S. 2905 (Introduced in Senate) — Pipeline Accountability Act of 2025

(a)

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Pipeline Accountability Act of 2025”.

(b)

Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

In this Act:

(1)

Administration— The term Administration means the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

(2)

Appropriate committees of Congress— The term appropriate committees of Congress means—

(A)

the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;

(B)

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and

(C)

the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.

(3)

Environment— The term environment includes—

(A)

water, air, and land; and

(B)

the interrelationship that exists among and between water, air, and land and all present and future generations of living beings.

(4)

Environmental— The term environmental means relating to or concerning the environment.

(5)

Incident— The term incident has the meaning given the term in section 191.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).

(6)

Natural gas— The term natural gas has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717a).

(7)

Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Administration.

Pipeline Accountability Act of 2025