Offshore Pipeline Safety Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Jun 12, 2025
What it does
The Offshore Pipeline Safety Act would require the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to finalize updated regulations for offshore oil and gas pipelines within 18 months of enactment, mandating third-party inspections every two years and continuous leak detection systems. It would also require a joint study on the environmental risks of decommissioning versus removing pipelines, establish ongoing monitoring of decommissioned pipelines, impose annual fees on pipeline owners based on water depth to fund removals in bankruptcy cases, and require the Bureau to address exposed pipeline segments by removal or re-securing. Additionally, the bill calls for a study on environmental risks…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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Who is involved
Sponsors
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.