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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2613
5	5	To improve public-private partnerships and increase Federal research, develop-
6	6	ment, and demonstration related to the evolution of next generation
7	7	pipeline systems, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	APRIL2, 2025
10	10	Mr. W
11	11	EBERof Texas (for himself and Ms. ROSS) introduced the following bill;
12	12	which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To improve public-private partnerships and increase Federal
15	15	research, development, and demonstration related to the
16	16	evolution of next generation pipeline systems, and for
17	17	other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Next Generation Pipe-4
22	22	lines Research and Development Act’’. 5
23	23	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
24	24	In this Act: 7
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28	28	(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 1
29	29	means the Department of Energy. 2
30	30	(2) E
31	31	LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-3
32	32	ty’’ means— 4
33	33	(A) an institution of higher education (as 5
34	34	such term is defined in section 101(a) of the 6
35	35	Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7
36	36	1001(a))), including historically Black colleges 8
37	37	and universities (within the meaning of the 9
38	38	term ‘‘part B institution’’ in section 322 of the 10
39	39	Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 11
40	40	1061)), Tribal colleges and universities (as such 12
41	41	term is defined in section 316 of the Higher 13
42	42	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c)), and 14
43	43	minority serving institutions (including the enti-15
44	44	ties described in any of paragraphs (1) through 16
45	45	(7) of section 371(a) of the Higher Education 17
46	46	Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a))); 18
47	47	(B) a nonprofit research organization; 19
48	48	(C) a National Laboratory (as such term is 20
49	49	defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 21
50	50	2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)); 22
51	51	(D) a private commercial entity; 23
52	52	(E) a partnership or consortium of two or 24
53	53	more entities described in subparagraphs (A) 25
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57	57	through (D) that leverages existing Department 1
58	58	efforts; or 2
59	59	(F) any other entity the Secretary deter-3
60	60	mines appropriate. 4
61	61	(3) S
62	62	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 5
63	63	the Secretary of Energy. 6
64	64	(4) T
65	65	ECHNICAL STANDARDS .—The term ‘‘tech-7
66	66	nical standard’’ has the meaning given such term in 8
67	67	section 12(d)(5) of the National Technology Trans-9
68	68	fer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 10
69	69	note). 11
70	70	SEC. 3. COORDINATION. 12
71	71	In carrying out this Act— 13
72	72	(1) the Secretary shall avoid unnecessary dupli-14
73	73	cation and achieve shared mission goals by coordi-15
74	74	nating with the Administrator of the Pipeline and 16
75	75	Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the 17
76	76	Department of Transportation and across all rel-18
77	77	evant program offices at the Department of Energy, 19
78	78	including— 20
79	79	(A) the Office of Science; 21
80	80	(B) the Office of Fossil Energy and Car-22
81	81	bon Management; 23
82	82	(C) the Office of Energy Efficiency and 24
83	83	Renewable Energy; 25
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87	87	(D) the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy 1
88	88	Security, and Emergency Response; 2
89	89	(E) the Advanced Research Projects Agen-3
90	90	cy–Energy; 4
91	91	(F) the Office of Clean Energy Dem-5
92	92	onstrations; and 6
93	93	(G) any other cross-cutting program office 7
94	94	determined appropriate; 8
95	95	(2) the Secretary of Transportation shall ensure 9
96	96	participation of and coordination with the Secretary 10
97	97	of Energy of— 11
98	98	(A) the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 12
99	99	Safety Administration of the Department of 13
100	100	Transportation; and 14
101	101	(B) any other program office of the De-15
102	102	partment of Transportation determined appro-16
103	103	priate; and 17
104	104	(3) the Secretary shall coordinate with the Di-18
105	105	rector of the National Institute of Standards and 19
106	106	Technology, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 20
107	107	heads of other relevant Federal agencies, as appro-21
108	108	priate. 22
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112	112	SEC. 4. ADVANCED PIPELINE MATERIALS AND TECH-1
113	113	NOLOGIES DEMONSTRATION INITIATIVE. 2
