(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 2 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. OFFSHORE GATHERING LINES. 
Section 60102(k)(1) is amended by striking the last 
sentence and inserting ‘‘Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of the Pipeline Infrastructure and Com-
munity Protection Act of 2011, the Secretary shall issue 
regulations, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, 
subjecting offshore hazardous liquid gathering lines and 
hazardous liquid gathering lines located within the inlets 
of the Gulf of Mexico to the same standards and regula-
tions as other hazardous liquid pipelines, except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3). The regulations issued under this 
paragraph shall not apply to production pipelines or flow 
lines’’. 
SEC. 5. AUTOMATIC AND REMOTE-CONTROLLED SHUT-OFF 
VALVES. 
Section 60102 is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(n) AUTOMATIC AND REMOTE-CONTROLLED SHUT- 
OFF VALVES.— 
‘‘(1) STANDARDS
FOR
NEW
TRANSMISSION 
PIPELINES.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of the Pipeline Infrastructure and 
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Community Protection Act of 2011, the Secretary 
shall by regulation, after notice and an opportunity 
for a hearing, require the use of automatic or re-
mote-controlled shut-off valves, or equivalent tech-
nology, where economically, technically, and oper-
ationally feasible on transmission pipelines con-
structed or entirely replaced after the date on which 
the Secretary issues a final rule. 
‘‘(2) RETROFIT REVIEW AND ANALYSIS.—The 
Secretary shall conduct a review of transmission 
pipeline facility operators’ ability to respond to a 
hazardous liquid or gas release from a pipeline seg-
ment located in a high consequence area (as de-
scribed in section 60109(a)). The Secretary’s anal-
ysis shall consider the swiftness of leak detection 
and pipeline shutdown capabilities, the location of 
nearest response personnel, and the costs, risks, and 
benefits of installing automatic and remote-con-
trolled shut-off valves. Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Pipeline Infrastructure 
and Community Protection Act of 2011, the Sec-
retary shall report the results of such review and 
analysis to the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, and the House of Rep-
resentatives Committee on Transportation and In-
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frastructure and Committee on Energy and Com-
merce.’’. 
SEC. 6. EXCESS FLOW VALVES. 
Section 60109(e)(3) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION
BRANCH
SERVICES, 
MULTIFAMILY
FACILITIES, AND
SMALL
COM-
MERCIAL FACILITIES.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of the Pipeline In-
frastructure and Community Protection Act of 
2011, the Secretary shall by regulation, after 
notice and an opportunity for a hearing, require 
the use of excess flow valves, or equivalent tech-
nology, where economically, technically, and 
operationally feasible on new or entirely re-
placed distribution branch services, multifamily 
facilities, and small commercial facilities.’’. 
SEC. 7. INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT. 
(a) EVALUATION.—Within 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall evaluate— 
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(1) whether integrity management system re-
quirements, or elements thereof, should be expanded 
beyond high consequence areas (as described in sec-
tion 60109(a) of title 49, United States Code); and 
(2) with respect to gas transmission pipeline fa-
cilities, whether applying integrity management pro-
gram requirements, or elements thereof, to addi-
tional areas would mitigate the need for class loca-
tion requirements. 
(b) REPORT.—Based on the evaluation described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation and the House of Representatives Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce containing the Secretary’s analysis 
and findings regarding expansion of integrity management 
requirements, or elements thereof, beyond high con-
sequence areas and whether applying the integrity man-
agement program requirements, or elements thereof, to 
additional areas would mitigate the need for class location 
requirements. 
(c) STANDARDS.—Not later than 2 years after com-
pletion of the evaluation, the Secretary shall, as appro-
priate, prescribe regulations, after notice and an oppor-
tunity for a hearing, that— 
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(1) expand integrity management system re-
quirements, or elements thereof, beyond high con-
sequence areas; and 
(2) remove redundant class location require-
ments for gas transmission pipeline facilities that 
are regulated under an integrity management pro-
gram adopted and implemented under section 
60109(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code. 
(d) DATA REPORTING.—The Secretary shall collect 
any relevant data necessary to complete the evaluation re-
quired by subsection (a) and may collect such additional 
data pursuant to regulations promulgated under sub-
section (b) as may be necessary. 
(e) 
TECHNICAL
CORRECTION.—Section 
60109(c)(3)(B) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) Subject to paragraph (5), periodic re-
assessments of the facility, at a minimum of 
once every 7 calendar years, using methods de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). Such deadline 
shall be extended for an additional 6 months if 
the operator submits written notice to the Sec-
retary that includes an explanation of the need 
for such extension.’’. 
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