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Safe and Secure Transportation of American Energy Act
To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify a provision relating to criminal penalties for damaging or destroying pipeline facilities, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill expands the criminal penalties for interference with pipeline facilities. It broadens the definition of prohibited conduct to include vandalizing, tampering with, disrupting the operation or construction of, and preventing the operation or construction of pipeline facilities, in addition to damaging or destroying them. The bill modifies existing federal pipeline safety law to address a wider range of potentially illegal activities affecting pipelines.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
9 cosponsors
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] (R-NE)
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH)
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK)
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN)
Actions (2)
- Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- Mar 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2025
Mr. Sheehy (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Young, and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify a provision relating to criminal penalties for damaging or destroying pipeline facilities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Safe and Secure Transportation of American Energy Act”.
SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Section 60123(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “damaging or destroying” and inserting “damaging, destroying, vandalizing, tampering with, disrupting the operation or construction of, or preventing the operation or construction of”. <all>
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