114	114	(a) I
115	115	NGENERAL.—Subtitle E of title III of division 3
116	116	D of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 4
117	117	Law 117–58) is amended by adding at the end the fol-5
118	118	lowing new section: 6
119	119	‘‘SEC. 40344. ADVANCED PIPELINE MATERIALS AND TECH-7
120	120	NOLOGIES DEMONSTRATION INITIATIVE. 8
121	121	‘‘(a) E
122	122	STABLISHMENT OF INITIATIVE.—The Sec-9
123	123	retary shall establish a demonstration initiative (in this 10
124	124	section referred to as the ‘Initiative’) under which the Sec-11
125	125	retary, through a competitive merit review process, shall 12
126	126	award financial assistance to eligible entities to carry out 13
127	127	demonstration projects on low- to mid-technology readi-14
128	128	ness level subjects to achieve deployment of technologies 15
129	129	that— 16
130	130	‘‘(1) are applicable to pipelines and associated 17
131	131	infrastructure, including liquefied natural gas facili-18
132	132	ties and underground and above ground gas and liq-19
133	133	uid fuel storage facilities; and 20
134	134	‘‘(2) involve the development of next generation 21
135	135	pipeline systems, components, and related tech-22
136	136	nologies. 23
137	137	‘‘(b) D
138	138	EMONSTRATION PROJECTFOCUSAREAS.—In 24
139	139	carrying out the Initiative, the Secretary shall select dem-25
140	140	onstration projects that best advance research undertaken 26
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144	144	by the Department and the Department of Transportation 1
145	145	and incorporate a range of technology focus areas, which 2
146	146	may include the following: 3
147	147	‘‘(1) Advanced leak detection and mitigation 4
148	148	tools and technologies. 5
149	149	‘‘(2) Novel materials, including alloy and non-6
150	150	metallic materials, to improve integrity for new and 7
151	151	existing pipelines, such as pipeline coatings, sleeves, 8
152	152	and liners, and corrosion resistant materials, includ-9
153	153	ing maximum and minimum flow rates and immu-10
154	154	nity to electrical discharge processes. 11
155	155	‘‘(3) Technologies and methods for retrofitting 12
156	156	existing pipelines, resolving material compatibility 13
157	157	issues, and minimizing leakage, such as field protec-14
158	158	tive coatings and material treatment. 15
159	159	‘‘(4) Advanced manufacturing approaches for 16
160	160	producing, fitting, and coupling pipelines, including 17
161	161	the fabrication of higher performance pipeline mate-18
162	162	rials and new extrusion technologies or methods to 19
163	163	join ultra-high strength and corrosion resistant ma-20
164	164	terials at a scale for distribution. 21
165	165	‘‘(5) Advanced sensor technologies and proc-22
166	166	esses that enable real-time or in situ monitoring of 23
167	167	pipeline assets to assess and mitigate leaks, both in-24
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171	171	ternal and external to the pipeline, which may in-1
172	172	clude the following: 2
173	173	‘‘(A) Wireless sensors, such as surface 3
174	174	acoustic wave sensors. 4
175	175	‘‘(B) Advanced and cost-effective electro-5
176	176	chemical sensors. 6
177	177	‘‘(C) Distributed fiber optic sensors. 7
178	178	‘‘(D) Autonomous sensor systems, includ-8
179	179	ing uncrewed aircraft. 9
180	180	‘‘(E) Optical methods. 10
181	181	‘‘(F) Multi-use platforms for diverse 11
182	182	sources. 12
183	183	‘‘(G) Hybrid data-analysis platforms. 13
184	184	‘‘(6) Advanced computational, data analytics, 14
185	185	and machine learning models to achieve the fol-15
186	186	lowing: 16
187	187	‘‘(A) Multiscale modeling, characterization, 17
188	188	and optimization of transmission and distribu-18
189	189	tion systems and components to aid in planning 19
190	190	for optimized and resilient infrastructure. 20
191	191	‘‘(B) Correlation between sensor and emis-21
192	192	sions data at all operational points and across 22
193	193	a variety of scales to assure system integrity 23
194	194	spanning large areas. 24
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198	198	‘‘(C) Accurate material lifecycle predictions 1
199	199	and simulation platforms to forecast pipeline 2
200	200	health. 3
201	201	‘‘(D) Secure real time autonomous moni-4
202	202	toring and repair capabilities. 5
203	203	‘‘(E) Mapping and monitoring of struc-6
204	204	tural health parameters, such as corrosion. 7
205	205	‘‘(7) Self-healing and self-repair functionalities, 8
206	206	including by chemical treatment methods. 9
207	207	‘‘(8) Autonomous robotic and patch tech-10
208	208	nologies for inspection and repair. 11
209	209	‘‘(9) Dynamic compressor technologies, includ-12
210	210	ing retrofit kits for existing compressor systems. 13
211	211	‘‘(10) Strategies and technologies for integrated 14
