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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2613
To improve public-private partnerships and increase Federal research, develop-
ment, and demonstration related to the evolution of next generation
pipeline systems, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL2, 2025
Mr. W
EBERof Texas (for himself and Ms. ROSS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
A BILL
To improve public-private partnerships and increase Federal
research, development, and demonstration related to the
evolution of next generation pipeline systems, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Next Generation Pipe-4
lines Research and Development Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this Act: 7
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(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 1
means the Department of Energy. 2
(2) E
LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-3
ty’’ means— 4
(A) an institution of higher education (as 5
such term is defined in section 101(a) of the 6
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7
1001(a))), including historically Black colleges 8
and universities (within the meaning of the 9
term ‘‘part B institution’’ in section 322 of the 10
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 11
1061)), Tribal colleges and universities (as such 12
term is defined in section 316 of the Higher 13
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c)), and 14
minority serving institutions (including the enti-15
ties described in any of paragraphs (1) through 16
(7) of section 371(a) of the Higher Education 17
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a))); 18
(B) a nonprofit research organization; 19
(C) a National Laboratory (as such term is 20
defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 21
2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)); 22
(D) a private commercial entity; 23
(E) a partnership or consortium of two or 24
more entities described in subparagraphs (A) 25
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through (D) that leverages existing Department 1
efforts; or 2
(F) any other entity the Secretary deter-3
mines appropriate. 4
(3) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 5
the Secretary of Energy. 6
(4) T
ECHNICAL STANDARDS .—The term ‘‘tech-7
nical standard’’ has the meaning given such term in 8
section 12(d)(5) of the National Technology Trans-9
fer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 10
note). 11
SEC. 3. COORDINATION. 12
In carrying out this Act— 13
(1) the Secretary shall avoid unnecessary dupli-14
cation and achieve shared mission goals by coordi-15
nating with the Administrator of the Pipeline and 16
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the 17
Department of Transportation and across all rel-18
evant program offices at the Department of Energy, 19
including— 20
(A) the Office of Science; 21
(B) the Office of Fossil Energy and Car-22
bon Management; 23
(C) the Office of Energy Efficiency and 24
Renewable Energy; 25
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(D) the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy 1
Security, and Emergency Response; 2
(E) the Advanced Research Projects Agen-3
cy–Energy; 4
(F) the Office of Clean Energy Dem-5
onstrations; and 6
(G) any other cross-cutting program office 7
determined appropriate; 8
(2) the Secretary of Transportation shall ensure 9
participation of and coordination with the Secretary 10
of Energy of— 11
(A) the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 12
Safety Administration of the Department of 13
Transportation; and 14
(B) any other program office of the De-15
partment of Transportation determined appro-16
priate; and 17
(3) the Secretary shall coordinate with the Di-18
rector of the National Institute of Standards and 19
Technology, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 20
heads of other relevant Federal agencies, as appro-21
priate. 22
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SEC. 4. ADVANCED PIPELINE MATERIALS AND TECH-1
NOLOGIES DEMONSTRATION INITIATIVE. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Subtitle E of title III of division 3
D of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 4
Law 117–58) is amended by adding at the end the fol-5
lowing new section: 6
‘‘SEC. 40344. ADVANCED PIPELINE MATERIALS AND TECH-7
NOLOGIES DEMONSTRATION INITIATIVE. 8
‘‘(a) E
STABLISHMENT OF INITIATIVE.—The Sec-9
retary shall establish a demonstration initiative (in this 10
section referred to as the ‘Initiative’) under which the Sec-11
retary, through a competitive merit review process, shall 12
award financial assistance to eligible entities to carry out 13
