{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-cruz-cantwell-peters-introduce-the-pipeline-safety-act-of-2025/", "Young, Cruz, Cantwell, Peters Introduce the PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025", "2025-10-07", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), and U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.) in introducing the Pipeline Integrity, Protection, and Enhancement for Leveraging Investments in the Nation\u2019s Energy to assure Safety, or PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025. The bipartisan pipeline safety reauthorization bill will help ensure the continued safe and secure movement of American energy.\n\nThe bill reauthorizes the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\u2019s (PHMSA) pipeline safety program for five years and authorizes $1.65 billion in funding. The legislation includes key measures to reduce pipeline-related fatalities and injuries, advance the development of new pipeline safety technologies, enhance safety inspections and enforcement efforts, and promote education for local communities on PHMSA\u2019s work.\n\nThe PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025 also requires PHMSA to update parts of its regulations to account for new pipeline materials, gases, and operating practices. The bill also takes precautions against cybersecurity vulnerabilities that threaten America\u2019s energy infrastructure integrity.\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s energy independence requires a strong and secure pipeline infrastructure,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cThe PIPES Act will reauthorize the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to ensure our pipeline ecosystem is safe and efficient, allowing the U.S. to meet our energy demands of today and tomorrow.\u201d\n\n\u201cAmericans have made it clear that they need safe, affordable, and dependable energy. PHMSA has no small task, overseeing over 3 million miles of oil, natural gas, and other hazardous liquid pipelines across this country, a significant portion of which are located in Texas. As the energy capital of the world, millions of jobs in Texas depend on the safe and reliable movement of energy,\u201d said Senator Cruz. \u201cThe PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025 ensures oversight of the pipeline system is governed by appropriate, data-driven, and cost-effective standards. I am proud to partner with Ranking Member Cantwell and Senators Young and Peters on this bipartisan effort and hope to see it become law.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe just had the deadliest two-year period in pipeline safety since 2015. Clearly, we need a more proactive approach to the safe transportation of our nation\u2019s energy products, including the 46,000 miles of pipeline in Washington state,\u201d said Senator Cantwell. \u201cThis bill does just that by increasing civil penalties by 50 percent, eliminating gaps in hydrogen and carbon dioxide pipeline requirements, and requiring permanent cybersecurity standards for pipeline operators.\u201d\n\n\u201cPipeline safety is critical to protecting both our environment and our economy,\u201dsaid Senator Peters. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m proud to introduce this commonsense, bipartisan bill to strengthen the safety and security of our nation\u2019s pipelines and help prevent accidents before they occur.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nPHMSA is responsible for overseeing the safe transportation of oil, natural gas, and other hazardous liquids by pipelines across the United States. Congress last reauthorized PHMSA\u2019s pipeline safety programs through fiscal year 2023, meaning PHMSA\u2019s pipeline safety programs have been without an authorization for two years. The PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025 delivers critical updates to maintain safety and reliability in America\u2019s energy infrastructure.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-cruz-cantwell-peters-introduce-the-pipeline-safety-act-of-2025/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0649319738149643, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}