the recommendation. The response shall indicate whether
the Office intends—
‘‘(1) to carry out procedures to adopt the com-
plete recommendations;
‘‘(2) to carry out procedures to adopt a part of
the recommendations; or
‘‘(3) to refuse to carry out procedures to adopt
the recommendations.
‘‘(b) TIMETABLE
FOR COMPLETING PROCEDURES
AND REASONS FOR REFUSALS.—A response under sub-
section (a)(1) or (2) shall include a copy of a proposed
timetable for completing the procedures. A response under
subsection (a)(2) shall detail the reasons for the refusal
to carry out procedures on the remainder of the rec-
ommendations. A response under subsection (a)(3) shall
detail the reasons for the refusal to carry out procedures
to adopt the recommendations.
‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Office shall make
a copy of each recommendation and response available to
the public, including in electronic form.
‘‘(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Office shall sub-
mit to Congress on January 1 of each year a report de-
scribing each recommendation on pipeline safety made by
the National Transportation Safety Board to the Office
during the prior year and the Office’s response to each
recommendation.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
chapter 601 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘60134. Recommendations and responses.’’.
SEC. 17. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.
(a) PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE,
AND THE ENVIRONMENT.—Section 60102(a)(1) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘in order to protect public health and wel-
fare and the environment from reasonably anticipated
threats that could be posed by such transportation and
facilities’’ after ‘‘and for pipeline facilities’’.
(b) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—Section 60115(b)(4)
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(D) None of the individuals selected for a committee
under paragraph (3)(C) may have a significant financial
interest in the pipeline, petroleum, or gas industry.’’.
SEC. 18. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
Chapter 601 is amended—
(1) in section 60102(a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘The Secretary of Transpor-
tation’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation’’;
(B) by moving the remainder of the text of
paragraph (1), including subparagraphs (A)
and (B) but excluding subparagraph (C), 2 ems
to the right; and
(C) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘QUALI-
FICATIONS OF PIPELINE OPERATORS.—’’ before
‘‘The qualifications’’;
(2) in section 60110(b) by striking ‘‘cir-
cumstances’’ and all that follows through ‘‘operator’’
and inserting the following: ‘‘circumstances, if any,
under which an operator’’;
(3) in section 60114 by redesignating sub-
section (d) as subsection (c);
(4) in section 60122(a)(1) by striking ‘‘section
60114(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 60114(b)’’; and
(5) in section 60123(a) by striking ‘‘60114(c)’’
and inserting ‘‘60114(b)’’.
SEC. 19. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) 
GAS
AND
HAZARDOUS
LIQUID.—Section
60125(a) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) GAS AND HAZARDOUS LIQUID.—To carry out
this chapter (except for section 60107) related to gas and
hazardous liquid, the following amounts are authorized to
be appropriated to the Department of Transportation:
‘‘(1) $45,800,000 for fiscal year 2003, of which
$31,900,000 is to be derived from user fees for fis-
cal year 2003 collected under section 60301 of this
title.
‘‘(2) $46,800,000 for fiscal year 2004, of which
$35,700,000 is to be derived from user fees for fis-
cal year 2004 collected under section 60301 of this
title.
‘‘(3) $47,100,000 for fiscal year 2005, of which
$41,100,000 is to be derived from user fees for fis-
cal year 2005 collected under section 60301 of this
title.
‘‘(4) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, of which
$45,000,000 is to be derived from user fees for fis-
cal year 2006 collected under section 60301 of this
title.’’.
(b) STATE GRANTS.—Section 60125 is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (b), (d), and (f) and
redesignating subsections (c) and (e) as subsections
(b) and (c), respectively; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1) (as so redesignated) by
striking subparagraphs (A) through (H) and insert-
ing the following: