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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6084 
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to certify an Energy 
Product Reliability Organization which shall, subject to Commission re-
view, establish and enforce energy product reliability standards, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 30, 2021 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 
certify an Energy Product Reliability Organization which 
shall, subject to Commission review, establish and enforce 
energy product reliability standards, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Product Reli-
ability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENERGY PRODUCT RELIABILITY STANDARDS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 
(2) CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT.—The term ‘‘cy-
bersecurity incident’’ means a malicious act or sus-
picious event that disrupts, or was an attempt to 
disrupt, the operation of programmable electronic 
devices and communication networks, including 
hardware, software, and data, that are essential to 
the reliable delivery of an energy product through an 
energy pipeline. 
(3) ENERGY
PIPELINE.—The term ‘‘energy 
pipeline’’ means a pipeline for the delivery of an en-
ergy product, including any facility or control system 
necessary for the operation of such a pipeline. 
(4) ENERGY
PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘energy 
product’’ includes natural gas, hydrogen, petroleum, 
and a petroleum product. 
(5) ENERGY
PRODUCT
RELIABILITY
STAND-
ARD.—The term ‘‘energy product reliability stand-
ard’’ means a requirement approved, established, or 
modified by the Commission under this section to 
provide for the reliable delivery of an energy product 
through an energy pipeline. 
(6) ENERGY PRODUCT RELIABILITY ORGANIZA-
TION; EPRO.—The terms ‘‘Energy Product Reli-
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ability Organization’’ and ‘‘EPRO’’ mean the orga-
nization certified by the Commission under sub-
section (d) to establish and enforce energy product 
reliability standards, subject to Commission review. 
(b) JURISDICTION AND APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) JURISDICTION.—The Commission shall have 
jurisdiction, within the United States, over the En-
ergy Product Reliability Organization certified by 
the Commission under subsection (d) and all users, 
owners, and operators of energy pipelines, for pur-
poses of approving energy product reliability stand-
ards established under this section and enforcing 
compliance with this section. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—All users, owners, and op-
erators of energy pipelines shall comply with energy 
product reliability standards that take effect under 
this section. 
(c) RULE.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Commission, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration, the Secretary of Energy, the Sec-
retary of Transportation, the Electric Reliability Organi-
zation (as defined in section 215 of the Federal Power 
Act (16 U.S.C. 824o)), and any other Federal agency or 
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organization the Commission determines appropriate, 
shall issue a final rule to implement this section. 
(d) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) APPLICATION.—Following the issuance of a 
final rule under subsection (c), any person may sub-
mit an application to the Commission for certifi-
cation as the Energy Product Reliability Organiza-
tion. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commis-
sion shall certify one Energy Product Reliability Or-
ganization if the Commission determines that such 
Energy Product Reliability Organization— 
(A) has the ability to develop and enforce 
energy product reliability standards; and 
(B) has established rules that— 
(i) ensure its independence from the 
users, owners, and operators of energy 
pipelines, while ensuring fair stakeholder 
representation in the selection of its direc-
tors and balanced decisionmaking in any 
Energy Product Reliability Organization 
committee or subordinate organizational 
structure; 
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