The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will vote this week on bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the nation’s pipeline safety regulator.
The panel will consider the yet-to-be-released bill, the “PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025,” from Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and ranking member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.).
The legislation is the first effort from the committee to reauthorize the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s safety programs since 2020.
“Pipelines are the safest and most effective way to transport massive quantities of American oil and natural gas,” Cruz said in May. “As we look to craft legislation reauthorizing PHMSA, we need to ensure unnecessary regulations are not impeding America’s energy dominance.”
