Pipeline Sabotage and Accident Prevention Act

Pipeline Sabotage and Accident Prevention Act

This bill establishes criminal penalties for causing a defect in or disrupting the operation of pipeline infrastructure.

Specifically, the bill prohibits a person from knowingly and willfully

• causing or threatening to cause a defect in a pipe, pump, or valve intended to be used in any pipeline facility that would affect the integrity or safe operation of the facility; or
• disrupting the operation of a pipeline facility.

Violators are subject to a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1484 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1484

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a penalty for 
  causing a defect in pipeline infrastructure, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2023

  Mr. Bost (for himself, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Nehls) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
  and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, and the Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a penalty for 
  causing a defect in pipeline infrastructure, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pipeline Sabotage and Accident 
Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. PENALTY FOR CAUSING A DEFECT IN OR DISRUPTING OPERATION OF 
              PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE.

    Section 60123 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e) Penalty for Causing a Defect in or Disrupting Operation of 
Pipeline Infrastructure.--
            ``(1) In general.--A person knowingly and willfully--
                    ``(A) causing, or threatening to cause, a defect in 
                a pipe, pump, or valve intended to be used or used in 
                any pipeline facility described in subsection (b) that 
                would affect the integrity or safe operation of any 
                such facility shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned 
                for not more than 10 years, or both; or
                    ``(B) disrupting the operation of any such facility 
                shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more 
                than 10 years, or both.
            ``(2) Rule of statutory construction.--Nothing in this 
        subsection abridges the exercise of rights guaranteed under the 
        First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.''.
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