PHMSA Voluntary Information Sharing Act

This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to set up, within 1 year, a confidential and voluntary system for sharing pipeline safety data, covering gas and hazardous liquid pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and underground gas storage. A 15-member Governing Board made up of government, industry, and public safety advocacy representatives would run the system, with a third-party data manager and issue analysis teams. Data submitted to the system would be kept confidential, exempt from public records requests, and generally barred from use as evidence or to start enforcement actions, with exceptions such as evidence of crimes or information already required to be reported. The Secretary could collect an additional $5,000,000 in pipeline fees each year for fiscal years 2024 through 2027 to fund the system.

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Sponsors

• Jerry Moran Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors