[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2971 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2971

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to exclude from the definition 
   of ``transporting gas'' certain movement of gas within, or in the 
             vicinity of, a plant, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 3, 2025

  Mr. Sheehy 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 exclude from the definition 
   of ``transporting gas'' certain movement of gas within, or in the 
             vicinity of, a plant, 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 ``Plant Safety Authorities 
Coordination Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTING GAS.

    Section 60101(a)(21) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the paragraph designation and all that 
        follows through ``(A) means'' in subparagraph (A) and inserting 
        the following:
            ``(21) Transporting gas.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `transporting gas' 
                means'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``; but'' and 
        inserting a period; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(B) Exclusions.--The term `transporting gas' does 
                not include--
                            ``(i) gathering gas (except through 
                        regulated gathering lines) in a rural area 
                        outside a populated area designated by the 
                        Secretary as a nonrural area; or
                            ``(ii) the movement of gas by the owner or 
                        operator of a plant for use as a fuel, a 
                        feedstock, or for any other purpose that 
                        directly supports plant operations through--
                                    ``(I) in-plant piping systems that 
                                are located entirely on the grounds of 
                                the plant; or
                                    ``(II) transfer piping systems that 
                                extend less than 1 mile in length 
                                outside the grounds of the plant.''.
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