IB 
Union Calendar No. 631 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4937 
[Report No. 114–807, Part I] 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize pipeline safety 
programs and enhance pipeline safety, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2016 
Mr. DENHAM (for himself, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. SHUSTER, and Mr. DEFAZIO) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 committee concerned 
NOVEMBER 14, 2016 
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with an 
amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
NOVEMBER 14, 2016 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 14, 2016] 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; REF-
ERENCES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pro-
tecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safe-
ty Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘PIPES Act of 2016’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; references. 
Sec. 2. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 3. Failure of PHMSA to implement statutory mandates. 
Sec. 4. Natural gas integrity management review. 
Sec. 5. Hazardous liquid integrity management review. 
Sec. 6. Technical safety standards committees. 
Sec. 7. Inspection report information. 
Sec. 8. Improving damage prevention technology. 
Sec. 9. Workforce management. 
Sec. 10. Information-sharing system. 
Sec. 11. Nationwide integrated pipeline safety regulatory database. 
Sec. 12. Underground natural gas storage facilities. 
Sec. 13. Joint inspection and oversight. 
Sec. 14. Safety data sheets. 
Sec. 15. Hazardous materials identification numbers. 
Sec. 16. Emergency order authority. 
Sec. 17. State grant funds. 
Sec. 18. Response plans. 
Sec. 19. High consequence areas. 
Sec. 20. Pipeline safety technical assistance grants. 
Sec. 21. Study of materials and corrosion prevention in pipeline transportation. 
Sec. 22. Research and development. 
Sec. 23. Active and abandoned pipelines. 
Sec. 24. State pipeline safety agreements. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) GAS AND HAZARDOUS LIQUID.—Section 60125(a) 
of title 49, United States Code is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘there is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
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Transportation for each of fiscal years 2012 through 
2015, from fees collected under section 60301, 
$90,679,000, of which $4,746,000 is for carrying out 
such section 12 and $36,194,000 is for making 
grants.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘there is author-
ized to be appropriated to the Department of Trans-
portation from fees collected under sections 60301 and 
60302— 
‘‘(A) $124,500,000 for fiscal year 2016, of 
which $9,000,000 shall be expended for carrying 
out such section 12 and $39,385,000 shall be ex-
pended for making grants; 
‘‘(B) $128,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 of 
which $9,000,000 shall be expended for carrying 
out such section 12 and $41,885,000 shall be ex-
pended for making grants; 
‘‘(C) $131,000,000 for fiscal year 2018, of 
which $9,000,000 shall be expended for carrying 
out such section 12 and $44,885,000 shall be ex-
pended for making grants; and 
‘‘(D) $134,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, of 
which $9,000,000 shall be expended for carrying 
out such section 12 and $47,885,000 shall be ex-
pended for making grants.’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘there is au-
thorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2012 through 2015 from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund to carry out the provisions of this chapter re-
lated to hazardous liquid and section 12 of the Pipe-
line Safety Improvement Act of 2002 (49 U.S.C. 
60101 note; Public Law 107–355), $18,573,000, of 
which $2,174,000 is for carrying out such section 12 
and $4,558,000 is for making grants.’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘there is authorized to be appropriated 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out 
the provisions of this chapter related to hazardous liq-
uid and section 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improve-
ment Act of 2002 (49 U.S.C. 60101 note; Public Law 
107–355)— 
‘‘(A) $22,123,000 for fiscal year 2016, of 
which $3,000,000 shall be expended for carrying 
out such section 12 and $8,067,000 shall be ex-
pended for making grants; 
‘‘(B) $22,123,000 for fiscal year 2017, of 
which $3,000,000 shall be expended for carrying 
out such section 12 and $8,067,000 shall be ex-
pended for making grants; 
‘‘(C) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2018, of 
which $3,000,000 shall be expended for carrying 
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out such section 12 and $8,067,000 shall be ex-
pended for making grants; and 
‘‘(D) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, of 
which $3,000,000 shall be expended for carrying 
out such section 12 and $8,067,000 shall be ex-
pended for making grants.’’. 
(b) OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for 
the necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration the following 
amounts: 
(1) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
(2) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. 
(3) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. 
(4) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2019. 
(c) ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 6107 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 6107. Funding 
‘‘Of the amounts provided under section 60125(a)(1), 
the Secretary shall withhold $1,058,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2019 to carry out section 6106.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 61 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
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by striking the item relating to section 6107 and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘6107. Funding.’’. 
(d) PIPELINE SAFETY INFORMATION GRANTS TO COM-
MUNITIES.—The first sentence of section 60130(c) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Of 
the amounts made available under section 2(b) of the 
PIPES Act of 2016, the Secretary shall withhold $1,500,000 
for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2019 to carry out this 
section.’’ 
(e) PIPELINE INTEGRITY PROGRAM.—Section 12(f) of 
the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 (49 U.S.C. 
60101 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2012 through 2015’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2016 through 2019’’. 
SEC. 3. FAILURE OF PHMSA TO IMPLEMENT STATUTORY 
MANDATES. 
(a) REPORT BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Not later 
than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Inspector General of the Department of Transportation 
shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation, the Admin-
istrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
containing the following: 
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(1) A list of each statutory mandate contained in 
the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job 
Creation Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–90) that has 
not been implemented. 
(2) A list of each statutory mandate regarding 
pipeline safety from this Act and all other Acts en-
acted prior to the date of enactment of this Act, other 
than those contained in the Pipeline Safety, Regu-
latory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (Pub-
lic Law 112–90), that has not been implemented. 
(b) REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY.— 
(1) STATUTORY MANDATES.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 
90 days thereafter until each of the mandates listed 
pursuant to subsection (a) has been implemented, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate a report on the specific ac-
tions taken to implement such mandates. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 
make the report referred to in paragraph (1) publicly 
available on the Department of Transportation’s 
Internet Web site. 
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