"Legislation that would create heftier penalties for unsafe pipeline operation and new requirements for gas and hazardous liquid pipelines made its way out of the House Energy committee on the strength of the Democratic majority Nov. 19.
The bill proposes to reauthorize funding for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration through 2023.
At a House Energy and Commerce Committee markup session on the bill, the committee’s Democratic majority struck down multiple amendments from Republican members. The committee approved the bill 30 to 21, strictly along party lines.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will have its own session on the bill Nov. 20. Republicans on that committee released their own version of a reauthorization (H.R. 5175) on Nov. 19."
Sylvia Carignan reports for Bloomberg Environment November 19, 2019.
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