Leaders on a House committee unveiled bipartisan legislation Friday to reauthorize the nation’s pipeline safety regulator — and move closer to new carbon and hydrogen transportation standards.
H.R. 5301, the “Promoting Innovation in Pipeline Efficiency and Safety (PIPES) Act,” is the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s attempt to reauthorize the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s pipeline safety programs for the next four years.
PHMSA, which regulates millions of miles of pipelines and all hazardous material shipments, was last fully authorized in 2020.
Moves toward a full reauthorization by the T&I and Energy and Commerce committees — which share jurisdiction over PHMSA — floundered in the last congressional term amid allegations of partisanship from the Energy and Commerce Committee.
