US Congress House Bill 5120 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on November 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-17 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 545.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses pipeline safety with respect to natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes appropriations through FY2023 for pipeline safety activities; prioritizes assessment methods for transmission pipelines that can provide a greater level of safety than direct assessment, including the use of internal inspection devices or pressure testing; makes it mandatory for each operator of a transmission pipeline facility in a high consequence area to install automatic or remote shutoff valves; directs owners and operators of gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facilities to make critical operational information available to surrounding communities and first responders; increases civil penalties for violations and revises the criminal penalty standard from knowingly and willfully to knowingly or recklessly; requires advanced leak-detection that can identify leak locations and amounts released on gas pipelines; and directs the Department of Transportation to finalize a rule on gas gathering lines.

SAFER Pipelines Act of 2019 Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Environmentally Responsible Pipelines Act of 2019

Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]

Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]

Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-17	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 545.
2020-12-17	House	Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
2020-12-17	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-661, Part I.
2019-11-20	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 26.
2019-11-20	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-11-20	House	Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Discharged.
2019-11-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
2019-11-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2019-11-15	House	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.
2019-11-15	House	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.
2019-11-15	House	Introduced in House

HB3432 (Related) 2019-11-20 - Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
HB4700 (Related) 2019-10-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5120/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5120/BILLS-116hr5120ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5120/BILLS-116hr5120rh.pdf