demonstration projects on low- to mid-technology readi-14
ness level subjects to achieve deployment of technologies 15
that— 16
‘‘(1) are applicable to pipelines and associated 17
infrastructure, including liquefied natural gas facili-18
ties and underground and above ground gas and liq-19
uid fuel storage facilities; and 20
‘‘(2) involve the development of next generation 21
pipeline systems, components, and related tech-22
nologies. 23
‘‘(b) D
EMONSTRATION PROJECTFOCUSAREAS.—In 24
carrying out the Initiative, the Secretary shall select dem-25
onstration projects that best advance research undertaken 26
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by the Department and the Department of Transportation 1
and incorporate a range of technology focus areas, which 2
may include the following: 3
‘‘(1) Advanced leak detection and mitigation 4
tools and technologies. 5
‘‘(2) Novel materials, including alloy and non-6
metallic materials, to improve integrity for new and 7
existing pipelines, such as pipeline coatings, sleeves, 8
and liners, and corrosion resistant materials, includ-9
ing maximum and minimum flow rates and immu-10
nity to electrical discharge processes. 11
‘‘(3) Technologies and methods for retrofitting 12
existing pipelines, resolving material compatibility 13
issues, and minimizing leakage, such as field protec-14
tive coatings and material treatment. 15
‘‘(4) Advanced manufacturing approaches for 16
producing, fitting, and coupling pipelines, including 17
the fabrication of higher performance pipeline mate-18
rials and new extrusion technologies or methods to 19
join ultra-high strength and corrosion resistant ma-20
terials at a scale for distribution. 21
‘‘(5) Advanced sensor technologies and proc-22
esses that enable real-time or in situ monitoring of 23
pipeline assets to assess and mitigate leaks, both in-24
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ternal and external to the pipeline, which may in-1
clude the following: 2
‘‘(A) Wireless sensors, such as surface 3
acoustic wave sensors. 4
‘‘(B) Advanced and cost-effective electro-5
chemical sensors. 6
‘‘(C) Distributed fiber optic sensors. 7
‘‘(D) Autonomous sensor systems, includ-8
ing uncrewed aircraft. 9
‘‘(E) Optical methods. 10
‘‘(F) Multi-use platforms for diverse 11
sources. 12
‘‘(G) Hybrid data-analysis platforms. 13
‘‘(6) Advanced computational, data analytics, 14
and machine learning models to achieve the fol-15
lowing: 16
‘‘(A) Multiscale modeling, characterization, 17
and optimization of transmission and distribu-18
tion systems and components to aid in planning 19
for optimized and resilient infrastructure. 20
‘‘(B) Correlation between sensor and emis-21
sions data at all operational points and across 22
a variety of scales to assure system integrity 23
spanning large areas. 24
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‘‘(C) Accurate material lifecycle predictions 1
and simulation platforms to forecast pipeline 2
health. 3
‘‘(D) Secure real time autonomous moni-4
toring and repair capabilities. 5
‘‘(E) Mapping and monitoring of struc-6
tural health parameters, such as corrosion. 7
‘‘(7) Self-healing and self-repair functionalities, 8
including by chemical treatment methods. 9
‘‘(8) Autonomous robotic and patch tech-10
nologies for inspection and repair. 11
‘‘(9) Dynamic compressor technologies, includ-12
ing retrofit kits for existing compressor systems. 13
‘‘(10) Strategies and technologies for integrated 14
cybersecurity considerations and countering 15
cyberattacks. 16
‘‘(11) Technologies and methods to reduce po-17
tential environmental impacts, including at the at-18
mospheric and subsurface level, associated with pipe-19
lines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and gas and liq-20
uid fuel storage facilities, such as equipment failure. 21
‘‘(12) Tools to evaluate geographical pipeline 22
data for the feasibility of repurposing existing infra-23
structure for safe and effective transport and use of 24
alternative fuels, blends, and carbon dioxide. 25
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‘‘(13) Tools and technologies applicable to im-1
proving the safety, operation, and efficiency of lique-2
fied natural gas facilities and gas and liquid fuel 3
storage facilities. 4
‘‘(c) S
ELECTIONREQUIREMENTS.—In selecting eligi-5
ble entities for demonstration projects under the Initiative, 6
the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 7
take the following actions: 8
‘‘(1) Encourage regional diversity among eligi-9
ble entities, including participation by such entities 10
located in rural States. 11
‘‘(2) Prioritize technological diversity among eli-12
gible entities. 13
‘‘(3) Prioritize a diverse mix of energy, sub-14
stances, fuel sources, and byproducts, including the 15
