000 under that section for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to establish, implement, and manage the VIS.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id7f0387b6-18a8-442c-a916-dbed7bc85ec6" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60101(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="idd5e3df76-71f5-4888-8da4-c423a279c44c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (17) through (26) as paragraphs (18), (19), (20), (25), (26), (27), (22), (23), (24), and (28), respectively, and moving the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3fa73431-15a0-470b-b1e5-0b6391bc3a29" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12a5d8c2-debb-4295-8375-f31af13b0118" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id6906cec2-3222-411a-84b1-2b57b38470e2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(17)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonpublic information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>nonpublic information</term> means any pipeline safety data or information, regardless of form or format, that—</text><subparagraph id="id6da6d830-52ed-456f-9013-33f3f93bcd2a" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a company does not disclose, disseminate, or make available to the public; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idabeb7cd9-94a9-4e54-a02c-34a9710b3112" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not otherwise in the public domain.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id731505f7-949f-4b9d-bae5-d84d3893f73a" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (20) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f76decf-e08f-40ca-8a6e-c4d226a0e955" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="ide3de9310-cdcb-4c07-8882-2ed57776f210" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(21)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>public information</term> means any data or information, regardless of form or format, that—</text><subparagraph id="ide2d6614b-1e07-4994-8b25-8ee5331e223d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a company discloses, disseminates, or makes available to the public; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4f2e20cc-ff5a-40df-becd-3aa0a009e183" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is otherwise in the public domain.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6f41f2dd-7c6b-4bde-bc51-d2e544e242bd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/601">chapter 601</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id902adcbb-5547-4efa-984f-2b89a57d2aad" changed="not-changed"><toc changed="not-changed"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section" changed="not-changed">60144. Voluntary information-sharing system.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id09c90eb5-b3e3-4a88-a473-deb881067b9a" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="id95731a92-04c7-4d38-897f-c2914eb584e5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 70012(c) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 60101(a)(18)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 60101(a)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id729c7d96-2b48-4e8d-a87e-6c2a3ca5e238" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60102(q)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>subsection (a)(21)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(26)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0451039-1ff5-4aeb-9bc1-372dc3b85b17" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transporting gas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 60101(a)(26) of title 49, United States Code (as redesignated by section 212(b)(1)), is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideee5d2e8-c45c-4ee6-9a71-e282e5e365a8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through <quote>(A) means</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6956258a-e50c-47bf-b900-93062e6c2bc9" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id323e2ca8-75a6-46ab-8ff8-7f04dcc452ce" changed="not-changed"><enum>(26)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transporting gas</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5acee96b-68fb-4ed7-a178-4b79affe4e57" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>transporting gas</term> means</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33f0269b-593b-41d2-b220-ac8059138ead" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>; but</quote> and inserting a period; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id075e4727-ef66-412a-b0dd-8c6ccce96246" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3128ae72-f81f-4ede-a8c2-70b4933f2f18" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph id="id9e9bebbf-95f5-4a95-a85e-73a1a01ed4cf" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>transporting gas</term> does not include—</text><clause id="idb4d616b0-d6da-4102-b341-5d03146f6904" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gathering gas (except through regulated gathering lines) in a rural area outside a populated area designated by the Secretary as a nonrural area; or</text></clause><clause id="id60bdbcc8-4353-43b2-9f40-d99cc35df86b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the movement of gas by the owner or operator of a plant for use as a fuel, a feedstock, or for any other purpose that directly supports plant operations through—</text><subclause id="id41d2ecfd-4be7-40e4-ac12-19cf95e3cf30" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in-plant piping systems that are located entirely on the grounds of the plant; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id505db6ca-cf8c-42c5-97b8-7412e13df5ea" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transfer piping systems that extend less than 1 mile in length outside the grounds of the plant.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3dcd7d38-940d-4744-a69a-79da92815948" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspection and management of rights-of-way</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id474db0f4-1bea-4663-a88f-04d1f12c7bdf" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspection of rights-of-way</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60108 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id150aad66-3f87-47fc-a191-87d3e042d1a4" changed="not-changed"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74ceb217-b005-469b-a325-fb0e892aec33" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspection of rights-of-way</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41d0a034-e18e-4449-8359-c9e3f8273e17" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When requiring an operator to inspect the surface conditions on or adjacent to a pipeline right-of-way, the Secretary shall allow the use of unmanned aircraft systems and satellites.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idabf34912-a4ef-446f-8767-2b067871d44d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection affects any obligation to operate an unmanned aircraft system in accordance with all relevant Federal laws relating to the use of unmanned aircraft systems.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide16eb42d-1a14-447f-80ab-6155126114ae" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management of rights-of-way</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60108(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56c4a0ce-609d-40eb-853c-2583f62a0bd3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(1) Each</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce4de9ca-79a5-41c8-88a1-f1ef5264e13b" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc342ac3d-b07f-4096-ab81-a339c8483f7a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaec203cc-0d43-4842-8323-aaf3d7e2f070" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92b51444-4e0c-4d8e-91ef-72801fde9a4d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(2) If</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9960f62c-c97a-4ab0-9fef-4419d7f17873" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61ca37f7-dd8d-4b43-bf0c-b88228ed42eb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id065dca41-d515-4543-8ba2-7208c801e5ab" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by indenting subparagraphs (A) through (E) appropriately; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a3f83da-e971-4f90-a8ca-9f09df399353" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by indenting clauses (i) through (iii) appropriately;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8ed3d26-dfb0-4175-9244-ae9d181645d3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by indenting the paragraph, and each subparagraph within the paragraph, appropriately; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68abf0f2-a36b-4f1c-ae6b-1298dc198c00" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9fa9fb7-756b-4cfc-a0c5-8d86da41f05a" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7762a1a5-f82f-45e8-8b21-b9dc7b257f7c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alternative methods of maintaining rights-of-way</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4c54a41-99ec-446f-a2fd-b1f0aa8594b1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the review conducted under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall allow for an alternative method of maintaining rights-of-way for pipelines and other pipeline facilities under a voluntary program carried out by the operator if the Secretary determines that the alternative method—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90ec11c0-d299-4787-a5ae-4abc9e06da84" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">achieves a level of safety at least equal to the level of safety required by the regulations promulgated under this chapter; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0778ef2f-0763-4451-b676-77e69765b74e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allows for timely emergency response.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idca0e1523-9542-47ac-bf2a-816b21e78258" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An operator considering implementing an alternative method described in subparagraph (A) may consider incorporating into the plan for implementing that method 1 or more conservation practices, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63b15e90-b938-481d-903c-bd651474981d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrated vegetation management practices, including reduced mowing;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbbf21b82-6f60-487b-9c02-cddc54d6ce7b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development of habitat and forage for pollinators and other wildlife through seeding or planting of diverse native forbs and grasses;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70d57d7e-974e-4f0a-9ab0-55584f03d48b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">practices relating to maintenance strategies that promote early successional vegetation or limit disturbance during periods of highest use by target pollinator species and other wildlife on pipeline or facility rights-of-way, including—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf704634d-ea59-4197-acaf-4f7e2fff856f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing mowing height;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2763927-f8c6-4390-a221-0991aac541ad" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reducing mowing frequency; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62a51171-8436-4876-9864-c106af6de8fe" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">refraining from mowing monarch and other pollinator habitat during periods in which monarchs or other pollinators are present;</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84e38277-5819-403f-ba43-e600662759ad" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an integrated vegetation management plan that may include approaches such as mechanical tree and brush removal and targeted and judicious use of herbicides and mowing to address incompatible or undesirable vegetation while promoting compatible and beneficial vegetation on pipeline and facility rights-of-way;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e282a06-05e3-493f-a3bd-2b3c09a0a83d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">planting or seeding of deeply rooted, regionally appropriate perennial grasses and wildflowers, including milkweed, to enhance habitat;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idced17cd3-3940-48e1-808d-58a093074917" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">removing shallow-rooted grasses from planting and seeding mixes, except for use as nurse or cover crops; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf75136a6-6549-4156-b2bd-d4c3efbbb2e5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtaining expert training or assistance on wildlife- and pollinator-friendly practices, including—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6325dd92-f3ef-4681-8870-7ea0660e851d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">native plant identification;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddee7f1cf-e191-41d3-8b1b-fb38927746ee" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishment and management of regionally appropriate native plants;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4fc13b4-e554-45c5-8ddd-518eddc96b74" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">land management practices; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbc8ab84e-be61-4628-a08d-5c1f79467558" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrated vegetation management.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81fc7e09-3896-4a3d-b153-8b8b857b6d71" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9398dc4-acd5-4609-a16b-263ce67efdba" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Available guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing alternative methods under this paragraph, an operator shall consult any available guidance issued by—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf71cb42c-503b-411d-9d7e-663bfbfa8b45" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41d67d99-1dc4-4e66-bf82-d8ec5e436314" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an applicable State agency carrying out compliance activities on behalf of the Secretary in accordance with section 60105.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ddbe8c0-d83e-4122-adeb-3cc397c48ffe" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leading industry practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the absence of guidance described in clause (i), an operator may consult leading industry practices and guidance to develop and implement alternative methods under this paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89a0b4f3-1389-4a26-80d0-5b929fcc7b69" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An operator using an alternative method under this paragraph shall ensure that the alternative inspection plans of the operator continue to ensure that the operator can identify risks to pipeline facilities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7820fd07-d0d8-47f6-b9a3-396195ca84e0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this paragraph exempts an operator from compliance with any applicable requirements under this chapter (including any regulations promulgated under this chapter).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id898dcc75-2663-4c21-b9ef-5ed565458fd1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspector General review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall initiate a review of a representative sample of the inspection and maintenance plans of operators that have utilized alternative methods of maintaining rights-of-way under section 60108(a)(4) of title 49, United States Code, to determine—</text><paragraph id="id4d2b265c-8a13-4c71-8a3c-09061550f3cf" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether reduced mowing has limited the ability of pipeline operators to assess risks to pipeline facilities;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4277a19c-8980-4ff7-a3e6-f7adeabfca9c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to any incidents that have occurred on the relevant pipeline facilities, whether reduced mowing hindered—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16f12d32-75c4-497e-8fff-b07bc7b4cb27" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability of operators to identify a risk that was related to the incident; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida44f0aeb-8819-4459-9a21-f172feb214d1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability for operators and emergency responders to respond to an incident; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5cf54be3-ca21-48d9-b57c-184ff8bd04a7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the alternative methods of maintaining rights-of-way have impacted pipeline safety.