‘‘(4) Participation by operators, excavators, and 
other stakeholders in the development and implemen-
tation of effective employee training programs to en-
sure that operators, the one-call center, the enforcing 
agency, and the excavators have partnered to design 
and implement training for the employees of opera-
tors, excavators, and locators. 
‘‘(5) A process for fostering and ensuring active 
participation by all stakeholders in public education 
for damage prevention activities. 
‘‘(6) A process for resolving disputes that defines 
the State authority’s role as a partner and facilitator 
to resolve issues. 
‘‘(7) Enforcement of State damage prevention 
laws and regulations for all aspects of the damage 
prevention process, including public education, and 
the use of civil penalties for violations assessable by 
the appropriate State authority. 
‘‘(8) A process for fostering and promoting the 
use, by all appropriate stakeholders, of improving 
technologies that may enhance communications, un-
derground pipeline locating capability, and gathering 
and analyzing information about the accuracy and 
effectiveness of locating programs. 
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‘‘(9) A process for review and analysis of the ef-
fectiveness of each program element, including a 
means for implementing improvements identified by 
such program reviews. 
‘‘(c) FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—In making grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall take into consider-
ation the commitment of each State to ensuring the effec-
tiveness of its damage prevention program, including legis-
lative and regulatory actions taken by the State. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—If a State authority files an ap-
plication for a grant under this section not later than Sep-
tember 30 of a calendar year and demonstrates that the 
Governor (or chief executive) of the State has designated it 
as the appropriate State authority to receive the grant, the 
Secretary shall review the State’s damage prevention pro-
gram to determine its effectiveness. 
‘‘(e) GRANTS FOR EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS.—For a pro-
gram of a State authority the Secretary determines to be 
effective, the Secretary may make a grant to the State au-
thority for the cost of the personnel, equipment, and activi-
ties the State authority reasonably requires during the next 
calendar year to carry out its damage prevention program 
in accordance with subsection (b). 
‘‘(f) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF LIMITATION.—A grant 
made under this section is not subject to the section 
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60107(a) limitation on the maximum percentage of funds 
to be paid by the Secretary. 
‘‘(g) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided 
under this section may not be used for lobbying or in direct 
support of litigation. 
‘‘(h) FUNDING.—To carry out this section, the Sec-
retary shall make available (from amounts appropriated to 
the Secretary under section 60125(b) for each of fiscal years 
2008 through 2010) the following respective amounts: 
‘‘(1) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
‘‘(2) $1,750,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
‘‘(3) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
Such funds shall remain available until expended.’’. 
(3) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 601 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘60134. State damage prevention programs.’’. 
(c) STATE
PIPELINE
SAFETY
GRANTS.—Section 
60107(a) is amended by striking ‘‘not more than 50 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 80 percent’’. 
SEC. 3. DISTRIBUTION INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 
RULEMAKING DEADLINE. 
Section 60109 is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT PRO-
GRAMS.— 
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‘‘(1) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Secretary shall prescribe minimum standards for in-
tegrity management programs for distribution pipe-
lines. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.— 
In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may re-
quire operators of distribution pipelines to contin-
ually identify and assess risks on their distribution 
lines, to remediate conditions that present a potential 
threat to line integrity, and to monitor program effec-
tiveness. 
‘‘(3) EXCESS
FLOW
VALVES.—The minimum 
standards shall include criteria for requiring opera-
tors of natural gas distribution systems— 
‘‘(A) to install excess flow valves on single- 
family residential service lines that are installed 
or replaced after the date of enactment of this 
subsection on the basis of feasibility and risk 
analysis; and 
‘‘(B) to report to the Secretary annually on 
the number of excess flow valves installed on 
their systems under subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary shall deter-
mine which distribution pipelines will be subject to 
the minimum standards. 
‘‘(5) DEVELOPMENT
AND
IMPLEMENTATION.— 
Each operator of a distribution pipeline that Sec-
retary determines is subject to the minimum stand-
ards prescribed by the Secretary under this subsection 
shall develop and implement an integrity manage-
ment program in accordance with those standards.’’. 
SEC. 4. PIPELINE CONTROL ROOM MANAGEMENT. 
(a) STANDARDS.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall issue regulations establishing standards for 
managing gas and hazardous liquid pipelines to reduce 
risks associated with human factors, including fatigue. 
(b) RISK EVALUATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary may require operators of gas and hazardous 
liquid pipelines to evaluate the risks associated with human 
factors, including fatigue, and take measures to reduce such 
risks with respect to their pipelines. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary shall determine 
which pipelines are subject to the standards issued under 
this section. 
(d) RISK MANAGEMENT.—Each operator of a pipeline 
that the Secretary determines is subject to the standards 
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