‘‘(ii) requiring each person providing 
information under subsection (a) to pro-
vide such additional information. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall consider inclusion, to 
the extent practicable, of the following information: 
‘‘(A) A description of the pipeline facility, 
including the length of the facility and origin 
and termination points. 
‘‘(B) A 5-year incident, and inspection and 
enforcement, history for the pipeline facility. 
‘‘(C) If applicable, a summary of any in-
tegrity management program activities related 
to the pipeline facility.’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON DISTRIBUTION 
LINES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall issue such regulations as 
are necessary to specify the information required to be 
provided pursuant to section 60132(h) of title 49, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 16. CONGRESSIONAL ACCESS TO OIL SPILL RESPONSE 
PLANS. 
Section 60138(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (2)(D) by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) provide to a Member of Congress, upon re-
quest from such Member, a copy of any such plan, 
the contents of which the Secretary may not redact 
but may note, as the Secretary determines appro-
priate— 
‘‘(A) proprietary information; and 
‘‘(B) security-sensitive information, includ-
ing information described in section 1520.5(a) 
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 
SEC. 17. LEAK DETECTION TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 601 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 60142. Leak detection technology 
‘‘(a) LEAK DETECTION TECHNOLOGY.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, 
the Secretary shall issue regulations requiring each oper-
ator of a gas pipeline facility to install and use advanced 
leak detection technology on all gas pipelines it operates. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The advanced leak detection 
technology required under subsection (a) shall, at a min-
imum— 
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‘‘(1) have a high accuracy of identifying leak lo-
cation; 
‘‘(2) be capable of measuring methane con-
centrations in parts per billion; and 
‘‘(3) be capable of correlating methane con-
centration measurements to data produced by geo-
graphic information systems technology.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘60142. Leak detection technology.’’. 
SEC. 18. GAS PIPELINE REPAIR CRITERIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 601 of title 49, United 
States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘§ 60143. Gas pipeline repair criteria 
‘‘(a) LEAK REPAIR FOR LARGE LOSS EVENT.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall issue regulations requiring each 
operator of a gas pipeline facility to— 
‘‘(1) immediately repair a leak in a gas pipeline 
facility it operates that results in a large loss event; 
and 
‘‘(2) report information to the Secretary with 
respect to such large loss event, including— 
‘‘(A) the location of such large loss event; 
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‘‘(B) the total estimated volume of gas re-
leased during such event; 
‘‘(C) the cause of the failure; and 
‘‘(D) the time from the detection of a gas 
leak to the completion of the repair of such 
leak. 
‘‘(b) LARGE LOSS EVENT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘large loss event’ means the loss of 300,000 cubic 
feet or more of gas.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘60143. Gas pipeline repair criteria.’’. 
SEC. 19. METHANE RELEASE MITIGATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 601 of title 49, United 
States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘§ 60144. Methane release mitigation 
‘‘(a) METHANE CAPTURE FROM ROUTINE OPER-
ATIONS OR MAINTENANCE.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
issue regulations requiring each operator of a gas pipeline 
facility to use the best available technology to capture gas 
released when performing routine operations or mainte-
nance on the pipeline facility. 
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‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—In issuing regulations under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish— 
‘‘(1) requirements for the capture of gas re-
leased from routine operations, including venting to 
relieve pressure; 
‘‘(2) requirements for the capture of gas re-
leased from maintenance operations, including 
blowdowns; and 
‘‘(3) procedures for emergency situations that 
result in a release of gas.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘60144. Methane release mitigation.’’. 
SEC. 20. UNUSUALLY SENSITIVE AREAS. 
(a) COASTAL WATERS; COASTAL BEACHES.—Section 
19 of the PIPES Act of 2016 (49 U.S.C. 60109 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘marine coast-
al waters’’ and inserting ‘‘coastal waters’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) COASTAL
BEACHES.—The term ‘coastal 
beaches’ means the land between high and low water 
marks of coastal waters. 
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‘‘(2) COASTAL
WATERS.—The term ‘coastal 
waters’ has the meaning given such term in section 
4101 of the Shore Protection Act of 1988 (33 
U.S.C. 2601).’’. 
(b) COASTAL WATERS.—Section 60109(b)(2) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘marine 
coastal waters’’ and inserting ‘‘coastal waters’’. 
(c) UPDATES.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall complete the revision required under section 
19(b) of the PIPES Act of 2016 (49 U.S.C. 60109 note), 
as amended by this section. 
SEC. 21. USER FEES FOR UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS 
STORAGE FACILITIES. 
Section 60302 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) may only be used to the extent pro-
vided in advance in an appropriations Act.’’; 
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(2) by striking paragraph (3) of subsection (c); 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—Fees imposed under subsection 
(a) shall be sufficient to pay for the costs of activities de-
scribed in subsection (c), except that the total amount col-
lected for a fiscal year may not be more than 105 percent 
of the total amount of the appropriations made for the 
fiscal year activities to be financed by fees.’’. 
SEC. 22. SEISMICITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Trans-
portation, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission, shall enter into an agreement with the 
National Academy of Sciences under which the National 
Academy of Sciences shall prepare a report containing— 
(1) the results of a study that— 
(A) evaluates the current Federal require-
ments for pipeline facility design, siting, con-
struction, operation and maintenance, and in-
tegrity management, relating to seismicity, land 
subsidence, landslides, slope instability, frost 
heave, soil settlement, erosion, and other dy-
namic geologic conditions that may pose a safe-
ty risk; 
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(B) identifies any discrepancy in such re-
quirements that apply to operators of gas pipe-
line facilities and hazardous liquid pipeline fa-
cilities; and 
(C) identifies any deficiencies in industry 
practices related to such requirements; and 
(2) any recommendations of the National Acad-
emy of Sciences based on such results. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Upon completion of the 
report prepared pursuant to subsection (a), the National 
Academy of Sciences shall submit to the Secretary of 
Transportation, the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate the report. 
(c) PIPELINE FACILITIES.—In this section, the term 
‘‘pipeline facility’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 60101 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 23. PIPELINE SAFETY TESTING. 
(a) EVALUATION.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
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Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives a report that evalu-
ates concepts for the development of a pipeline safety re-
search and testing facility under the Department of 
Transportation. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the facility described 
in subsection (a) shall be to support the Department of 
Transportation and other governmental entities in product 
evaluation, personnel training, and research and develop-
ment of technology and practices to improve the safety, 
security, efficiency, and environmental impact of— 
(1) transporting hazardous liquids and gas by 
pipeline; and 
(2) storing hazardous liquids or gas for trans-
portation. 
(c) USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES.—In conducting 
the evaluation pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall examine the opportunity to use existing facilities op-
erated by the Department of Transportation or other Fed-
eral agencies for research and testing. 
(d) REPORT CONTENTS.—The report described in 
subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) the projected costs to establish such a facil-
ity; 
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(2) the projected annual costs to operate such 
a facility; 
(3) recommendations for sharing or recovering 
any establishment and operational expenses from 
private-sector, non-profit, or academic entities that 
may use the facility; 
(4) an evaluation of the feasibility of a partner-
ship with a private-sector, non-profit, or academic 
entity to manage or operate the facility; 
(5) data and information management protocols 
for test results; and 
(6) potential benefits and opportunities for en-
hancing the training and development of pipeline 
safety personnel. 
SEC. 24. WORKFORCE. 
(a) STAFFING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall increase the number of full-time equiva-
lent employees (as compared to the number of posi-
tions on the date of enactment of this Act) by— 
(A) 8 full-time employees with subject mat-
ter expertise in pipeline safety, pipeline facili-
ties, and pipeline systems to finalize out-
standing rulemakings and fulfill mandates for 
the Office of Pipeline Safety of the Pipeline and 
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Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; 
and 
(B) 3 full-time attorneys, with environ-
mental expertise, in the Office of Chief Counsel 
of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration. 