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddcf5f5f0-c467-4cf9-ae98-3f901448ec84" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical correction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60108(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended, in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">In general</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Post-inspection briefing and preliminary findings</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id02cf0af3-6b4d-4f2b-bf96-8bf517107eb5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Geological hazards</header><subsection id="idc3ebfb36-62ba-4e1c-9678-b7380e65a25e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspection and maintenance plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60108(a)(2)(D) of title 49, United States Code (as amended by section 214(b)(2)), is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73a3ac9d-3863-4a65-821f-9b555bfb4071" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide76cbc0a-b099-45a4-84f4-e1233c80db91" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a04d7eb-23f2-4b33-b9cb-fb6d5892da77" changed="not-changed"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b8b342f-9629-426b-a6d7-84d8c88f0a41" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mitigation of threats posed by geological hazards; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2a6a5741-0682-4f21-8f25-f610b64e22b5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Geological hazard mitigation report</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9fea461-82a1-48f8-a8e3-ad0c1fdc4b27" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall prepare a report that—</text><subparagraph id="id64101eaa-ef5b-4963-ac85-82c4704a1c09" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies geological hazards that may cause a pipeline to move or be affected by abnormal external loads, including landslides, volcanic activity, earthquakes, and scouring;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id537db0ad-edd4-4608-9f63-23d6f1956dfc" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluates any industry consensus standards or best practices relating to hazards described in subparagraph (A);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id33c4f696-5a8d-4210-8019-bada60042e57" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluates existing Federal requirements for pipeline facility design, construction, operations, maintenance, and integrity that relate to mitigation of geological hazards; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaac832a9-ae3f-435b-a7a9-fb8b424d995f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">makes recommendations to improve geological hazard mitigation based on the findings of the report.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2a32795-fcde-4e9a-ace2-cd10453c0acd" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On completion of the report under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall submit the report to the Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd48aefa5-8eae-4663-b08c-69e7e3b75e3f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulatory review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after completion of the report under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall review, and may update, as appropriate, existing regulations and policy guidance that addresses the safety of gas, hazardous liquid, and carbon dioxide pipeline facilities to include consideration of threats posed by geological hazards.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idedd73203-6f84-458f-a3b9-f3a40afdc05f" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>216.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alternative technologies</header><subsection id="id7bbe4241-2e45-48d3-a1db-ca1988bcabf5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Request for proposals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88a1b252-8734-40ec-ba26-ddba0719586c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue a request for proposals to identify potential alternative technologies that, if used by operators, will meet the intent of an existing pipeline safety regulation and provide an equal or greater level of pipeline safety; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a22e3df-123b-43aa-a68a-80dd0e3798e2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow the public the opportunity to comment on those proposals.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd76f7537-11b0-4c34-a327-e4b6a5016aa3" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that a technology that is commercially available would meet the intent of an existing pipeline safety regulation and provide an equal or greater level of pipeline safety, the Administrator may issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to update the relevant regulations to allow operators to adopt the use of such technology.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a777655-6489-416c-9956-f1c6bfe95372" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>217.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fire shutoff valves</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 60110 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6fcb93a3-836a-492a-86d9-41af52566fbf" changed="not-changed"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e57226a-d3cf-4d3d-8949-76c78ad32e9c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fire shutoff valves or equivalent technology</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc237ded5-590a-4080-8a52-e7912106bb1f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd017e7ad-cad0-41bb-bf1d-c2a2424028bd" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Equivalent technology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>equivalent technology</term> means any technology that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35a9956e-34b3-45ca-9843-8890f48ff389" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not an excess flow valve; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5d3f615-384b-429c-978a-25da198006f7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the performance standard of shutting off gas on a service line of a distribution system to a dwelling or other building in the event of a fire.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5714ea5b-1aad-4a59-85bc-83ffaf0da4ac" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fire-first ignition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>fire-first ignition</term> means an occurrence in which a fire originating from a foreign source causes a natural gas system to fail, release, or ignite.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idceacb45d-bdcc-462c-b1a8-17f042ac67cb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fire safety valve</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>fire safety valve</term> means—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9640784e-c2ef-4138-9e3c-f3705a973ef4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a fire shutoff valve; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4cf4b6a-f913-483c-a98f-bfc3e5500bdf" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any equivalent technology.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2fc52cec-735b-435a-b872-616867fcb540" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fire shutoff valve</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>fire shutoff valve</term> means a spring-loaded plug that is held in place by a fusible link that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff279da2-5306-4e12-9f9b-e80c44c0bd86" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is made of a low-melting-point alloy;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9fdf69ce-96d8-414f-b41e-f77dd7846453" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is attached to a gas source; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id820fea48-b4ed-44d7-b66c-36d395027983" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">melts when exposed to fire, causing the spring-loaded plug to close, shutting off the gas to a dwelling or other building connected to a service line of a distribution system.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef56739b-b1a9-4789-95b7-4ea6d40e36e8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idace22ab9-1d87-46d6-997c-a93da70870f5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall complete a study on the effectiveness of fire safety valves in order to determine the ability of fire safety valves to improve public safety through mitigation of secondary ignitions, such as fire-first ignitions.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7483a57-5385-4960-96ae-02e5c26e10f1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study under subparagraph (A) shall evaluate—</text><clause id="idfd9e990f-3b85-4d10-a5cf-1d9bacc03722" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">various scenarios and applications for deploying fire safety valves;</text></clause><clause id="idbe97c122-c1cf-40ea-8bfb-2c7713728d9d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current incidence of fire-first ignition of natural gas distribution pipelines;</text></clause><clause id="id56cfd467-4b0f-4419-bb58-844485b240ff" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">anticipated reduction of fire-first ignition risk under various fire safety valve deployment scenarios, including—</text><subclause id="idb4ba0efa-cc22-445a-b8eb-111cdd174c1b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lowering the likelihood of gas ignition; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id2196fbe2-bb10-4850-97a7-6db7dd09fe36" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lowering the impact and damage of fire-first ignition incidents;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id6a2a4454-f299-4484-9532-718e211e83d7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the long-term durability, construction, and effectiveness of fire safety valves; and</text></clause><clause id="ida72ae70c-dbf1-449b-9e35-a372e3d55e38" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the commercial availability of fire safety valves for the pipeline industry.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id580ece05-3699-4c9c-837e-7439620d4960" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After completing the study described in paragraph (2), the Secretary may prescribe risk-based standards on the circumstances under which an operator of a natural gas distribution system shall be required to install fire shutoff valves or equivalent technologies in the system.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idd5fb6c4f-7650-4301-bc2f-8a2b93b59134" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>218.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemption from post-accident testing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall update the regulations of the Administration to provide that a covered employee (as defined in section 199.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) whose previous performance of a covered function (as defined in that section (or a successor regulation)) takes place outside of the time frame during which the use of prohibited drugs or alcohol can be detected by post-accident testing under section 199.105(b) or 199.225(a), as applicable, of that title (or successor regulations)) is exempt from such post-accident testing.</text></section><section id="id5480ce51-6631-46c6-bfcb-9a083bd34dad" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>219.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximum allowable operating pressure records</header><subsection id="id2161a304-bc03-406c-9e73-e9726fec9fd4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Previously tested transmission lines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Until the report required under subsection (b)(1) and the rulemaking required under subsection (c) (if determined necessary by the Secretary) are completed, the Secretary shall not require an owner or operator of a pipeline facility to reconfirm the maximum allowable operating pressure of a natural gas transmission pipeline pursuant to section 192.624 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), if the owner or operator confirms the material strength of the pipeline through prior testing conducted to a sufficient minimum pressure in accordance with prevailing safety standards and practices, including any applicable class location factors, and documented in contemporaneous records.</text></subsection><subsection id="id726c83a6-6d46-4696-a13a-c565d85bc062" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Working group report</header><paragraph id="id918591b6-9d2a-4272-9fe2-e7cc2d97508b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall direct the existing maximum allowable operating pressure working group of the Administration (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>working group</quote>) to continue producing a report containing recommendations on the contemporaneous records that are sufficient to confirm the material strength of a natural gas transmission pipeline through prior testing.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb86b3b40-410c-42c3-896b-834cfb0f29e3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition of working group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of carrying out paragraph (1), the working group shall be composed of the members representing the same stakeholders of the working group as of January 1, 2025.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id20b030f8-4295-40ce-9686-99b24b8d29dc" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In preparing the report required under paragraph (1), the working group—</text><subparagraph id="idd980b812-ea86-4930-96d0-9ae774edc64e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall consider historical practices and all available research conducted regarding minimum pressure and contemporaneous records on transmission pipelines;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc85a0d67-7f87-45ab-92df-ffc45ecd9aa4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may consider the need for any additional research or analyses necessary to demonstrate the adequacy of any strength testing performed; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4873aa5b-2919-442f-8f89-57184661861e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall consider the investigation, report, and recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board following the San Bruno pipeline explosion.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddcf66d52-79bd-4c2c-b69b-17689530a3bb" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit to the Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress the report produced under paragraph (1), including any minority views.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id43bdbda4-09b1-4ee9-9c44-48d1c4618010" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rulemaking</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaced9ad3-e105-46da-8c4b-5abe15bdf66c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after receiving the report described in subsection (b)(1), if the Secretary determines necessary, the Secretary, after providing notice and opportunity for comment, shall promulgate standards revising the requirements addressing the records necessary to confirm the maximum allowable operating pressure of a natural gas transmission pipeline segment.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b8957f1-d685-44dd-a68b-4f95bdfc2167" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The rulemaking under paragraph (1) shall not delay the date by which pipeline operators must comply with maximum allowable operating pressure reconfirmation regulations with respect to their natural gas transmission pipeline segments under section 192.624 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id34736816-cd26-4c60-af3c-af11c31598b3" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>220.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline operating status</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 60143(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide594e88b-6901-4851-b086-04fd6d012eaa" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="idc1bd019b-49b7-4145-8d11-7e2685b55ce7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025</short-title>, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations prescribing the applicability of the pipeline safety requirements to—</text><subparagraph id="idec80dce7-01bd-4252-a885-d0d8849e0732" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">idled natural gas transmission pipelines;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide82bf584-7acb-4d7f-ba3a-b6fa4a929fba" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">idled other gas transmission pipelines; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide941aae0-3f53-4178-8edd-3bf43caae19c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">idled hazardous liquid pipelines.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="ide25ebd88-bc45-427b-8d32-4e3585582f75" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Potential impact radius</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id916c6697-7ada-4a83-b7c4-9f64c8fd039c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of potential impact radius</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>potential impact radius</term> means the area within which the potential failure of a pipeline could have significant impact on persons or property, including injury or death.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id180f9aa6-47ac-47bf-909a-1f687edd0b9e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of methodology</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea84a809-ceaa-4669-b76d-91fb8fb708b7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall review—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb5813e3-2bbd-4c6f-b6a0-d82c1bcbfaea" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the methodology, including any formulas, used by the Administration to determine a potential impact radius for onshore gas transmission pipelines; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida536b1f9-c052-4404-971a-3180c4eeb208" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any applicable recommendations, including any pipeline safety recommendations submitted to the Secretary or Congress by the National Transportation Safety Board or the Government Accountability Office.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7bb14490-d66b-4a53-b7f0-302d15bb9b6b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b6c260c-b23e-4644-9e41-d652dab0b7eb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after completion of the review under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report detailing the findings of the review.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38b81aaa-086a-4553-92bb-2cd4fb477ae8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report under subparagraph (A) shall evaluate whether the methodology reviewed under paragraph (1)(A) accounts for—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaad304b6-1ce8-4569-b8cc-f1eb057fea45" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">available human response data;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1821998-47eb-47fd-9472-a49d2824e3ae" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accident data relating to recent pipeline incidents since January 1, 2000;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8635dfab-2c17-41f0-8899-30c2df1bc98c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the risk of serious injury or death, or property damage, from a pipeline incident; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07c0dbd0-e432-4215-a68a-6276f3d6034c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the unique characteristics of the types of gas being transported.