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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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116TH CONGRESS [REPT. 116-661
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
SAFE, ACCOUNTABLE, FAIR, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY
RESPONSIBLE PIPELINES ACT OF 2019
DECEMBER 17, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. DEFAZIO, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 5120]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 5120) to amend title 49, United States
Code, to provide enhanced safety and environmental protection in
pipeline transportation, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................ 17
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 17
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 19
Legislative History and Consideration .................................................................. 20
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 22
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 38
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 38
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 38
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 38
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 39
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 39
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 39
Preemption Clarification ......................................................................................... 39
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 39
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 39
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 40
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 47
Dissenting Views ..................................................................................................... 99
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