(2) PIPELINE INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 
PERSONNEL.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 
number of positions for pipeline inspection and en-
forcement personnel in the Office of Pipeline Safety 
of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Ad-
ministration does not fall below the following: 
(A) 222 for fiscal year 2020. 
(B) 233 for fiscal year 2021. 
(C) 245 for fiscal year 2022. 
(D) 258 for fiscal year 2023. 
(E) 272 for fiscal year 2024. 
(b) RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AUTHORITIES.— 
The Secretary shall request authority from the Office of 
Personnel Management to use incentives, as necessary, to 
recruit and retain a qualified workforce, including for in-
spection and enforcement personnel and subject matter ex-
perts dedicated to rulemaking activities in the Office of 
Pipeline Safety of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration— 
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(1) special pay rates permitted under section 
5305 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) repayment of student loans accompanied by 
a continued service agreement, permitted under sec-
tion 5379 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 25. HIRING REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter through calendar year 
2023, the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration shall submit to Congress 
a report on the efforts of the Administration to hire 
women, minorities, and veterans as inspectors since Janu-
ary 1, 2012. 
SEC. 26. PLAN TO COMBINE STATE DAMAGE PREVENTION 
AND ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION PROGRAMS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit 
to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a plan to combine the activi-
ties carried out by the Secretary under sections 6106 and 
60134 of title 49, United States Code. 
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SEC. 27. GAS GATHERING LINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall issue final regulations on gas gathering lines 
based on the notice of proposed rulemaking published on 
April 8, 2016, titled ‘‘Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas 
Transmission and Gathering Pipelines’’ (81 Fed. Reg. 
20722). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The final regulations issued 
under subsection (a) shall cover— 
(1) all gas gathering lines in class 4, class 3, 
and class 2 locations, as classified in section 192.5 
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
(2) gas gathering lines with a diameter of at 
least 8 inches that are located in a class 1 location, 
as classified in section 192.5 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 28. REGULATORY UPDATES. 
(a) DEFINITION OF OUTSTANDING REGULATION.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘outstanding regulation’’ 
means— 
(1) a final rule required to be issued under the 
Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Cre-
ation Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–90; 125 Stat. 
1904) that has not been published in the Federal 
Register; 
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(2) a final rule required to be issued under the 
Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and En-
hancing Safety Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–183; 
130 Stat. 514) that has not been published in the 
Federal Register; and 
(3) any other final rule regarding gas or haz-
ardous liquid pipeline facilities required to be issued 
under this Act or an Act enacted before the date of 
enactment of this Act that has not been published 
by the date required in such Act in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 5 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 30 days there-
after until an outstanding regulation is published in the 
Federal Register, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
provide an update on the status of each outstanding regu-
lation by— 
(1) publishing on a publicly available website of 
the Department of Transportation information re-
garding the status of each outstanding regulation; 
and 
(2) submitting notification to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the 
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The information described in sec-
tion (b)(1) shall include— 
(1) with respect to an outstanding regulation 
under review by the Office of the Secretary for not 
more than 45 days— 
(A) the date that such outstanding regula-
tion was submitted to the Office of the Sec-
retary for review; and 
(B) the staff allocations within the Office 
of the Secretary with respect to each such out-
standing regulation and any resource con-
straints affecting the review; 
(2) with respect to an outstanding regulation 
under review by the Office of the Secretary for more 
than 45 days— 
(A) the information described in paragraph 
(1); 
(B) a description of why such outstanding 
regulation is under extended review; 
(C) a work plan for finalizing review of 
such outstanding regulation; and 
(D) the date of anticipated completion of 
such review; 
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(3) with respect to an outstanding regulation 
that has been transmitted to neither the Office of 
Management and Budget nor the Office of the Sec-
retary— 
(A) a description of the work plan for such 
outstanding regulation; 
(B) the anticipated date on which such 
regulation will be transmitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget and the Office of the 
Secretary; 
(C) the staff allocations with respect to 
such outstanding regulation; 
(D) any resource constraints affecting the 
rulemaking process for such outstanding regula-
tion; and 
(E) any other details associated with the 