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6c3bc67-0699-4ac6-8d04-3d380c2b8c49" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Investigation reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, any Pipeline Failure Investigation reports prepared by the Accident Investigation Division of the Administration for accidents involving onshore gas transmission pipelines shall identify the location and distance from the pipeline of damage, including injuries and property damage, outside of the potential impact radius determined for the pipeline.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id397b2738-b63a-4de6-aaff-1d6f39f4125a" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>222.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effects of weather on natural gas pipelines</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf44b1f8-fa88-41f9-b542-63f305a774d1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9108125659d74e008c8d1d5be04d748d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable weather event</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>applicable weather event</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd37ff32e0cc42158d7dec0cf9df181f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a relevant weather-related event described in the definition of the term <term>major disaster</term> in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122</external-xref>) that has the potential to impact the safety of a natural gas pipeline facility;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ffa511dba084790adb9cb2042986e6a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the February 2021 winter storm known as <quote>Winter Storm Uri</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a5655f04ec644e4a00b9754ad5e1655" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the December 2022 winter storm known as <quote>Winter Storm Elliott</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88c33a95-3132-4072-8835-a61e6f37b91d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Natural gas pipeline facility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>natural gas pipeline facility</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e89969e-2192-416e-98cc-0ff4212f828e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a natural gas pipeline; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idceb01747-9955-4de3-9c2f-84f52d15d2e9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any related pipeline facility, equipment, or infrastructure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83075994-c18f-4a6f-a79d-57a936b39857" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review and report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71094c5b-f91c-4266-923e-65d0ef7a5056" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complete a review of the effects of applicable weather events on natural gas pipeline facilities to determine whether applicable weather events pose a risk to safety during and after the applicable weather event; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f7db083-3418-491a-be54-dda02499a185" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of that review.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6baaabc2c69c47f4849ac269f2e66499" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution integrity management plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date on which the report under subsection (b)(2) is submitted, the Secretary shall review the distribution integrity management plans relating to pipelines that are at increased risk of applicable weather events to ensure that the owners and operators of those pipelines are mitigating the effects of applicable weather events to ensure public safety.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd7f7cd5-8ac5-4ba7-8e8c-1f4f76a5e2fa" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>223.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aldyl–A pipelines</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2032ef7e-33bf-4508-8cc0-e67c5c934f6b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessment of Aldyl–A polyethylene piping</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, each owner or operator of a gas distribution pipeline facility shall assess its system for the presence of Aldyl–A polyethylene.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42b5c189-7d28-40f7-8a98-289b2bd20677" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id772ebeeb-1929-48cb-8a40-6dc0d44425c4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not require owners and operators of gas distribution pipeline facilities to conduct excavation activities for the purpose of the assessment required under subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19c870cd-a94c-4655-bcff-129dbe8555c1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection affects the authority of the Secretary under—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f295200-ea8b-4ffa-bfc2-5d639c088a07" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 60112 of title 49, United States Code; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5a1ce67-b35f-44c6-93f3-8debded08d2e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsection (m) or (p) of section 60117 of that title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc3e406c-267c-4b5d-9af8-3666696fd79a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, each owner or operator of a pipeline facility described in subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary the estimated total pipeline mileage identified by the owner or operator as Aldyl–A polyethylene piping.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id165d8f43-541a-49ae-8b79-65ba62d99b41" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State pipeline safety program certifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60105(b)(9)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>of cast iron and bare steel pipelines</quote> and inserting the following: “of—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb1692a0-9e6f-4477-8b10-c83cf03c4c3c" changed="not-changed"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3214188-cab9-43ff-ace2-a3b77ea6737d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cast iron and bare steel pipelines; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3f5d7ae-e887-4fb7-8140-8707263fe560" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pipelines constructed of historic plastics with known safety issues</text></clause><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3131d88-6d91-417e-bc44-7b272af0d749" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation of risk in distribution integrity management programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60109(e)(7)(A)(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>presence of cast iron pipes and mains in the distribution system; and</quote> and inserting the following: “presence, in the distribution system, of pipes and mains made of—</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5281c229-a559-4237-9b8a-f4afcc971ca9" changed="not-changed"><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4425116e-37bb-48ea-a62d-93808aa19dbf" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cast iron;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74674109-c8ba-44e7-b204-f88165e6e73f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">unprotected steel;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75110092-3308-44f1-9777-c0cb3eec8ac8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">wrought iron; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86370a90-ad79-4661-a9dc-caa80c839b59" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">historic plastics with known safety issues; and</text></subclause><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id1684aeb3-0c53-4e8e-9c1c-fb749d6eeda7" changed="not-changed"><enum>224.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improvements to pipeline safety integrity management programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct research into the use of quantitative data and modeling to assess whether the use of such data or modeling in the integrity management programs of operators would improve the estimation of costs and benefits of risk reduction measures.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id0f83f821590543bc85ece6fbe1729f87" changed="not-changed"><enum>225.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonemergency waivers by the Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 60118(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id720a4cca9d994dd7803d99b512fe1717" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idd9bceaebf3f54a3e8da063b01c836012" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>not inconsistent</quote> and inserting <quote>consistent</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7b113af99a874dc3bb46c80a1335fd3b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and comment</quote> after <quote>only after notice</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida129f3937b5a4de0b75c1795de763b59" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51bf1f7a8089455db3ee95c17fc56a3a" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph id="id635dc8bf06914644a6ffdcd23fecb4a1" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Action on application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after receiving an application for a waiver under this paragraph, the Secretary shall—</text><clause id="idf53be6e4e44241d4972957715fdbad2c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complete any applicable review relating to the application and act on the application by—</text><subclause id="id419efc778c554c33af83d8f4c507ab64" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issuing an order granting the waiver; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id495b76f4913b4690b040cb5a3e21cd89" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">denying the application; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idad6336c0f0c040deb099fe420cc2cdaf" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">inform the applicant that additional time is needed to review the application, including by providing notifications of the need for additional time at least once every 180 days until the waiver is granted or the application is denied.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6e9105e7783406e8ea699d111f70ccc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9573483c69374582a8876f127c9b01a6" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id926ca5df4b35464aa27e701e6d6c750c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statement of reasons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall state in an order issued under this subsection that is publicly posted on the website of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration the reasons for granting or denying the waiver.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Streamlining oversight of pipelines</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f6dc46a-6104-47c1-8eb7-ae7b91a9a060" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulatory updates</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f0fc7ab-0152-45d1-84ca-0180a0ab9882" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 106 of the PIPES Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>; 134 Stat. 2220) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee3d099f-4ec2-4b4a-b4d7-2c61843d974a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33a5450f-4802-4093-8da4-d5314263eee6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b311deb-f6d8-426c-89d5-43ff5eb8f78e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a final</quote> and inserting <quote>A final</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0dff8709-753c-4fb7-973d-408f753cc0f6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>that has not been published in the Federal Register;</quote> and inserting a period;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0f35513-c147-4ce9-b83d-faaae83c2aff" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90b936f9-ac26-4fec-9e2a-a1caf9d2ac2b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a final</quote> and inserting <quote>A final</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf03443af-bffd-4f89-ad9c-888570970bf9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>that has not been published in the Federal Register; and</quote> and inserting a period;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id490678e7-cf45-4c3a-a95d-2c2a7ef71a20" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68a1304a-2638-4006-9b3f-8b074f191051" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>any other</quote> and inserting <quote>Any other</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idffcda27d-93a5-4c64-81c4-f6aaa7f7f4fb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>that has not been published in the Federal Register</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id723f3222-0c90-4815-a65a-ed534913515d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc75c8bc-519c-47ea-bc7c-715f56bd69f6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81edc3d6-e277-4dc4-afed-72a4ac752f73" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4e32c1d-5771-48fb-b156-0f20aa6565cc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A final rule required to be issued under the <short-title>PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025</short-title>.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11501407-8b0a-4f2c-8f49-45e13f21a1f5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>In this section, the term <quote>outstanding mandate</quote> means—</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id815dccef-ae4e-4bb6-a4a5-b1fbfd1388d7" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida35d47ba-7677-4c44-9a35-ea01853898c3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>outstanding mandate</term> means a final rule described in paragraph (2) that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef2fc74d-0021-4c41-b286-3e7960c5dfd3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is required to be issued by the Secretary (including any subordinate of the Secretary); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ebddf22-07e4-4cbe-9c97-49894579fcfc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has not been published in the Federal Register.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76012197-0e42-4cfb-94f0-5f2fdf3bccb7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final rule described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A final rule referred to in paragraph (1) is any of the following:</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c6b4200-1e94-493a-ae14-fe291e5ee9a6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) is published in the Federal Register</quote> and inserting <quote>described in subsection (a)(2) is published in the Federal Register with respect to the applicable outstanding mandate</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3f153bf7-c8ce-4919-b012-83c44ca2ebf3" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81ee608e-1685-48c8-bcf4-b540ca63eac6" changed="not-changed"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70d691ee-08cd-490c-8a6d-4aaecc428b0f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required briefing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary fails to update the website as required under subsection (b)(1), an appropriate employee of the Administration shall provide an in-person briefing to the relevant committees of Congress every 30 days until the requirements of that subsection are met.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74ad55fd-0a1c-4d28-98a9-6e1b33cea558" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Optional briefing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annually, the Administrator shall offer to provide a briefing, by the Administrator or a designee, to the relevant committees of Congress on the status of outstanding mandates.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80d9542d-1ae0-4032-93bf-26cf2a401554" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restriction of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a requirement of subsection (b) is not met for over 90 days, no funds authorized or appropriated may be used to support travel for the Administrator or the Deputy Administrator of the Administration, unless necessary for the response to or investigation of a pipeline or hazardous materials incident.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa887435-affd-4899-b47b-1e20df05c645" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline noncompliance</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44facb99-8066-41c9-8898-712d89bffe1e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Briefings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary does not complete a requirement described in paragraph (2) by the deadline established by statute for the completion of that requirement, the Administrator shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress in person on the status of the requirement—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddde47420-5faa-47c1-a05f-bb02aa8a0b60" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 7 days after the applicable deadline; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25a1f0a7-fe88-48eb-80f8-1908a267d5f4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">every 90 days thereafter until the Secretary completes the requirement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7790285b-6287-473c-8b1b-6f1c64f8f84c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A requirement referred to in paragraph (1) is any of the following:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ee7c1df-8476-445c-b811-c708f9eaaff1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The rulemaking required under section 60143(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, relating to idled pipelines.