following: 16
‘‘(A) Gas and liquid hydrocarbons, includ-17
ing natural gas, renewable natural gas, meth-18
ane, ethane, and liquefied natural gas. 19
‘‘(B) Carbon dioxide. 20
‘‘(C) Hydrogen. 21
‘‘(D) Biofuels. 22
‘‘(E) Water. 23
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‘‘(F) Substances in the hydrogen supply 1
chain, including ammonia and liquid organic 2
hydrogen carriers. 3
‘‘(G) Blends of gases or liquids, including 4
hydrogen blends. 5
‘‘(H) Any other source the Secretary deter-6
mines appropriate. 7
‘‘(4) Prioritize projects that leverage and are 8
complementary to existing energy infrastructure. 9
‘‘(5) Prioritize projects that leverage matching 10
funds from non-Federal sources. 11
‘‘(6) Ensure that selected projects are coordi-12
nated with or expand on the existing technology 13
demonstration programs of the Department. 14
‘‘(7) Evaluate projects and topics for technical 15
performance and economic feasibility as part of 16
lifecycle assessments for return on investment im-17
pact. 18
‘‘(8) Prioritize projects that can quantifiably re-19
duce the environmental impacts of pipelines and as-20
sociated infrastructure on air, water, or soil quality 21
in all regions of the United States, especially in un-22
derserved and rural communities. 23
‘‘(d) L
OCATION.—To the maximum extent prac-24
ticable, demonstration projects under the Initiative shall 25
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be located on sites with existing research infrastructure 1
or with the ability to coordinate with existing Department 2
user facilities and research centers. 3
‘‘(e) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of 4
funds authorized to be appropriated for— 5
‘‘(1) the Office of Energy Efficiency and Re-6
newable Energy, and 7
‘‘(2) the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon 8
Management, 9
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (6), respectively, of sec-10
tion 10771 of subtitle O of title VI of the Research and 11
Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted 12
as division B of Public Law 117–167), there is authorized 13
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to carry 14
out this section $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, and 15
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030. 16
‘‘(f) S
UNSET.—This section shall terminate five years 17
after the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 18
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 19
in section 1(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 20
Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-21
tion 40343 the following new item: 22
‘‘Sec. 40344. Advanced pipeline materials and technologies demonstration ini-
tiative.’’.
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SEC. 5. JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-2
propriations, the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-3
retary of Transportation and the Director of the National 4
Institute of Standards and Technology, and in coordina-5
tion with the demonstration initiative established pursuant 6
to section 40344 of the Infrastructure Investment and 7
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), as added by section 4, 8
shall establish within the Department a joint research and 9
development program (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Joint 10
Program’’) to carry out research projects that— 11
(1) develop cost-effective advanced materials 12
and technologies for pipeline transportation systems 13
at different scales; 14
(2) enable the commercialization of innovative 15
materials and technologies for pipeline transpor-16
tation systems; 17
(3) support the development of technical stand-18
ards of innovative materials and technologies for 19
pipeline transportation systems; and 20
(4) are at a low technology readiness level and 21
not pursued by the Pipeline Safety Research Pro-22
gram of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safe-23
ty Administration of the Department of Transpor-24
tation. 25
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(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not later 1
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 2
the Secretary shall enter into or update an existing memo-3
randum of understanding with the Secretary of Transpor-4
tation and the Director of the National Institute of Stand-5
ards and Technology to administer the Joint Program. 6
Such memorandum shall require each participating agency 7
to— 8
(1) identify unique research capabilities to con-9
tribute while avoiding duplication of existing efforts; 10
and 11
(2) include cost sharing and cost reimburse-12
ment abilities among participating agencies, includ-13
