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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6187 
To direct the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration to establish a grant program to facilitate the improved 
safety and modernization of hazardous liquid distribution infrastructure, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2025 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself and Mr. SUOZZI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration to establish a grant pro-
gram to facilitate the improved safety and modernization 
of hazardous liquid distribution infrastructure, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Wojnovich Pipeline 
Safety Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. HAZARDOUS LIQUID DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUC-
TURE SAFETY AND MODERNIZATION GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 
shall establish a grant program to facilitate the improved 
safety and modernization of hazardous liquid distribution 
infrastructure. 
(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award a 
grant to— 
(A) a municipality in a State that carries 
out the disclosures described in section 4; or 
(B) a community-owned utility that is not 
a for-profit entity in such State. 
(2) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.—An eligi-
ble recipient described in paragraph (1) may engage 
in public-private partnerships while carrying out a 
project using funds provided under this section. 
(c) SELECTION OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 
(1) NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date on which funds 
are made available to carry out the program, the 
Secretary shall publish a notice of funding oppor-
tunity for the funds. 
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(2) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a procedure for awarding grants that takes into 
consideration— 
(A) the risk profile of the existing pipeline 
system operated by the applicant, including the 
presence of pipe prone to leakage; 
(B) the potential of the project for creating 
jobs; and 
(C) economic impact or growth. 
(d) AWARDS.— 
(1) NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.—Not 
later than 180 days after each date on which the 
funds to carry out this section are made available, 
the Secretary shall issue a notice of funding oppor-
tunity. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 270 days 
after issuing a notices of funding opportunity under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall make awards. 
(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall award 
not more than 12.5 percent of the funds available 
under this program to a single municipality or com-
munity-owned utility. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $100 million 
for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 2 
percent of the amounts made available each fiscal 
year to carry out this section may be used to pay the 
administrative costs of carrying out the program. 
(3) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
OVERSIGHT.—The 
Secretary shall transfer one-half of one percent of 
the amounts provided to carry out this program in 
each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to the in-
spector general of the Department of Transportation 
for oversight of funding provided to the Department 
of Transportation. 
SEC. 3. UPDATE WEBSITE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall update the website of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration to increase the ease of 
use and public accessibility of the website. 
(b) REPORTING.—In updating the website under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall require— 
(1) easily readable reporting of each accident 
and incident, including information on the details of 
such accident or incident; and 
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(2) with respect to each accident or incident, a 
remediation status update to be provided by opera-
tors and posted on the website not less than every 
90 days until the remediation is complete. 
SEC. 4. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND PREPAREDNESS. 
(a) REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to participate 
in the grant program established under section 2, a 
State shall require each real estate contract to in-
clude the disclosure of any known hazardous liquid 
pipeline easements regulated by the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration that are 
within one-half mile of the boundary of the property 
subject to such contract. 
(2) CONTENT.—The notice shall include— 
(A) the name and contact information of 
the operator; 
(B) the name of the pipeline and the sub-
stance in the pipeline; 
(C) whether the pipeline has undergone re-
pairs in the 10 years prior to the date of sub-
mission of the notice; and 
(D) a list of any leaks, failures, accidents, 
or incidents the operator has had within the 
State in the last 10 years. 
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(3) INFORMATION AVAILABILITY.—The Admin-
istrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration shall ensure the information 
required under paragraph (2) is collected and made 
publicly available on a website of the Administration. 
(b) 
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
PLANS.—Section 
60102(d)(5) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) a community involvement strategy 
detailing how the operator will inform and liaise 
with landowners and homeowners impacted by a 
release; and’’. 
(c) EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall issue a final rule requiring each operator of 
a hazardous liquid pipeline facility to— 
(1) establish and maintain a localized emer-
gency alert system to send an alert to communities 
within 1 mile of a pipeline of any leaks, failures, ac-
cidents, or incidents; or 
(2) establish an agreement with each State in 
which the operator operates in which such State 
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agrees to use an alert system of the State to send 
such alert. 
(d) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
a final rule that requires— 
(1) a standard, timely process or procedure for 
pipeline operators to conduct in-person tests of 
water, soil, or air for potential pipeline leaks or fail-
ures; 
(2) in the case of an in-person water test— 
(A) the test to be conducted on any well 
within one-half mile of a leak, accident, inci-
dent, or failure; and 
(B) samples to be taken from both the top 
and the bottom of such well; 
(3) annual in-line inspection tool tests for pipe-
lines older than 50 years or wherever a sleeve repair 
has been made; and 
(4) notifying impacted residents and landowners 
when a test comes back positive for contaminated 
water, soil, or air. 
SEC. 5. PENALTY FOR ACCIDENT. 
The Secretary shall levy a penalty in the amount of 
$2,500,000 against an operator of a hazardous liquid 
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