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81521561-7153-4497-a529-ff7bbb3f1dcf" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The issuance of a final rule with respect to the regulations required under section 60102(q)(1) of title 49, United States Code, relating to gas pipeline leak detection and repair programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ide15dea39-bdbb-41fe-a595-0eae40a6652a" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State use of integrated inspections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 60105 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8543f9f8-8db2-4293-b1e3-56c32949349c" changed="not-changed"><subsection id="id911e97f7-ea87-4c68-9b74-3794b72fb933" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State use of integrated inspections</header><paragraph id="id72cdd032-019a-4a68-be3b-aed766f6189e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f73a4de-19c1-4dd6-8ad5-9b5f98cd7391" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate committees of congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the <short-title>PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025</short-title>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id917bfed8-e3bb-466b-bd59-7af873aa3f8a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspector General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Inspector General</term> means the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c98ddc3-ee3d-44a3-81e0-4636dfbf16b3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Risk-based integrated inspection program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>risk-based integrated inspection program</term> means an inspection program that uses risk information and data to focus inspection resources on pipeline facilities and regulatory requirements that have the highest priority during an inspection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c044684-0ac8-48d2-a763-f89a6acb166f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to all other applicable provisions of this section, with the written agreement of the Secretary and a State authority certified under this section, which may be in the form of a memorandum of understanding, the Secretary may authorize, and the State authority may carry out, a risk-based integrated inspection program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id76b9dc11-b29b-4e9b-b6e8-897defef8f3f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedural and substantive requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State authority that is authorized to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b19315c-8c10-4c87-ad07-89d138280344" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be subject to the same procedural and substantive requirements that would apply if the Secretary were carrying out the program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id428174b9-a840-47c7-b923-6432a890db3d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall ensure—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9bcdb5d-018b-4f7d-be8b-25fc67181982" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that no pipeline system goes without inspection for more than 5 years; and </text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4067fbc3-a6f5-4f4c-b47b-85754fe4b77c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that unsatisfactory conditions found in inspections are addressed in a timely manner.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id47f3ef08-b664-4fce-be22-39fd08b4bccb" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application and criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish procedures and criteria for State authorities to apply to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program pursuant to this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcc42d264-6d4e-4195-bc48-baacd0b7a2d2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation timeline</header><subparagraph id="id1b994b2a-c54a-4e65-b56f-38508c5faef5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after receiving an application from a State authority to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program under this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text><clause id="id5c1c13ef-d4e6-41e0-b757-7ffd431cd96c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the application; and</text></clause><clause id="id64a1ad70-5dd8-4c41-8a01-3ed9cb199a03" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approve or deny the application.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id627cbd0a-5318-4858-98f2-44508c060a60" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Explanation of denial</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary denies an application submitted by a State authority under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide an explanation to the State authority of—</text><clause id="idbed154b5-e999-4345-a08a-d425aeda08c7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">why the Secretary denied the application; and</text></clause><clause id="id7441e6f7-0b9e-4928-b282-afdda8f75271" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">changes that the State authority could make to the application that would result in the Secretary approving the application.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb670e606-2a74-4605-999f-42fd31e2e37f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of programs</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19a50223-6e1e-4e20-afa7-d3c8d6a99c2b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a process to review the implementation of a risk-based integrated inspection program by a State authority.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e2da5c1-36c9-4ba7-9513-6067dc19d48e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review by Inspector General</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8f2f591-c82f-4e0c-b095-26aaf4bce3fe" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General shall—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idafacd61b-0814-4418-b52d-5c6b701d6696" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review each risk-based integrated inspection program authorized by the Secretary under this subsection not later than 3 years after the date on which the relevant application is approved to determine whether the program meets the needs of pipeline safety; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id498726a0-aa93-4676-9a76-5e34037005f6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to the Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress a report on that review.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id893353e4-9aeb-490f-b2af-5cbc4c574366" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Inspector General determines that a risk-based integrated inspection program is not adequate and should be terminated, the Inspector General shall notify the Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddecca128-c43c-4c91-b99d-af8eb8477da7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><subparagraph id="idf25681bc-0b71-48bc-93d1-c17b2bc5e966" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination by the secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may terminate an authorization for a State authority to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program if—</text><clause id="id59aae22c-a976-4c11-b44c-51fee6f3a9b6" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary determines that the State authority is not adequately carrying out the program;</text></clause><clause id="id2f59f3b9-9ed1-463f-9b42-80fb52b7d52a" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary provides to the State authority—</text><subclause id="idd02c7a0a-8f39-4e85-81a8-9daf9d2e304a" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a notification of the intent of the Secretary to terminate the authorization for the State authority to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program;</text></subclause><subclause id="id4130ac55-963e-4239-a3db-d56b39a9606f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a period of not less than 120 days to take such corrective action as the Secretary determines to be necessary to comply with the requirements of this section; and</text></subclause><subclause id="iddaab67b7-9511-4799-bd8a-6545daf49667" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on request of the State authority, a detailed description of the aspects of the program that are inadequate; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id9d7900ca-420d-47b2-9b73-4d784dedbd37" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State authority, after the notification described in clause (ii)(I), fails to take satisfactory corrective action in accordance with clause (ii)(II) before the expiration of the period provided under that clause.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide8b1b512-ab08-4ddf-a647-d3f545cbb6f8" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination by a state authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State authority may terminate its authority to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program at any time by providing to the Secretary a notice not later than 90 days before the date of termination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbadc4094-8e9f-4880-b1c1-6abdb3cdc4d1" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Optimizing pipeline safety inspections</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf25fc4a-4620-4050-b38f-7535a5d7cf0f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4496eb12-c90f-45f7-89bf-0a132af188b0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>office</term> means a regional office, district office, and any other office of the Administration serving a particular region. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1223061-39a3-41ce-9a04-921d9fdad24b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Region</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>region</term> means a region for which a regional office of the Administration has been established.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3091441a-9e57-4fe9-8425-e92565f2bc30" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State partners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State partners</term> means the State authorities described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd64c9540-c99c-4345-8144-8ce928b8ee59" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e1e4f78-db7a-40db-9441-55ef4bb01eda" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to evaluate enforcement actions and the inspection scheduling and coordination practices and procedures used by—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16b3676a-bde1-4451-adb7-09687c38174d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administration;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5ebf3e4-81ad-423e-a9a7-8cfdf5e7af0f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State authorities certified under section 60105 of title 49, United States Code; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e58ef51-c6b6-4e33-8370-6af5ab237a34" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State authorities with which the Secretary has made an agreement under section 60106(a) of that title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04d53a76-3478-46fe-9ae8-3384591800ab" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f578d65-b56f-478f-8e9e-fdc118928c8f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify ways in which the Administration and States may coordinate with each other for more effective inspections and enforcement;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46a43712-ecbd-4f5f-a13f-277ea0964e04" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the extent of any—</text><clause id="id746d0089-d76d-4735-b50f-4824c756abfb" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">substantive overlap of inspections carried out by the Administration and the State partners, such that the Administration and the State partners are inspecting the same operator programs and procedures multiple times in the same annual or biennial period;</text></clause><clause id="id878fbe61-69d2-4e1c-9e3d-69f5857a80c1" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">substantive overlap of inspections carried out by offices in different regions, such that offices in multiple regions are inspecting the same operator programs and procedures multiple times in the same annual or biennial period;</text></clause><clause id="id72f21b95-4cc1-4f8e-bf72-a97d2cb0b83e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordination among offices in different regions on inspection findings relating to an operator before the Administration decides to take any enforcement or other action against that operator;</text></clause><clause id="iddfbf5188-f752-4d52-ab33-440309ce0a63" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordination among offices in different regions and between the Administration and State partners on the scheduling and scoping of inspections of operators to avoid substantive overlaps;</text></clause><clause id="id78b7f3ca-8a58-49b2-a1f0-4d3b2642c59e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resolution processes for operators in cases in which offices in different regions, or the Administration and State partners, take different interpretive positions on the same compliance issue or operator program; and</text></clause><clause id="idafcc8cbb-2073-44b5-abf5-c30288f94d70" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">opportunities—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cb30774-ed82-49bb-875f-2a9be61dcfad" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce substantive unnecessary overlaps (in the process of which the Comptroller General of the United States shall identify and describe any overlaps that the Comptroller the believes are necessary); </text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4316ec2c-480e-4800-b897-a3b3cad64b4b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to avoid inconsistent interpretations—</text><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5d750df-cd78-4a19-9a9e-0838e79b8459" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by offices in different regions; and</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b8f1a75-f30e-48e4-82d7-2dd2540fc585" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">between the Administration and State partners;</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23950cbd-3ca3-44c6-ade5-c6a40c0150ef" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to optimize inspection scheduling and coordination; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id189232b8-89a5-4d39-8337-8dd2ba1f74d9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve compliance with Federal pipeline safety laws; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida15608b3-3a46-41d5-9b7a-794891cbaca8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the Federal enforcement process for its ability to fairly ensure compliance with Federal pipeline safety laws.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a735851-d12d-41af-b23e-143c684bf923" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes the results of the study conducted under subsection (b), which shall include recommendations that the Administrator could adopt to better coordinate inspection practices and procedures with State partners, and between State partners, to address deficiencies identified under subsection (b)(2)—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c018f70-06fd-4d11-a6b9-31e1f988e6d4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">without compromising pipeline safety; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1738b488-f641-48fd-a922-f67e79c5ab7e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">while improving the enforcement process.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id462cf096-cc4f-45bd-8f07-179e017adf2c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Summary of pipeline inspections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than June 1 of each year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall make available to the public in an electronically accessible format a summary of Federal and State pipeline inspections conducted under direct or delegated authority under title 49, United States Code, during the previous calendar year, including—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4eecf352-59a7-4bb7-b21d-314654f1153a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date of the inspection;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7b8599e-a0d3-4414-affd-84f02af55202" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name of the pipeline owner or operator;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1747a3b-c212-4946-bc6f-136f6b5ec078" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the pipeline system or segment inspected;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02ab2e30-a612-4fa1-a838-bd54ce67e8d7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 1 or more regions of the Administration in which the inspected system or segment operates;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id495ceda7-ad44-4561-87c0-1b601f104752" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 1 or more States in which the inspected system or segment operates;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide8d33e91-cc9e-40ef-a75d-31e08948b60b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any violations or proposed violations alleged as a result of the inspection; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1d02b8d-b176-40dd-9094-8d61c839a021" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any enforcement actions taken.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id4b132220-94f6-4bc0-b1ae-fa8961a3ad5d" changed="not-changed"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress on PHMSA engagement prior to rulemaking activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that, if the Secretary determines it to be appropriate, the Secretary should engage with a broad range of pipeline stakeholder groups, including State pipeline safety programs with an approved certification under section 60105 of title 49, United States Code, during predrafting stages of rulemaking activities—</text><paragraph id="idb5db8fe1-c354-40a0-84dd-c2dae3a69d2c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to inform the work of the Secretary in carrying out the goals of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/601">chapter 601</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b2e3ca9-0cf8-4510-a85b-4a43df034d7f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce the timeline for issuance of proposed and final rules.