Introduced:
Mar 13, 2025
Policy Area:
Transportation and Public Works
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Mar 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in Senate
- Mar 13, 2025
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<p><strong>Safe and Secure Transportation of American Energy Act</strong></p><p>This bill expands the types of activities that are subject to criminal penalties related to damaging or destroying an interstate gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility.</p><p>Under current law, a person who knowingly and willfully damages or destroys a pipeline facility is subject to criminal penalties, including a fine, a prison term of up to 20 years, or both. If a death results from the offense, the person may be imprisoned for any term of years or life. </p><p>Under the bill, these criminal penalties also apply to a person who knowingly and willfully</p><ul><li>vandalizes,</li><li>tampers with, or</li><li>disrupts or prevents the operation or construction of the facility.</li></ul>
Actions (2)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Senate
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 10000
Mar 13, 2025
Subjects (1)
Transportation and Public Works
(Policy Area)
Cosponsors (9)
(R-OH)
Jun 10, 2025
Jun 10, 2025
(R-WY)
May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025
(R-TN)
Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025
(R-NC)
Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025
(R-WV)
Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025
(R-TX)
Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025
(R-NE)
Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025
(R-AK)
Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025
(R-IN)
Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025
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Version: Introduced in Senate
Version Date: Mar 13, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 12, 2025 6:19 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1017 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1017
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
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,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1017 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1017
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
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.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe and Secure Transportation of
American Energy Act''.
SEC. 2.
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''.
(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''.
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