Congress·In Progress·H.R. 5301

PIPES Act of 2025

House Committee Reviews PIPES Act to Expand CO2 Pipeline Safety Rules, Boost Penalties to $3.4M

Sep 17, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Part of: Congress Advances Stricter Pipeline Safety and Carbon Transport Rules

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StalledNext up: A house committeeNo action in 10 months

The PIPES Act of 2025 is currently in the House committee stage. Nothing has happened with this bill since September 2025, and it is considered stalled. A House committee must take further action for the bill to move forward.

Legislative Progress

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How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 6494 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 6494 (118th) →

Key Points

Puts more money toward pipeline safety work for 2026–2029, including grants to states, emergency response, and community safety info programs.
Creates a new $150 million-per-year grant program (2027–2029) to help publicly owned local gas systems repair or replace high-risk or leaking pipes.
Adds tougher consequences for pipeline safety problems: raises the maximum civil penalty to $3,412,000 and adds up to 10 years in prison for intentionally damaging pipeline parts or messing with valves.
Expands federal pipeline safety authority to clearly cover carbon dioxide pipelines, including new minimum safety standards and modeling to map areas that could be harmed by a CO2 release.
Requires more transparency and public-facing information, like regular status updates on overdue safety rules and yearly public summaries of federal and state pipeline inspections.

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Personal Impact

How this policy affects specific groups of people

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Milestones

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Sep 17, 2025House

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

The committee approved this bill and is sending it to the full chamber for a vote. This is a significant step — most bills never get this far.

Sep 17, 2025House

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Sep 17, 2025House

Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Discharged

Sep 15, 2025House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Sep 11, 2025House

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.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Related News

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E&E News by Politico·Sep 17, 2025

Panel clears PHMSA bill with provisions for CO2, hydrogen pipelines

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 5301, the PIPES Act of 2025, reauthorizing PHMSA for four years. The bill includes new safety standards for CO2 and hydrogen pipelines and increases civil penalties for safety violations to over $3.4 million.

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International Association of Fire Chiefs·Sep 22, 2025

House Transportation and Infrastructure Advances PHMSA Reauthorization Act

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure advanced the PIPES Act of 2025 (H.R. 5301). The bill authorizes $776 million over four years for pipeline safety programs and includes provisions to improve emergency response and community safety information programs.

No votes or related bills recorded for this bill yet.