</text></paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving safety of emerging gases</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d97c215-64ca-49e2-80fa-9e9c9d14c119" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Studies of hydrogen pipeline transportation</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd410f42b-9fb5-4fa7-8200-fbf92d2dd428" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0dc47478-09a5-473f-9f88-c457790f92fe" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with a National Laboratory (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15801">42 U.S.C. 15801</external-xref>))—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8ad529e-a014-494a-9b83-4674305f9c10" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to conduct a study of the safety, technical, and practical considerations relating to the blending of hydrogen into existing natural gas systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9fd83060-1d0d-4d54-a92d-60b0ef98421f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to issue a report on the results of that study, in accordance with paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d17956b-a6fa-475c-ab1d-8ef7f8ad6798" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make recommendations to the Secretary for how to avoid or minimize any risks identified under paragraph (2)(C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id850fcff2-d43e-4839-8fbd-821bd17939f6" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the following factors shall be taken into consideration:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4f4cab1-5705-4e42-a289-8cc25e6d4408" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Systems that utilize a hydrogen content above 5 percent to determine if there are additional restrictions or requirements for the processes, materials, and standards that the operators of those systems have implemented to operate those systems safely.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ff95435-a110-4e22-99ec-f5c7d0ad38e0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Remaining knowledge gaps, if any, relating to safely moving hydrogen-methane blends through existing natural gas distribution systems.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida64b4d3b-4323-4fd1-9510-171996adb5c5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Safety risks, if any, of hydrogen-methane blends composed of over 5 percent hydrogen in existing natural gas distribution systems, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcfaff70b-9f8c-44f5-8a75-06b6c0b11c15" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">leak rates of hydrogen-methane blends;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2368c51-87d5-4f3b-b8d2-12b5525710b2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the performance of hydrogen-methane blends in existing residential, commercial, and industrial infrastructure; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idacc1e844-578c-4f0e-990f-b39316f80074" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">underground migration of leaked hydrogen-methane blends.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcfeb4eb2-e6b6-4959-a132-a8660b59493d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any relevant findings or recommendations of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ad4c376-21ff-4ed9-8464-d22bb0065cf1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the HyBlend research and development initiative commenced by the Department of Energy in 2021 for the purpose of addressing opportunities for hydrogen blending in natural gas pipelines; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35b6edd9-cf66-4d7f-a589-f156291c52f4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the study on hydrogen blending commissioned by the California Public Utilities Commission and carried out by the University of California, Riverside, entitled <quote>Hydrogen Blending Impacts Study</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f738e88-0f51-4c3a-a0e6-52ee75ea85d9" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress the report prepared under paragraph (1)(B).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91ccf301-e60f-4325-a2ee-11b8ecfb4951" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GAO report</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55628b8a-4d5b-47c5-956a-8d519ecce596" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on existing natural gas distribution systems that utilize hydrogen-natural gas blending applications, or utilize gas with a higher hydrogen content, to identify processes, materials, and standards that operators have implemented to operate those systems safely.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9943eb5-14a0-4bdb-b777-3678cf579d5d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study conducted under paragraph (1) shall include an examination of natural gas distribution systems currently operating in—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3a6b309-2d9e-442f-911b-036e7dfcc2a2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2538050e-3feb-4806-9195-808bb3fb4a55" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Canada;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide793229b-142d-4945-ab4c-dc23e3a6de7d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Europe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf87897d9-a10d-4599-8075-d3407cc684fe" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Australia;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3eb3d17-db46-436f-ab3d-f7dd4409dac8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hong Kong; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id665d4bde-5704-4154-b8d9-b615cf0266d4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other appropriate location, as determined by the Comptroller General of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbfa1138a-addd-4b1d-b21e-f8e45bcc3667" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General of the United States shall consider systems that utilize a hydrogen content above 5 percent to determine if there are additional restrictions or requirements for the processes, materials, and standards that the operators of those systems have implemented to operate those systems safely.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id482f41b4-d56d-4d46-8951-288a85482979" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulatory considerations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39e5d79e-adfe-4668-9f2a-d60cff41f58e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after completion of the studies under subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall determine whether any updates to regulations are necessary to ensure the safety of natural gas distribution systems intentionally blending hydrogen at levels exceeding 5 percent.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id819e6111-db6b-4ed8-add0-fb5be31c3146" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that updates to regulations are not necessary, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes the reasons for that determination.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6148de2c-ccb8-4680-828b-3f96d291050c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76663b4a-5a6b-47c5-9a20-5908d4a5a5eb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorizes the removal of the exemption for certain hydrogen pipelines described in section 192.625(b)(4) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on October 1, 2023); or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f7f41b3-4ed5-44dd-8cb1-d86e376fdeed" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">affects—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b847ab0-9330-402d-8b88-b89f5aaec637" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authority of the Secretary under—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa09e35c-9312-45dc-8ef9-71a847e98ce6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 60112 of title 49, United States Code; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id800ea157-f83d-4f64-89b5-9498f1b2dafc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsection (m) or (p) of section 60117 of that title; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ae78f19-ac7e-411d-af0f-fdaff08f4917" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authority of the Secretary to prescribe standards otherwise affecting the transportation of hydrogen by pipelines.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idcb27ea8e-a31a-4610-a112-edd4f0eef355" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Safety of carbon dioxide pipelines</header><subsection id="id5f81b6d8-d573-4f41-974c-67ab62649cd5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum safety standards</header><paragraph id="ida2900466-0dfa-4b49-b4cb-c43cfc61b214" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a final rule pursuant to the rulemaking proceeding with Regulation Identifier Number 2137–AF60 after providing an opportunity for comment to ensure the safety of all phases of carbon dioxide transported in pipelines, including carbon dioxide in gaseous, liquid, and supercritical states.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id08dfbf74-4b51-4331-8951-0980e282050d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1e8186d-2b93-47e4-8d89-7c359f04d842" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any standard adopted by the final rule required under paragraph (1) shall—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7f6cf40-8ec4-48b9-a779-96e6612f61b5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include appropriate requirements addressing updates to emergency response plans to address any risks unique to carbon dioxide pipeline accidents or incidents;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide45ebbd4-8425-4d8c-9f96-cf965a87f50b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include minimum safety standards applicable to each operator of a pipeline facility by which carbon dioxide is transported, including performing vapor dispersion modeling to identify high consequence areas that could be affected by a release from such a pipeline facility;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e6b61a3-ba13-473d-8f05-e5faf9c6a290" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clarify that carbon dioxide shall not be used as a testing medium for spike hydrostatic pressure testing; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d2fd706-b3bf-48c6-8f4c-305b577b94e4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require carbon dioxide pipeline operators to provide information to State, local, and Tribal emergency response organizations (in each jurisdiction in which a carbon dioxide pipeline facility of the operator is located) on any risks unique to carbon dioxide pipeline accidents or incidents, including by making relevant portions of emergency response plans available to first responders on request.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19abb68f-020b-4ef7-8d34-82986c323f25" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vapor dispersion modeling</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vapor dispersion modeling under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall consider—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb6d732c-ed08-4b0d-bbe4-e3ee62af486f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the topography surrounding the pipeline facility;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddaffb8eb-6cb3-4baa-adad-28c7378b0785" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">atmospheric conditions that could affect vapor dispersion; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35377035-056a-4d18-8be8-56e8e5409028" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pipeline facility operating characteristics.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide15c7176-df96-4ea8-8473-08c0d9c91689" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any standard adopted by the final rule required under paragraph (1) shall consider—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id997f0171-9383-41a6-80f1-ab1777d6941b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conversion of service standards; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ff212ee-3c13-49bc-8ad9-b5aeff6b750e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">safety-related condition reporting and leak reporting appropriate to any unique safety risks associated with carbon dioxide.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide378163c-b8cb-472a-882a-16cdc48ca218" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Completion of the rulemaking required under subsection (a) shall satisfy the rulemaking requirement under section 60102(i)(2) of title 49, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection id="id725f56c2-6f85-45a9-8584-8840eb62adfb" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Odorant</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1ca661c-bb37-4eff-ae60-1ea74915d1f0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with a National Laboratory (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15801">42 U.S.C. 15801</external-xref>)) to study the feasibility of adding odorant to carbon dioxide pipelines.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id635cc44d-934c-42c0-b964-dbd84ec1d910" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing the feasibility of adding odorant to carbon dioxide pipelines.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8bb033f9-99dd-45a3-8f26-4ec1e8d9fda0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make available, on request, to relevant emergency responders information that is tailored specifically to carbon dioxide pipeline releases, including information on the potential impact area and any relevant odorants.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07e2b2f8-0829-46f9-91c0-86e7c41532eb" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting of blended products</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddccaab0c-0010-45b6-8e23-0ec137a960f3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All operators of natural gas pipelines shall report to the Secretary non-predominant products intentionally blended and intended to exceed, at any point in time, 2 percent by volume of the product transported by the pipeline.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided8103eb-10b4-43ad-8f1c-827e86b39658" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Frequency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports under subsection (a) shall be required not more frequently than annually.</text></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving emergency response and transparency</header><section id="idd5cb6f98-4e09-4041-8dc3-c1900aaca1a4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bitumen oil response plan review</header><subsection id="id1b682d22-a109-4cee-95fa-d001181f63cd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspector General review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall review—</text><paragraph id="idd78032fb-280e-4b25-b578-f1e20c95c969" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the findings of the study required under section 16 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/90">Public Law 112–90</external-xref>; 125 Stat. 1915); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba28de9d-dbb9-4073-8e40-76e3fe2daa64" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the oil spill response plans required under part 194 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), for operators transporting diluted bitumen oil.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id30dd59aa-0155-4789-8c9b-fcb3980aa46d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The review under subsection (a) shall determine the extent to which the response plans required under part 194 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)—</text><paragraph id="idb41cf452-281a-4296-a7a5-3fae3812ead4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify, using industry-standard names, all of the crude oils transported by the operator, including diluted bitumen;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc0a24685-ce58-46f4-bbce-330f0983d46c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include safety data sheets for each of the crude oils identified in the response plan;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd9cea4fd-3be9-4d48-82d1-2bdbe0e42d58" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the geographic areas most sensitive to the effects of a diluted bitumen spill, including the water bodies potentially at risk;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id424d088a-3e61-494a-8df0-e9d8ac4a6db3" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the response activities planned and resources available to mitigate the impacts of spills of diluted bitumen, if applicable, including the capabilities of the operator for detection, containment, and recovery of submerged and sunken oil;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id02af8a3c-2c19-42d1-b364-bc60dc10a6f4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify the procedures by which the operator shall provide to the applicable On-Scene Coordinator (as defined in section 194.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)) or an equivalent State official relevant response information; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf2f422d1-c559-4478-b0a1-7c3f418cf2c2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include all spill-relevant properties and considerations with respect to each crude oil transported by the operator and identified in the response plan in accordance with paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id54d4faab-e1cf-4336-b411-08be168c5bc3" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after completing the review under subsection (a), the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that summarizes the findings of that review and contains any recommendations of the Inspector General.