212	212	cybersecurity considerations and countering 15
213	213	cyberattacks. 16
214	214	‘‘(11) Technologies and methods to reduce po-17
215	215	tential environmental impacts, including at the at-18
216	216	mospheric and subsurface level, associated with pipe-19
217	217	lines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and gas and liq-20
218	218	uid fuel storage facilities, such as equipment failure. 21
219	219	‘‘(12) Tools to evaluate geographical pipeline 22
220	220	data for the feasibility of repurposing existing infra-23
221	221	structure for safe and effective transport and use of 24
222	222	alternative fuels, blends, and carbon dioxide. 25
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226	226	‘‘(13) Tools and technologies applicable to im-1
227	227	proving the safety, operation, and efficiency of lique-2
228	228	fied natural gas facilities and gas and liquid fuel 3
229	229	storage facilities. 4
230	230	‘‘(c) S
231	231	ELECTIONREQUIREMENTS.—In selecting eligi-5
232	232	ble entities for demonstration projects under the Initiative, 6
233	233	the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 7
234	234	take the following actions: 8
235	235	‘‘(1) Encourage regional diversity among eligi-9
236	236	ble entities, including participation by such entities 10
237	237	located in rural States. 11
238	238	‘‘(2) Prioritize technological diversity among eli-12
239	239	gible entities. 13
240	240	‘‘(3) Prioritize a diverse mix of energy, sub-14
241	241	stances, fuel sources, and byproducts, including the 15
242	242	following: 16
243	243	‘‘(A) Gas and liquid hydrocarbons, includ-17
244	244	ing natural gas, renewable natural gas, meth-18
245	245	ane, ethane, and liquefied natural gas. 19
246	246	‘‘(B) Carbon dioxide. 20
247	247	‘‘(C) Hydrogen. 21
248	248	‘‘(D) Biofuels. 22
249	249	‘‘(E) Water. 23
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253	253	‘‘(F) Substances in the hydrogen supply 1
254	254	chain, including ammonia and liquid organic 2
255	255	hydrogen carriers. 3
256	256	‘‘(G) Blends of gases or liquids, including 4
257	257	hydrogen blends. 5
258	258	‘‘(H) Any other source the Secretary deter-6
259	259	mines appropriate. 7
260	260	‘‘(4) Prioritize projects that leverage and are 8
261	261	complementary to existing energy infrastructure. 9
262	262	‘‘(5) Prioritize projects that leverage matching 10
263	263	funds from non-Federal sources. 11
264	264	‘‘(6) Ensure that selected projects are coordi-12
265	265	nated with or expand on the existing technology 13
266	266	demonstration programs of the Department. 14
267	267	‘‘(7) Evaluate projects and topics for technical 15
268	268	performance and economic feasibility as part of 16
269	269	lifecycle assessments for return on investment im-17
270	270	pact. 18
271	271	‘‘(8) Prioritize projects that can quantifiably re-19
272	272	duce the environmental impacts of pipelines and as-20
273	273	sociated infrastructure on air, water, or soil quality 21
274	274	in all regions of the United States, especially in un-22
275	275	derserved and rural communities. 23
276	276	‘‘(d) L
277	277	OCATION.—To the maximum extent prac-24
278	278	ticable, demonstration projects under the Initiative shall 25
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282	282	be located on sites with existing research infrastructure 1
283	283	or with the ability to coordinate with existing Department 2
284	284	user facilities and research centers. 3
285	285	‘‘(e) A
286	286	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of 4
287	287	funds authorized to be appropriated for— 5
288	288	‘‘(1) the Office of Energy Efficiency and Re-6
289	289	newable Energy, and 7
290	290	‘‘(2) the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon 8
291	291	Management, 9
292	292	pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (6), respectively, of sec-10
293	293	tion 10771 of subtitle O of title VI of the Research and 11
294	294	Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted 12
295	295	as division B of Public Law 117–167), there is authorized 13
296	296	to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to carry 14
297	297	out this section $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, and 15
298	298	$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030. 16
299	299	‘‘(f) S
300	300	UNSET.—This section shall terminate five years 17
301	301	after the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 18
302	302	(b) C
303	303	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 19
304	304	in section 1(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 20
305	305	Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-21
306	306	tion 40343 the following new item: 22
307	307	‘‘Sec. 40344. Advanced pipeline materials and technologies demonstration ini-
308	308	tiative.’’.
