‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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, 
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the Secretary shall review the State’s damage prevention 
program to determine its effectiveness. 
‘‘(e) GRANTS FOR EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS.—For a 
program of a State authority the Secretary determines to 
be effective, the Secretary may make a grant to the State 
authority for the cost of the personnel, equipment, and 
activities 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 
60107(a) limitation on the maximum percentage of funds 
to be paid by the Secretary. 
‘‘(g) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Funds pro-
vided 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 2012) 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. 
‘‘(4) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
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‘‘(5) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
Such funds shall remain available until expended.’’. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 601 is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘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 PRO-
GRAM RULEMAKING DEADLINE. 
Section 60109 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT PRO-
GRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Secretary shall prescribe minimum standards for 
integrity management programs for distribution 
pipelines. 
‘‘(2) 
ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY
OF
SEC-
RETARY.—In carrying out this subsection, the Sec-
retary may require operators of distribution pipe-
lines to continually identify and assess risks on their 
distribution lines, to remediate conditions that 
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present a potential threat to line integrity, and to 
monitor program effectiveness. 
‘‘(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). 
‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary shall de-
termine 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 sub-
section shall develop and implement an integrity 
management program in accordance with those 
standards.’’. 
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SEC. 4. PIPELINE CONTROL 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 pipe-
line that the Secretary determines is subject to the stand-
ards established by the Secretary under this section shall 
manage the control of the pipeline in accordance with 
those standards. 
SEC. 5. LOW-STRESS PIPELINES. 
Section 60102(k) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(k) 
LOW-STRESS
HAZARDOUS
LIQUID
PIPE-
LINES.— 
‘‘(1) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
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