Pipeline Inspection Enforcement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4624
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2016-02-25
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Transportation

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Oil and gas

Pipelines

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Pipeline Inspection Enforcement Act of 2016</b></p> <p> This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require the person purchasing or operating a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility to inspect it to confirm the pipeline's status as active or abandoned.</p> <p>The DOT shall require also, by regulation, that the regulatory authority responsible for inspections of the facility ensure that such an inspection is conducted. The inspection requirement shall apply with respect to newly listed abandoned pipelines as well.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4624 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2016 Ms. Hahn 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 A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the inspection of pipeline facilities that are transferred by sale and pipeline facilities that are abandoned, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pipeline Inspection Enforcement Act of 2016 . 2. Pipeline inspections (a) In general Section 60108 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Inspection of transferred pipeline facilities With respect to a pipeline facility that is transferred by sale, the Secretary shall require by regulation that— (1) not later than 180 days after the date of the sale, the person purchasing the facility conduct an inspection of the facility to confirm the status of any pipeline listed as active or abandoned; and (2) the regulatory authority responsible for inspections of the facility ensure that the inspection described in paragraph (1) is conducted. (f) Inspection of abandoned pipeline facilities With respect to a pipeline facility that newly lists a pipeline as abandoned, the Secretary shall require by regulation that the regulatory authority responsible for inspections of the facility conduct an inspection of the facility to confirm the status of the pipeline as abandoned. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to a pipeline facility that is transferred or listed as abandoned after the date of enactment of this Act.