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312	312	SEC. 5. JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 1
313	313	(a) I
314	314	NGENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-2
315	315	propriations, the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-3
316	316	retary of Transportation and the Director of the National 4
317	317	Institute of Standards and Technology, and in coordina-5
318	318	tion with the demonstration initiative established pursuant 6
319	319	to section 40344 of the Infrastructure Investment and 7
320	320	Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), as added by section 4, 8
321	321	shall establish within the Department a joint research and 9
322	322	development program (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Joint 10
323	323	Program’’) to carry out research projects that— 11
324	324	(1) develop cost-effective advanced materials 12
325	325	and technologies for pipeline transportation systems 13
326	326	at different scales; 14
327	327	(2) enable the commercialization of innovative 15
328	328	materials and technologies for pipeline transpor-16
329	329	tation systems; 17
330	330	(3) support the development of technical stand-18
331	331	ards of innovative materials and technologies for 19
332	332	pipeline transportation systems; and 20
333	333	(4) are at a low technology readiness level and 21
334	334	not pursued by the Pipeline Safety Research Pro-22
335	335	gram of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safe-23
336	336	ty Administration of the Department of Transpor-24
337	337	tation. 25
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341	341	(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not later 1
342	342	than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 2
343	343	the Secretary shall enter into or update an existing memo-3
344	344	randum of understanding with the Secretary of Transpor-4
345	345	tation and the Director of the National Institute of Stand-5
346	346	ards and Technology to administer the Joint Program. 6
347	347	Such memorandum shall require each participating agency 7
348	348	to— 8
349	349	(1) identify unique research capabilities to con-9
350	350	tribute while avoiding duplication of existing efforts; 10
351	351	and 11
352	352	(2) include cost sharing and cost reimburse-12
353	353	ment abilities among participating agencies, includ-13
354	354	ing any reviews, approvals, trainings, or resource 14
355	355	outlays that will be required. 15
356	356	(c) I
357	357	NFRASTRUCTURE.—In carrying out the Joint 16
358	358	Program, the Secretary, the Secretary of Transportation, 17
359	359	and the Director of the National Institute of Standards 18
360	360	and Technology shall— 19
361	361	(1) use existing research infrastructure at— 20
362	362	(A) Department of Energy facilities, in-21
363	363	cluding National Laboratories; 22
364	364	(B) Department of Transportation initia-23
365	365	tives, including any such initiatives carried out 24
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369	369	through the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 1
370	370	Safety Administration; and 2
371	371	(C) the National Institute of Standards 3
372	372	and Technology; and 4
373	373	(2) develop new infrastructure for potential 5
374	374	projects, if appropriate. 6
375	375	(d) G
376	376	OALS ANDMETRICS.—The Secretary, the Sec-7
377	377	retary of Transportation, and the Director of the National 8
378	378	Institute of Standards and Technology shall develop goals 9
379	379	and metrics for each agency, respectively, in meeting tech-10
380	380	nological progress under the Joint Program, consistent 11
381	381	with existing United States energy safety, resilience, and 12
382	382	security policies. 13
383	383	(e) S
384	384	ELECTION OFPROJECTS.—To the maximum ex-14
385	385	tent practicable, the Secretary, the Secretary of Transpor-15
386	386	tation, and the Director of the National Institute of 16
387	387	Standards and Technology shall ensure the following with 17
388	388	respect to the Joint Program: 18
389	389	(1) Projects are carried out under conditions 19
390	390	that represent a variety of geographies, physical con-20
391	391	ditions, and market constraints. 21
392	392	(2) Projects represent an appropriate balance of 22
393	393	the following: 23
394	394	(A) Larger, higher-cost projects. 24
395	395	(B) Smaller, lower-cost projects. 25