</text></subsection></section><section id="id910f5066-018d-4925-b17c-bca65022086e" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Center of Excellence for Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Leak Detection</header><subsection id="ide62b6b17-a2ef-4e20-89de-6f5b59c889ac" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After submitting the report under subsection (c) to the committees of Congress described in that subsection, and subject to the availability of funds appropriated by Congress for the applicable purpose, the Secretary, in consultation with hazardous liquid pipeline sector stakeholders, may establish a center, to be known as the <quote>National Center of Excellence for Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Leak Detection</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Center of Excellence</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection id="id210c4dee-0cd3-4191-9b9b-c1fa5adf53ee" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Location</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center of Excellence shall be located—</text><paragraph id="id72091162-9eea-4a16-84cc-9b3e2003b8d2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within the Great Lakes Basin;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id84ef5dd8-2b07-4391-9968-d979095bc7bf" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a State that hosts an international mixed-use pipeline that transports crude oil and natural gas liquids where the pipeline crosses through the Great Lakes; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id79276424-6395-4a21-afb5-729dadb0ef56" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in close proximity to an institution of higher education with adequate capabilities, experience, and expertise in researching and evaluating pipeline safety, including pipeline risk analyses.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id71952448-f409-4ea8-b54d-3224e52e65ed" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on establishment</header><paragraph id="id6d82ff30-bbf9-42a9-aad2-04000201c4de" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that describes—</text><subparagraph id="idfd32f6c7-4c97-4813-b474-c39b5a887c40" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the resources necessary to establish the Center of Excellence; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida1c2148a-f20e-4e8a-a192-9ebf3b4f2cbd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the manner in which the Center of Excellence will carry out the functions described in subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida45486c5-2f93-4024-a167-8518f2d41dad" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report under paragraph (1) shall include an estimate of all potential costs and appropriations necessary to carry out the functions described in subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7da233b5-39ed-474d-a848-d7c6a6ac8e26" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center of Excellence shall—</text><paragraph id="idea7f209f-682f-46f1-81ae-6a857bcccb82" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the availability of leak detection technology for hazardous liquid pipelines that can detect leaks at very low volumes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id737e373f-1b87-432d-a9f2-be98fa02eefa" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct research into the operational, economic, and technical feasibility of incorporating technologies reviewed under paragraph (1) into pipeline systems;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8641be38-773f-480e-9a97-981310c7446b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be a repository of information on best practices relating to, and expertise on, hazardous liquid leak detection; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4465cd21-a06c-4b46-aeb5-824aaefa34bd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">perform other duties, as determined by the Secretary, to improve leak detection for hazardous liquid pipelines.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id05e0c4b3-01b9-4f6f-8e06-14008f125ad6" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Joint operation with educational institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with an institution of higher education described in subsection (b)(3)—</text><paragraph id="idb32b1959-c274-41fa-ad71-1d98843c4dea" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide for joint operation of the Center of Excellence; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d883d25-01dc-4bfa-9a99-70ef17a22abe" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide necessary administrative services for the Center of Excellence.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf0445705-26fd-4e3e-9406-3831329a0f86" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date on which the Center of Excellence is established under subsection (a), the Center of Excellence shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the findings of the Center of Excellence with respect to leak detection technologies that can detect leaks at very low volumes.</text></subsection></section><section id="idc0ca5edf-d7aa-4cd9-8f2a-85c4cf01b66c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operator financial disclosure</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 7 calendar days after the date on which an operator of a pipeline facility (as defined in section 60101(a) of title 49, United States Code) files a petition for relief under chapter 7 or 11 of title 11, United States Code, the operator shall notify the Secretary of that filing.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b3644b2-8d98-4fc7-8613-2c0553a2b826" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data and transparency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the Secretary shall publish, on a publicly accessible website, summary data pertaining to pipeline leaks required to be reported by operators in the annual reports submitted to the Administration by the operators.</text></section><section id="id5bc6ba67-e137-4974-8ff6-a960aa0db8e1" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>505.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Public Engagement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 108 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id667492b1-29d4-4188-874d-982b089f9d0e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>(referred to in this section as the <term>Administration</term>)</quote> after <quote>Safety Administration</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4019ee9-d20f-4431-b8e0-c8f472a3ff25" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>(referred to in this section as the <term>Administrator</term>),</quote> after <quote>shall be the Administrator</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb82cc9b-4514-4fef-8045-74d8b66140b7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf62630bd-9e53-49bb-bd0a-917444509252" changed="not-changed"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74665df8-09eb-48a0-81ae-d170c8938e39" changed="not-changed"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Public Engagement</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b990f49-4707-41a9-ac49-94dd49ed6cdb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id390f5588-99c6-4d94-b952-690f2edb8b9f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate committees of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the <short-title>PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025</short-title>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21b5dbf4-e25a-4bc1-a8fb-396c6f393910" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45a11118-7a3c-4b05-b427-10fc410cb9d8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Office</term> means the Office of Public Engagement of the Administration established under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb308e0c7-7ce1-4846-8cd7-c85c9d394993" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall establish within the Administration an office, to be known as the <quote>Office of Public Engagement</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f60ed16-e611-44a0-9c7e-1b9a55ca5742" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61f959c9-f682-4ec0-8d09-e6e543534719" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report to the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e91d0d5-557c-4ec5-9cdc-d1bcd89c737f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be responsible for the discharge of the functions and duties of the Office.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id969768e4-e180-4ff8-bca1-2f5e5564fc94" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd522e296-6229-4e0a-bccf-8449afb167a0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appoint and assign the duties of employees of the Office; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9133981-82d3-46b8-b054-c4256db54165" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritize the hiring of individuals who have experience in community engagement, including working with the public, State, local and Tribal governments, and pipeline safety public interest groups.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0cea5d9-ac0b-4c9b-b26a-a083408d504d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community liaisons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall appoint agency community liaison personnel employed as of the date on which the Office is established as employees of the Office.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e143bc1-c774-4b26-8387-38499f617c30" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties and functions of the Office</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id143b11fa-fcb2-4ed7-9f92-681f3ffe53a7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall coordinate the provision of technical assistance and educational assistance to the public with respect to the authorities exercised by the Administration.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7565272a-eeb0-4e30-bee6-783cbde6228a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public engagement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall coordinate active and ongoing engagement with the public with respect to the authority and activities of the Administration, including by—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30cd2aee-34f0-4eff-84c4-bd1a35caa0cd" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b623d61-eca6-4ec1-a7ee-997540fa7c3e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outreach, which may include public postings, signage at relevant physical locations, newspaper publications, mailings, phone calls, canvassing, and door hangers, to communities using varied media; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76368169-9653-4cd9-8647-d7b2ace47a84" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when appropriate, meetings;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="iddd9f50da-c1ee-46a7-997d-5a0f708672a7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting individuals in resolving pipeline safety inquiries;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4212d8a-fb03-4ad0-ac5d-5d6d5f33113e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">making publicly available, and disseminating, information on the manner in which members of the public may file inquiries relating to pipeline safety;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4215260d-535c-42e3-aef4-f680eb9a59a5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting individuals in contacting, as necessary, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, State agencies, and other agencies, in order to appropriately direct public inquiries that are not within the jurisdiction of the Administration to the relevant agency; and</text></clause><clause id="id5d99e33f-6c30-4b3e-97c1-e9a28915a282" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preparing, and making publicly available in accessible formats, educational materials about the Administration, the responsibilities of the Administration, and how those responsibilities interact with entities under the jurisdiction of the Administration and other Federal, State, local, or Tribal government agencies.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c06e68b-73b6-4c58-a996-1c23d7841083" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>506.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of confirmed discovery</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49867edf-2b26-4692-b3ae-d4de54879c6f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="idac29445f-c2c3-4290-98e5-1db17efbafcd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56ec213f-3384-4f72-8b22-7f0f2805f1cb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the definition of confirmed discovery used by the Administration for purposes of the reporting of accidents and incidents to the National Response Center and the Secretary (including any regulations promulgated under section 9 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60117">49 U.S.C. 60117</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/90">Public Law 112–90</external-xref>)), establishing communication with first responders and other relevant public officials, providing immediate notice to the National Response Center as described in section 191.5 and 195.52 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations), and any other relevant purposes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47993ffc-4058-43b8-99ac-db0f63211ff2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each initial notice of an accident or incident submitted to the National Response Center telephonically or electronically under section 191.5 or 195.52 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, during the 5-year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act—</text><clause id="id498c0980-7faa-4de4-8189-819ac6c3bb55" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the time between the first signs of an accident or incident and the time at which operators determined that the accident or incident met the definition of confirmed discovery;</text></clause><clause id="ida2e635f5-5120-4d7b-81a8-1b95d4f6618a" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the methods that operators used to confirm that an accident or incident met that definition; and</text></clause><clause id="id53d64677-13da-418c-a2bf-a4928c2e6ae9" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the time that it took for operators to report an accident or incident after confirming that the accident or incident met that definition; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id52ee68ac-afb8-46d0-aebe-505c14682cb3" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that provides the findings of the review under paragraph (1), including the details described in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph for each accident or incident.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb040589-ae80-47e2-904a-c75f87f9c771" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil penalty considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60122(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44a23290-9db3-455c-a8b4-ba11c3a28cdb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida481e9bf-674f-4ef3-b704-d87d4a87813c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30516a40-062a-4a34-ae12-cf5587c9b170" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id890f6564-353d-4632-9ce2-79ac4f1bcc84" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2df35953-c86c-4607-aba4-5dcb1cbcf587" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the timeliness of emergency response notification, including by reducing penalties for cases in which incidents are reported within 10 minutes of a suspected release; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2212ce97-e750-4d47-ab8f-dadc84d1ecb2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced coordination with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governmental entities resulting in the relevant and timely use of existing public alert notification systems; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7a03eb69-18ad-456b-9dab-6d5bfc0e00e0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>507.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public alert notification system for pipeline facilities</header><subsection id="id1b3742f7-1fe4-4f4b-952a-5922ddedf148" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public alert notification system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall develop voluntary guidance to assist owners and operators of pipeline facilities with coordinating with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governmental entities to make use of existing public alert notification systems, such as the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System of the Federal Emergency Management Agency described in section 526 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/321o">6 U.S.C. 321o</external-xref>) to issue emergency alerts and appropriate guidance via mobile phones, radio, or television in a locally targeted area in the event of a pipeline emergency. </text></subsection><subsection id="id47e64cb7-4be9-495b-b2ef-a9817fb61373" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency response plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any procedures established by an operator under subsection (a) shall be incorporated into the response plans maintained by the operator under sections 60102(d)(5) and 60138 of title 49, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other matters</header><section id="id89e3f78c-7a28-45ec-91b4-ae576c7627e9" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on PHMSA operation, procurement, or contracting action with respect to covered unmanned aircraft systems</header><subsection id="id618623fd-c755-4fe4-b16b-a94188181870" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/448">Chapter 448</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id652cfa80-0c0f-49a3-ad4c-c9906aed9d78" changed="not-changed"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72d5c2a6-884c-48f6-a41c-15db91b28ea4" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>44815.