US Congress House Bill 4429 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Natural Gas Leak Prevention Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue minimum uniform safety standards for the operation, environmental protection, and integrity management of underground natural gas storage facilities. The bill defines an "underground natural gas storage facility" as a gas pipeline facility that stores gas in an underground facility, including: a depleted hydrocarbon reservoir, an aquifer reservoir, or a solution mined salt cavern reservoir. DOT, in developing such standards, shall: consider the economic impacts of the regulations on individual gas customers, ensure that the regulations do not have a significant economic impact on end users, and consider existing consensus standards. A user fee shall be imposed on an entity operating an underground natural gas storage facility. Collected fees shall be deposited in an underground natural gas storage facility safety account, which shall be established in the Pipeline Safety Fund and which shall be made available only for activities related to natural gas storage safety.

Natural Gas Leak Prevention Act of 2016

Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2016-02-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2016-02-02	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2016-02-02	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2016-02-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2016-02-02	House	Introduced in House

SB2276 (Related) 2016-06-22 - Became Public Law No: 114-183. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4429/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4429/BILLS-114hr4429ih.pdf