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Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair Act of 2025
To give effect to a final rule of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration relating to gas pipeline leak detection and repair, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill enacts a final rule issued by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on January 17, 2025, relating to gas pipeline leak detection and repair, making it effective upon the bill's enactment. The bill allows the Secretary to update the regulation in the future to provide protections or standards that are more stringent than those in the current rule.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
7 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Jul 29, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- Jul 29, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 29, 2025
Mr. Lujan (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Fetterman, and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To give effect to a final rule of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration relating to gas pipeline leak detection and repair, 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 “Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. GAS PIPELINE LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR.
(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the final rule of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued under section 60102(q) of title 49, United States Code, on January 17, 2025, relating to “Pipeline Safety: Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair” (Docket No. PHMSA-2021-0039; RIN 2137-AF51) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Subsequent Updates.—Nothing in this section prohibits the Secretary from updating any regulation promulgated or revised under this section or section 60102(q) of title 49, United States Code, to provide protections or standards that are more stringent than those provided by the rule made effective by subsection (a) or any other rule in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act. <all>
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