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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3385 

To require pipelines regulated by the Secretary of Transportation to be 

made of steel that is produced in the United States and originates 

from iron ore and taconite mined and processed in the United States, 

for safety, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mr. NOLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require pipelines regulated by the Secretary of Transportation to be made of steel that is produced in the United 

States and originates from iron ore and taconite mined 

and processed in the United States, for safety, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Pipeline 

5 Jobs and Safety Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMERICAN STEEL. 

2 Section 60102 of title 49, United States Code, is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following new sub4 section: 

5 ‘‘(q) AMERICAN STEEL.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

7 the date of enactment of this subsection, the Sec8 retary shall prescribe minimum safety standards re9 quiring that any pipeline subject to this chapter that 

10 is constructed or replaced after such date of enact11 ment be made of steel that— 

12 ‘‘(A) is produced in the United States; and 

13 ‘‘(B) originates from iron ore and taconite 

14 mined and processed in the United States. 

15 ‘‘(2) USE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS.—For pur16 poses of this subsection, steel that is recycled in the 

17 United States shall be considered to be steel de18 scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 

19 (1) if the recycled materials are combined with iron 

20 ore and taconite mined and processed in the United 

21 States. 

22 ‘‘(3) WAIVERS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In prescribing safety 

24 standards under this subsection, the Secretary 

25 shall permit a waiver of the requirements of 

26 paragraph (1) to the extent that the Secretary 


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1 determines such a waiver is necessary based on 

2 the estimate prepared under subparagraph (B). 

3 ‘‘(B) ANNUAL DEMAND AND SUPPLY ESTI4 MATE.—The Secretary shall prepare annually 

5 an estimate of— 

6 ‘‘(i) the amount of steel likely to be 

7 needed to be produced to meet the require8 ments of paragraph (1); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the production capacity of 

10 United States producers of steel described 

11 in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such 

12 paragraph. 

13 ‘‘(C) APPROVAL OF SOURCES.—The Sec14 retary shall ensure that steel permitted to be 

15 used in pipelines pursuant to a waiver under 

16 this paragraph meets the same standards as 

17 steel described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 

18 paragraph (1), and shall publish a list of ap19 proved sources of steel so permitted.’’. 

20 SEC. 3. INSPECTION AND TESTING. 

21 (a) TESTING.—Section 60108(b) of title 49, United 

22 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(4) Testing under this subsection shall include di2 rect, pre-installation testing by the Secretary of pipelines 

3 for quality verification.’’. 

4 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

5 60125 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by add6 ing at the end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(d) INSPECTION AND TESTING.—There is author8 ized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each fiscal year 

9 to carry out direct, pre-installation inspection and testing 

10 of pipelines under this chapter, including testing of pipe11 lines under section 60108(b)(4) and testing and inspection 

12 of steel pursuant to section 60102(q).’’. 

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