[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5045 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5045

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify a provision relating 
 to criminal penalties for damaging or destroying pipeline facilities, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2024

  Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. 
   Fischer, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Moran, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Young, and Mr. 
    Wicker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify a provision relating 
 to criminal penalties for damaging or destroying pipeline facilities, 
                        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 ``Safe and Secure Transportation of 
American Energy Act''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

    Section 60123(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``damaging or destroying'' and inserting ``damaging, 
destroying, vandalizing, tampering with, disrupting the operation or 
construction of, or preventing the operation or construction of''.
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