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399	399	(3) To the maximum extent practicable, 1
400	400	projects are transferred between participating agen-2
401	401	cies based on the stage of research and capabilities 3
402	402	of each agency. 4
403	403	(f) P
404	404	RIORITY.—In carrying out the Joint Program, 5
405	405	the Secretary, the Director of the National Institute of 6
406	406	Standards and Technology, and the Secretary of Trans-7
407	407	portation shall, through consultation with the demonstra-8
408	408	tion initiative established pursuant to section 40344 of the 9
409	409	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 10
410	410	58), as added by section 4, identify and advance areas of 11
411	411	research most needed for demonstration projects under 12
412	412	such demonstration initiative, give priority to research and 13
413	413	demonstration projects that— 14
414	414	(1) are likely to be of value to such demonstra-15
415	415	tion initiative; and 16
416	416	(2) are done in coordination with, or advance 17
417	417	knowledge critical to, the National Pipeline Mod-18
418	418	ernization Center established pursuant to section 6. 19
419	419	(g) R
420	420	ELATION TOEXISTINGLAW.—Nothing in this 20
421	421	section may be construed to change existing agency roles, 21
422	422	responsibilities, or areas of expertise as described in sec-22
423	423	tion 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 23
424	424	(Public Law 107–355; 49 U.S.C. 60101 note). 24
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428	428	(h) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate five years 1
429	429	after the date of the enactment of this section. 2
430	430	SEC. 6. NATIONAL PIPELINE MODERNIZATION CENTER. 3
431	431	(a) I
432	432	NGENERAL.—In carrying out the demonstration 4
433	433	initiative established pursuant to section 40344 of the In-5
434	434	frastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 6
435	435	58), as added by section 4, and the Joint Program and 7
436	436	subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary 8
437	437	shall establish a National Pipeline Modernization Center 9
438	438	(referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Center’’), which shall focus 10
439	439	on collaborating with industry and stakeholders to coordi-11
440	440	nate and carry out research, development, and demonstra-12
441	441	tion projects focused on commercializing cost-effective 13
442	442	products and procedures aligned with the goals and prior-14
443	443	ities set forth by the Department. 15
444	444	(b) S
445	445	ELECTION.—The Secretary shall administer the 16
446	446	Center in conjunction with an eligible entity pursuant to 17
447	447	an agreement between the Department and such entity. 18
448	448	Such entity shall be selected on a competitive, merit-re-19
449	449	viewed basis. 20
450	450	(c) E
451	451	XISTINGCENTERS.—In administering the Cen-21
452	452	ter, the Secretary shall prioritize higher education energy- 22
453	453	related research centers in existence as of the date of the 23
454	454	enactment of this Act. 24
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458	458	(d) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—An agreement 1
459	459	under subsection (b) shall be for a period of not more than 2
460	460	five years, subject to the availability of appropriations. 3
461	461	(e) L
462	462	OCATION.—The Center shall be located in prox-4
463	463	imity to critical transportation infrastructure connecting 5
464	464	to an existing national pipeline transportation system and 6
465	465	other Department monitoring assets, as determined by the 7
466	466	Secretary. 8
467	467	(f) C
468	468	OORDINATIONWITHTRAINING ANDQUALIFICA-9
469	469	TIONSCENTER.—In carrying out the functions described 10
470	470	in subsection (a), the Center shall coordinate and collabo-11
471	471	rate with training centers of the Pipeline and Hazardous 12
472	472	Materials Safety Administration of the Department of 13
473	473	Transportation to facilitate knowledge sharing among, 14
474	474	and enhanced training opportunities for, Federal and 15
475	475	State pipeline safety inspectors and investigators. 16
476	476	(g) D
477	477	UPLICATION.—The Secretary shall ensure the 17
478	478	coordination of, and avoid unnecessary duplication of, the 18
479	479	activities under this section with the National Center of 19
480	480	Excellence for Liquefied Natural Gas Safety established 20
481	481	pursuant to section 111 of the Protecting our Infrastruc-21