development of such outstanding regulation 
that affect the progress of the rulemaking proc-
ess with respect to such outstanding regulation; 
and 
(4) with respect to an outstanding regulation 
that has been transmitted to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget— 
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(A) the date such outstanding regulation 
was submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget for review; and 
(B) a statement of whether the out-
standing regulation remains under review by 
the Office of Management and Budget or has 
been transmitted for further review by the Of-
fice of the Secretary or the Administrator of the 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 29. COMPONENT VERIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 60102(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B); 
(2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall’’; 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) for facilities identified under subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), shall include, for all pipes 
and related components for which the regula-
tions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration require compliance with 
a standard incorporated by reference for such 
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‘‘(i) does not have a commercial rela-
tionship with the manufacturer or supplier 
of a pipe or related component; and 
‘‘(ii) is accredited by the International 
Organization for Standardization.’’; and 
(4) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall only apply to pipes and com-
ponents that are— 
(A) covered by the amendments made by 
such subsection; and 
(B) purchased on or after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(b) REVIEW OF COMPLIANCE OF FLANGES AND FIT-
TINGS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall complete 
a review of the compliance of flanges and fittings of 
a pipeline facility (as such term is defined in section 
60101 of title 49, United States Code) with Federal 
requirements. 
(2) CONTENTS
OF
REVIEW.—The review re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a compilation of the existing standards 
that are incorporated by reference in regula-
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tions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration and apply to the manu-
facturing, operation, and maintenance of such 
flanges and fittings; 
(B) a review of the existing oversight au-
thority of the Secretary of Transportation over 
manufacturers and distributors of such flanges 
and fittings and any lack of oversight authority 
that could lead to incidents or accidents; 
(C) an analysis of the degree of compliance 
by such manufacturers and distributors with 
the standards described in subparagraph (A), 
the identification of any instances of non-com-
pliance with such standards, and the form, de-
gree, and scope of such non-compliance; 
(D) a review of the extent to which 
verification (as such term is defined in section 
60102(e) of title 49, United States Code, as 
added by this section) by operators of pipeline 
facilities of whether such flanges and fittings of 
pipeline facilities meet the applicable standards 
described in subparagraph (A) is occurring; 
(E) a review of the safety benefits of re-
quiring pipeline incident reports to include the 
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identification of the manufacturer of the flanges 
and fittings involved in those incidents; and 
(F) identification and recommendation of 
any additional authorities or responsibilities for 
the Secretary of Transportation, or additional 
standards, necessary to improve the safety and 
integrity of flanges and fittings through manu-
facturing and distribution. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 210 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary 
of Transportation a report containing the results of 
the review completed under paragraph (1) and any 
recommendations for legislation or changes to exist-
ing regulations. 
(4) PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after submission of the report required under 
paragraph (3) to the Secretary, the Secretary 
shall provide a period of not fewer than 60 days 
for public comment regarding such report. 
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(B) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the end of the public comment period de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
publish in the Federal Register a report re-
sponding to the public comments submitted. 
(C) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—In the report 
described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
shall indicate any anticipated actions the Sec-
retary will take with respect to flanges and fit-
tings of a pipeline facility based on the com-
ments submitted under this paragraph and the 
report under paragraph (3). 
SEC. 30. CODIFICATION OF FINAL RULE. 
The amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations 
made pursuant to the final rule of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, titled ‘‘Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emis-
sion Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified 
Sources’’ and published in the Federal Register on June 
3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 35824), shall have the same force 
and effect of law as if such amendments had been enacted 
by an Act of Congress, except that the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency may revise such reg-
ulations, as provided for under the Clean Air Act, if such 
revision would result in a reduction in gas release. 
Æ 
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