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on PHMSA operation, procurement, or contracting action with respect to covered unmanned aircraft systems</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6df0e3a8-c633-4adb-9c1e-f1076cb7db66" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6cc4b831-9a38-4563-8f67-dae63468d425" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Administration</term> means the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcf4ce95f-0ab7-4990-8f5a-64228fae33c5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc14cf6e0-0b05-4f9b-8bdb-faa73d91be79" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered foreign country</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered foreign country</term> means any of the following:</text><subparagraph id="idfb643557-3267-4cde-9d39-7e1e8c691cc4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The People’s Republic of China.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id27c524dd-f1c1-454b-9332-85fe1b1a2d8b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Russian Federation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfe9299ca-9f04-4804-9814-7a85137d25df" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Islamic Republic of Iran.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcb46efbb-1c8e-4aab-8790-157d4c6541bf" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida875c989-4b20-4eb5-aa70-836aff548e74" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08ba699c-afd6-46f8-a3fe-8b1a8825eafc" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Republic of Cuba.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id347e2ed4-5a86-4673-b5de-a340967407c7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered unmanned aircraft system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered unmanned aircraft system</term> means an unmanned aircraft system that is, or is owned by an entity that is—</text><subparagraph id="id6f44e474-cb6b-493e-a2cf-56fb8bdfeedb" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">included on the Consolidated Screening List or Entity List as designated by the Secretary of Commerce;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc0c57104-882d-4eb5-85fa-89aa7b9c6f9c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">domiciled in a covered foreign country; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10278f40-97ea-4b58-bb1b-45073ec53273" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to influence or control by the government of a covered foreign country.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id169aab3f-f9cb-478c-84c7-fd7200cc3fbe" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (c), the Administrator shall not—</text><paragraph id="ide6742445-275b-46aa-862a-8e1a9aed05b8" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operate a covered unmanned aircraft system; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id94dac7c0-eeed-4af6-9b2c-424d23ca5dec" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into, extend, or renew a contract—</text><subparagraph id="id71a92a85-9333-414c-af75-7185085a669d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the procurement of a covered unmanned aircraft system; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7041ecd4-e0de-448f-979c-4a89e24d800b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with an entity that operates (as determined by the Secretary of Transportation) a covered unmanned aircraft system in the performance of any Administration contract.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id035fb6f4-5a06-47d9-97f3-9c17e4cd9b3f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The restrictions under subsection (b) shall not apply if the operation, procurement, or contracting action is for the purpose of intelligence, electronic warfare, and information warfare operations, testing, analysis, and training.</text></subsection><subsection id="id84c46ade-e80a-41c8-88b1-6c132a0e17aa" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may waive the restrictions under subsection (b) on a case by case basis by certifying, in writing, to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the appropriate committees of Congress that the operation, procurement, or contracting action is required in the public interest of the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="id487f9778-fdd1-4d57-963d-1109ecce3012" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Replacement of covered unmanned aircraft systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to available appropriations, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall replace any covered unmanned aircraft system that is owned or operated by the Administration as of that date of enactment with an unmanned aircraft system manufactured in the United States or an allied country (as defined in section 2350f(d) of title 10).</text></subsection><subsection id="idf0aaeb52-3a61-4d90-a344-6456d8bbea36" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that includes—</text><paragraph id="iddc0c18a4-c782-4639-a496-dac1f38dc680" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the changes the Administration has made to its operation, procurement, and contracting processes to ensure that the Administration does not acquire any covered unmanned aircraft system;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1922a5af-cbd7-4e79-a4fb-099c12877596" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of covered unmanned aircraft systems that needed to be replaced in accordance with subsection (e), including—</text><subparagraph id="id6e606154-51a8-47db-a6df-1c304dae9763" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of the purposes for which such covered unmanned aircraft systems were used;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd72a3c7f-0416-4a77-b931-520ae40d6a51" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the unmanned aircraft systems that the Administrator will purchase to replace such covered unmanned aircraft systems; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id29ebc8b8-16d5-46b6-a3cd-d7965b683e48" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost to purchase the unmanned aircraft systems described in subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0b124635-de29-4c21-a9a0-8bba138b03a6" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other information determined appropriate by the Administrator.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id750c92e9-c2b9-4c75-9596-cac862e2617c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/448">chapter 448</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/44814">section 44814</external-xref> the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4c9f139-0e5e-4d91-82e4-41c5af17bdba" changed="not-changed"><toc changed="not-changed"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section" changed="not-changed">44815. Prohibition on PHMSA operation, procurement, or contracting action with respect to covered unmanned aircraft systems.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id99b55008-e5b9-4aed-9b51-f5eb3239998b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Natural gas distribution pipeline infrastructure safety and modernization grants</header><subsection id="idf6e69a1c-e0bb-46ae-bee0-e3a14acad370" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide grants to assist publicly owned natural gas distribution pipeline systems in repairing, rehabilitating, or replacing pipeline systems to improve pipeline safety.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide304ebb5-f785-48ee-a52e-a95fc4176eb5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity eligible to receive a grant under this section is a utility that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida33e4119-7416-40af-8695-81d289aefcac" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by a community or municipality; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1334dc78-6bad-4995-a67f-5d167361549d" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a for-profit entity.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f795889-2ae0-44cd-a559-0dbddae356e6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a description of the projects or activities proposed to be funded by the grant.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3425b40f-e062-43ad-9e67-0533c351d4d2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant provided under this section may be used—</text><paragraph id="idc3c0de04-4966-40bd-bd08-d11eaf1a2a60" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to repair, rehabilitate, or replace a natural gas distribution pipeline system or portions of a natural gas distribution pipeline system; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3295a91b-6ab9-4978-bb84-aa4729c02621" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to acquire equipment for use in a repair, rehabilitation, or replacement project under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7494e8ad-7878-44a4-b969-6bfba611cc19" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish procedures for awarding grants under this section that take into consideration—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2877bec-b045-4ee7-8b83-249e8529f07c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the risk profile of the existing pipeline system, including pipe material, operated by the applicant; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8f5370c-f41e-447a-be95-72f49a083daf" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supporting communities that have limited ability to invest in the infrastructure of the community through increased utility rates due to economic conditions, including high poverty rates, high unemployment, or low median wages.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id318b888a-08e5-4a5c-90ed-e704564370f4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87d4784f-f812-4a8a-8712-e4c5986af186" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Awards to a single utility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not award more than 12.5 percent of the total amount made available to carry out this section in a single fiscal year to a single eligible entity described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a79f09b-6444-4be3-9f9a-3a26fff51f22" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 2 percent of the amounts appropriated under subsection (h)(1) for a fiscal year may be used by the Secretary for the administrative costs of carrying out this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b69d932-2dbe-463a-9e3b-73973a27540a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost sharing</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida18917bf-c44b-4183-b469-c1ad262ac0e0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any grant provided by the Secretary under this section shall not represent more than 50 percent of the actual total cost of the repair, rehabilitation, or replacement project for which the grant is provided.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52e28c42-ee81-4acf-8d77-04885013f42b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a grant under this section for a project in an area with a population of less than 50,000 residents, based on the most recent decennial census, the Secretary may increase the grant share of the cost of the project under subparagraph (A) to not more than 80 percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idaaede2aa-3e4b-47fa-938c-11ff05973c5b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 days before the date on which the Secretary publishes the selection of projects and activities for which a grant will be provided under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a written notice that includes—</text><paragraph id="idaa62df25-a338-4948-99e2-deb7cabedc29" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of all applications reviewed by the Secretary as part of the selection process; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id95fc1d41-e595-4279-8898-4d8d6e7583a4" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a report that describes each project or activity for which a grant will be provided under this section for that round of selection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb2b8fa8b-5fbb-46c6-800a-7db3e965e5cd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6d4fdac-a10b-4846-a5e5-2278864dfa20" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030, to remain available until expended. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id234338a7-5fa3-4934-9900-a5fbaaeacef3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amounts used to carry out this section—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id584edc3b-1a0b-4482-a671-6788fcfd0264" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be derived from general revenues; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4d54151-5621-4079-b150-fb7d21c8d276" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not be derived from user fees collected under section 60301.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id229ba8f0-59c2-4387-94d2-1af550f3116b" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Issues affecting federally recognized Indian Tribes</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf368deb1-1f93-448c-97b9-55a2a448155f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian and Tribal definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60101 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2589eb2-045d-40e2-8dfc-aaeb87966934" changed="not-changed"><subsection id="id5efcd977-5dd1-4723-99cd-2db0505ddc46" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian and Tribal definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this chapter:</text><paragraph id="id21beb70d-6eff-40ed-8f12-bcd6cfdd8a60" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Indian land</term> has the meaning given the term <term>Indian lands</term> in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2703">25 U.S.C. 2703</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8c5a0d40-ee16-4dd3-b339-2417880e7116" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian <enum-in-header>T</enum-in-header>ribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89ceb19a-f9b6-4c4f-bb28-04f0f2002573" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Safety standards and reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="idbebf2f56-6263-4fa4-808f-bb5787891185" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(4)(A), by striking <quote>located,</quote> and inserting <quote>located and any affected Indian Tribe</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf96d44ad-d53b-4102-b9b9-b0c1db60a70c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcdd08e4f-e2aa-4d35-86a1-6b20f0976cab" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>and an appropriate State official as determined by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>, an appropriate State official (as determined by the Secretary), and an appropriate Tribal official (as determined by the Secretary) from any affected Indian Tribe</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e8fe827-d3e6-415c-a42d-38ad9214cfca" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or, with respect to an affected Indian Tribe, on affected Indian land,</quote> after <quote>location in the State</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf42a6e0b-59d0-4ad7-9419-33a04e19dc34" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id601ab348-6244-4adf-9afd-e09c72ce207f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and Tribal officials from any affected Indian Tribe</quote> after <quote>State and local authorities</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id483d3272-9a2e-45ae-8641-dd4a422d1b65" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>and Tribal officials from any affected Indian Tribe</quote> after <quote>State and local officials</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida93ed221-0971-4749-b693-0887b8747536" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13e9ee54-37f6-434c-828a-e35762ef3aec" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or an affected Indian Tribe</quote> after <quote>inform a State</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88d9683d-5067-4c0c-b898-0aa1919f6882" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or on affected Indian land</quote> before the period at the end;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a8dd8ea-3f20-4f41-8679-9701f6d1c4b7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1067c98-ebfc-4b16-913d-28a645a1af77" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(C), by striking <quote>the appropriate Tribe</quote> and inserting <quote>any affected Indian Tribe with respect to the location</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6c4fade-f27c-4a86-841a-f487d05a1a21" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting <quote>or Tribal official if no such commission or committee exists</quote> before the semicolon at the end; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6b4fc1e-2035-4e53-8660-25d5d2204945" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (r)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, including Tribal officials</quote> after <quote>public officials</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe8aca33-6670-4f25-87ba-70dee6b83099" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspection and maintenance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60108(c)(6)(C) of title 49, United States Code, is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>and Tribal officials from any affected Indian Tribe</quote> after <quote>to the Secretary</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09ef7bf0-88e7-495e-928a-7e4b693d4d72" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-density population areas and environmentally sensitive areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60109(e)(7) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e45e427-5722-4dec-847b-dea04d18470c" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id245f95bf-20dd-4039-8f7b-32352176a9d8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadlines</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7969693-4182-4819-84eb-23430357040a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency response plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025</short-title>, each operator of a distribution system shall make available to the Secretary or the relevant State authority with a certification in effect under section 60105, as applicable, and to any affected Indian Tribe, a copy of the emergency response plan under section 60102(d)(5).