482	482	ture of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (49 22
483	483	U.S.C. 60103 note; enacted as division R of the Consoli-23
484	484	dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260)). 24
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488	488	SEC. 7. NIST PIPELINE METROLOGY. 1
489	489	(a) I
490	490	NGENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-2
491	491	propriations, the Director of the National Institute of 3
492	492	Standards and Technology shall carry out a program of 4
493	493	measurement research, development, demonstration, and 5
494	494	standardization to— 6
495	495	(1) ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities; 7
496	496	and 8
497	497	(2) support pipeline safety, security, efficiency, 9
498	498	sustainability, and resilience. 10
499	499	(b) T
500	500	ESTING.—The Director of the National Institute 11
501	501	of Standards and Technology, in collaboration with the 12
502	502	Secretary of the Department of Transportation and in 13
503	503	consultation with the private sector and international 14
504	504	standards organizations, shall support testing, evaluation, 15
505	505	and research infrastructure to support the activities de-16
506	506	scribed in subsection (a). 17
507	507	(c) A
508	508	LLOCATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From 18
509	509	amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 19
510	510	National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Di-20
511	511	rector of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-21
512	512	nology shall allocate up to $2,500,000 for each of fiscal 22
513	513	years 2026 through 2030 to carry out this section. 23
514	514	SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 24
515	515	(a) I
516	516	NGENERAL.—Out of funds authorized to be ap-25
517	517	propriated for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renew-26
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521	521	able Energy and the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon 1
522	522	Management pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (6), respec-2
523	523	tively, of section 10771 of subtitle O of title VI of the 3
524	524	Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation 4
525	525	Act (enacted as division B of Public Law 117–167), there 5
526	526	is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 6
527	527	out— 7
528	528	(1) section 5, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, 8
529	529	and $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 9
530	530	through 2030; and 10
531	531	(2) section 6, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, 11
532	532	and $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 12
533	533	through 2030. 13
534	534	(b) O
535	535	FFSET.—Section 10771 of subtitle O of title VI 14
536	536	of the Research and Development, Competition, and Inno-15
537	537	vation Act (enacted as division B of Public Law 117–167) 16
538	538	is amended— 17
539	539	(1) in paragraph (1)— 18
540	540	(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 19
541	541	(A), by striking ‘‘2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’; 20
542	542	and 21
543	543	(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 22
544	544	‘‘1,200,000,000’’ and inserting 23
545	545	‘‘$1,100,000,000’’; and 24
546	546	(2) in subsection (6)— 25
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550	550	(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 1
551	551	(A), by striking ‘‘2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’; 2
552	552	(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 3
553	553	‘‘600,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$445,000,000’’; 4
554	554	(C) in subparagraph (B)— 5
555	555	(i) by striking ‘‘200,000,000’’ and in-6
556	556	serting ‘‘$100,000,000’’; and 7
557	557	(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-8
558	558	colon; 9
559	559	(D) in subparagraph (C)— 10
560	560	(i) by striking ‘‘1,000,000,000’’ and 11
561	561	inserting ‘‘$900,000,000’’; and 12
562	562	(ii) by striking the period and insert-13
563	563	ing ‘‘; and’’; and 14
564	564	(E) by adding at the end the following new 15
565	565	subparagraph: 16
566	566	‘‘(D) $455,000,000 to carry out pipeline 17
567	567	research, development, demonstration, and com-18
568	568	mercial application activities.’’. 19
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