Preventing Future Vintage Plastic Pipeline Tragedies Act

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Introduced 2026-03-24Topic: infrastructure utilities · energy · public safety

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This bill requires every owner or operator of a gas distribution pipeline system to check its system for Aldyl-A polyethylene plastic pipe within 3 years of the law taking effect. Within the same 3 years, each owner or operator must report to the federal Secretary the estimated total miles of Aldyl-A pipe it has found. The Secretary may not require digging up pipe to complete this check. The bill also adds pipelines made of historic plastics with known safety issues to state pipeline safety program certifications and to the risks that distribution integrity management programs must evaluate, along with unprotected steel and wrought iron.

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Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-03-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.	refer
2026-03-24	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.	refer
2026-03-24	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.	refer
2026-03-24		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-03-24		Introduced in House	introduce

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