</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd64a0d1-6c36-4980-9ee8-45c7dbeec788" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other documents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025</short-title>, each operator of a distribution system shall make available to the Secretary or the relevant State authority with a certification in effect under section 60105, as applicable, a copy of—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0076a5b-310e-47a6-8a25-15b3ed43adf4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the distribution integrity management plan of the operator; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc95ebce-fe23-4937-b9e0-c8b7e1d86c78" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies under section 60102(d)(4).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id584381d6-ad35-47f0-85b2-f96fbc0cdf8a" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of a significant update, as determined by the Secretary, to a plan or manual described in clause (i) or (ii), the operator of the applicable distribution system shall—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbac5142e-ebf7-40fa-bda1-b2bceb012092" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an emergency response plan described in clause (i), make available to the Secretary or make available for inspection to the relevant State authority described in that clause (if applicable), and make available for inspection to any affected Indian Tribe, an updated copy of the emergency response plan; and </text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2671f04-2e3a-4ba0-9add-f63505f39198" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a plan or manual described in clause (ii), make available to the Secretary or make available for inspection to the relevant State authority described in that clause (if applicable) an updated copy of the applicable plan or manual.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id882c9cf3-e27a-4c87-9c9c-cc7a94d7a219" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of FOIA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the disclosure of any information that is exempt from disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea274609-3568-498c-8742-e2e0e1aed0de" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline facilities hazardous to life and property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60112(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended, in the second sentence, by inserting <quote>and a Tribal official from any affected Indian Tribe</quote> after <quote>affected local officials</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90f15d59-7a27-46be-9edd-4fa33567fbd3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical safety standards committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60115(b)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>and of</quote> and inserting <quote>, Indian Tribes, and</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0f33cd8-4a90-4c14-9076-75f3091e2b53" changed="not-changed"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public education programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60116(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd153a03a-2b0a-4e34-8574-6fd8ccf50b81" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025</short-title></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc012b297-8b3f-47da-a2a2-404f669bed84" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by inserting <quote>affected Indian Tribes,</quote> after <quote>advise</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id611a36f9-eebe-44e7-b14f-9250968601b1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60117 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cbc7b36-a387-4c62-a872-b3b68b62b958" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(1), by inserting <quote>and an appropriate Tribal official from any affected Indian Tribe</quote> after <quote>is located</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde017e6c-a6e2-40cc-9ccb-0df3c6f2ddee" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1799a417-97a3-4598-81b2-55a9adb69af0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>Indian Tribes,</quote> after <quote>States,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6075c8e-18e9-493e-92a1-a06b24a123b5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>Indian Tribes,</quote> after <quote>local governments,</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf67cfdba-b9d8-4c84-b6ac-f061a5b98e34" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (l), in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>Indian Tribes,</quote> after <quote>local government,</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e825b57-a053-4f95-b6e7-21d0696c622d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (n)(1), by inserting <quote>Indian Tribes,</quote> after <quote>the States,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc76a5bb1-2ab3-4edb-a92c-fac03bc2ed1a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (p)(2)(B), by inserting <quote>Indian Tribes,</quote> after <quote>State agencies,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e0516eb-5662-494a-a593-9e9dc3bd9497" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judicial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60119(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>, including an Indian Tribe,</quote> before <quote>adversely affected</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4ea98625-f978-4085-985b-fc56bfdaad14" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency response grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60125(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>, and affected Indian Tribes,</quote> after <quote>local governments</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id429c79fc-a24c-4bf4-a432-c1898099c2ba" changed="not-changed"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National pipeline mapping system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60132 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdfee1ec-de49-4000-a00c-cdecd45cabcc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking <quote>State and local</quote> and inserting <quote>State, local, and Tribal</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3417597e-1c43-45d3-a463-f441566222c6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>State and local</quote> and inserting <quote>State, local, and Tribal</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ece57af-2181-4d4f-8bdd-83ded08485f6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(l)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination of environmental reviews</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60133 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id585ea989-658c-498f-a918-339f0755444f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(5), by striking <quote>and local</quote> and inserting <quote>, local, and Tribal</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ac8e0bf-f554-4d36-b532-e9a9f660297a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2), by inserting <quote>Tribal,</quote> after <quote>State,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b85517b-6d20-423f-95f0-af024540030c" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification of and justification for redactions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If the Administration redacts any portion of a document produced to another person, the Administration shall cite a specific statute authorizing the withholding of the information redacted.</text></section><section id="id2cf78df1-f44f-4b2a-baac-8eb8af3e6add" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>605.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees for loan guarantees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 116(d) of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/720n">15 U.S.C. 720n(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id20a0a192-cb5e-4ea6-a41a-d3da4d3ada78" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idab714cc1-76c4-4ac6-8016-9792e57b23fd" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(1) The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id044cbade-2179-405c-b125-61b1226a4164" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id1ced312f-b356-445f-a768-43d3989ce21c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan terms</header><subparagraph id="idfce302c1-864d-4486-8a18-e966ab8c2684" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide91257d8-29ce-4940-8dc1-ba42e794b349" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The term</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66664b6b-17fc-42f1-8045-e8fe26e837fe" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph id="id59038c2a-0d1b-4e54-8922-67e65ed3df90" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1a8543fa-8d9b-4e1f-adba-5a812f9f9eea" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>(2) An eligible</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide35f8571-4ffd-430d-b887-b3fe35ddeecb" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id0caa8603-b2d7-49ea-b064-73a74d9cc5d1" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees</header><subparagraph id="ide2f6fc9e-c81f-4bf1-bfa8-2d5573c0d685" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative expenses</header><clause id="id58fa25b7-773d-44d2-a9f5-b9d0ea15c283" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall charge, and collect on or after the date of the financial close of an obligation, a fee for a guarantee in an amount that the Secretary determines is sufficient to cover applicable administrative expenses (including any costs associated with third-party consultants engaged by the Secretary).</text></clause><clause id="id10580d0a-d022-43b5-81d0-335ce4fb65ad" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees collected under this paragraph shall—</text><subclause id="id0f0ec585-04e6-45b4-b2aa-dc124ec31911" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be deposited by the Secretary into the Treasury; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id5d3f6d28-86ae-43ef-8f26-654b7e717453" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">remain available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, until expended to cover applicable administrative expenses described in clause (i).</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb7e331a-3267-41fe-a5f1-38fe9fd1ba27" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduction in fee amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding clause (i), and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary may reduce the amount of a fee for a guarantee under this subparagraph.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3cc4239a-e27e-4d94-8847-33ff2353e0f5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Debt obligations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id863ee858-f7fd-494a-9e53-86dd2c89a407" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>606.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving pipeline cybersecurity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish in the Federal Register a final rule pursuant to the rulemaking proceeding entitled <quote>Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management</quote> (Docket Number TSA–2022–0001; Regulation Identifier Number 1652–AA74) relating to the cybersecurity of pipelines.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40ae127b-948b-4920-849c-13b2ae475a65" changed="not-changed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>607.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical corrections</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ed9c777-ba2f-46a6-b7b7-4a3edd596474" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60101(a) of title 49, United States Code (as amended by section 212(b)), is amended—</text><paragraph id="id3221d9f3-f98e-4b37-83b8-cb4cb875dbdf" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>chapter—</quote> and inserting <quote>chapter:</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id34a91405-c504-433f-b2c4-3428bc015465" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each of paragraphs (1) through (16), (18), (19), (20), (22) (23), (25), and (27), by striking the semicolon at the end of the paragraph and inserting a period;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb990e99-daa0-4d0f-91d7-c243bb31c61a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id835dadc6-b601-47c3-b2a6-df6d4ad134ab" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through <quote>(A) means</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id811bc1d2-4f1a-4026-b51d-aba2b654a854" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fbce414-7380-4847-b5b4-247955bd357b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Existing liquefied natural gas facility</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30a434cd-ad34-4c87-8a63-bbf9a5854193" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>existing liquefied natural gas facility</term> means</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2f2bf24-df5d-4711-9a11-2f7b16d9409e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>; but</quote> and inserting a period; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ead2b1c-eae3-41c5-be55-f410a9fc1cab" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4b7834f-615b-49bd-b4aa-e38ae591b932" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(B) does not</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda168c80-c964-4e83-b4a9-b4e8b2b32ead" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2ebbb11-f787-473a-84da-3f26acd07a9d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>existing liquefied natural gas facility</term> does not</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb71ea79e-15f7-4a72-b179-0d6c760d290c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>described in subparagraph (A)</quote> after <quote>approval</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id515b4972-21a2-45d6-ae84-51c27d9d9ed7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (14)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0be6745-2be0-4b87-9606-6ad9f7c8a335" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through <quote>(A) means</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id277ccc54-aa56-436c-9444-e696b95139cf" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf501299e-6a8e-4a61-ba3a-6765c950a6f7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(14)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Liquefied natural gas pipeline facility</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideafe2d4b-2e9f-41bc-9581-31f7e7293066" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>liquefied natural gas pipeline facility</term> means</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e779dc2-990c-4a74-9303-a691d6b1866a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>; but</quote> and inserting a period; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20b1e0ad-ae2d-4288-bde5-6e419868a2ec" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>(B) does not</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb324a4ad-0016-466d-8443-40250d7c5897" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6545ad99-3d02-48f5-a2ba-77d960945f16" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>liquefied natural gas pipeline facility</term> does not</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb887e782-be73-431d-9170-467c7b7a5b97" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (24) (relating to the term <term>Secretary</term>), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id205fd589-a72f-4447-b9c5-3dcabe8d77ff" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (27)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9d382db-9af0-4bad-94f0-d8fce820feb6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through <quote>(A) means</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd9292f2-6ea0-4780-9fc6-69c1801b462e" changed="not-changed"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ffc9dbf-bb7a-453c-bb10-ef30c4742fdc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(27)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transporting hazardous liquid</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a0f0055-a13d-4efd-8009-aca9fcd64411" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>transporting hazardous liquid</term> means</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f5ea84c-2b1c-46a0-a6aa-ef21fa907cb3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>; but</quote> and inserting a period; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida415b047-6bcb-4537-9cb3-49a77efdefef" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>(B) does not</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd653f519-a596-497a-b0c2-ffac519b33df" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6a10787-35df-4f4d-a924-b40513ff99c6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>transporting hazardous liquid</term> does not</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf538489e-1590-433d-abc8-c305a0e0c96f" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each of paragraphs (2) through (13), (15), (16), (18), (19), (20), (22) through (25), and (28)—</text><subparagraph id="id7d3cf199-5171-4041-ad35-e8d6ac12ce35" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>The term</quote> after the paragraph designation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5cb585b9-e5c6-42a3-8692-d5133230255d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting a paragraph heading, the text of which comprises the term defined in the paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcd3904dd-44f7-47fc-a566-b096d4649fcd" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60102(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (7).</text></subsection></section>Passed the Senate April 29, 2026.Secretary