ing any reviews, approvals, trainings, or resource 14
outlays that will be required. 15
(c) I
NFRASTRUCTURE.—In carrying out the Joint 16
Program, the Secretary, the Secretary of Transportation, 17
and the Director of the National Institute of Standards 18
and Technology shall— 19
(1) use existing research infrastructure at— 20
(A) Department of Energy facilities, in-21
cluding National Laboratories; 22
(B) Department of Transportation initia-23
tives, including any such initiatives carried out 24
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through the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 1
Safety Administration; and 2
(C) the National Institute of Standards 3
and Technology; and 4
(2) develop new infrastructure for potential 5
projects, if appropriate. 6
(d) G
OALS ANDMETRICS.—The Secretary, the Sec-7
retary of Transportation, and the Director of the National 8
Institute of Standards and Technology shall develop goals 9
and metrics for each agency, respectively, in meeting tech-10
nological progress under the Joint Program, consistent 11
with existing United States energy safety, resilience, and 12
security policies. 13
(e) S
ELECTION OFPROJECTS.—To the maximum ex-14
tent practicable, the Secretary, the Secretary of Transpor-15
tation, and the Director of the National Institute of 16
Standards and Technology shall ensure the following with 17
respect to the Joint Program: 18
(1) Projects are carried out under conditions 19
that represent a variety of geographies, physical con-20
ditions, and market constraints. 21
(2) Projects represent an appropriate balance of 22
the following: 23
(A) Larger, higher-cost projects. 24
(B) Smaller, lower-cost projects. 25
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(3) To the maximum extent practicable, 1
projects are transferred between participating agen-2
cies based on the stage of research and capabilities 3
of each agency. 4
(f) P
RIORITY.—In carrying out the Joint Program, 5
the Secretary, the Director of the National Institute of 6
Standards and Technology, and the Secretary of Trans-7
portation shall, through consultation with the demonstra-8
tion initiative established pursuant to section 40344 of the 9
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 10
58), as added by section 4, identify and advance areas of 11
research most needed for demonstration projects under 12
such demonstration initiative, give priority to research and 13
demonstration projects that— 14
(1) are likely to be of value to such demonstra-15
tion initiative; and 16
(2) are done in coordination with, or advance 17
knowledge critical to, the National Pipeline Mod-18
ernization Center established pursuant to section 6. 19
(g) R
ELATION TOEXISTINGLAW.—Nothing in this 20
section may be construed to change existing agency roles, 21
responsibilities, or areas of expertise as described in sec-22
tion 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 23
(Public Law 107–355; 49 U.S.C. 60101 note). 24
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(h) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate five years 1
after the date of the enactment of this section. 2
SEC. 6. NATIONAL PIPELINE MODERNIZATION CENTER. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—In carrying out the demonstration 4
initiative established pursuant to section 40344 of the In-5
frastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 6
58), as added by section 4, and the Joint Program and 7
subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary 8
shall establish a National Pipeline Modernization Center 9
(referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Center’’), which shall focus 10
on collaborating with industry and stakeholders to coordi-11
nate and carry out research, development, and demonstra-12
tion projects focused on commercializing cost-effective 13
products and procedures aligned with the goals and prior-14
ities set forth by the Department. 15
(b) S
ELECTION.—The Secretary shall administer the 16
Center in conjunction with an eligible entity pursuant to 17
an agreement between the Department and such entity. 18
Such entity shall be selected on a competitive, merit-re-19
viewed basis. 20
(c) E
XISTINGCENTERS.—In administering the Cen-21
ter, the Secretary shall prioritize higher education energy- 22
related research centers in existence as of the date of the 23
enactment of this Act. 24
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(d) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—An agreement 1
under subsection (b) shall be for a period of not more than 2
five years, subject to the availability of appropriations. 3
(e) L
OCATION.—The Center shall be located in prox-4
imity to critical transportation infrastructure connecting 5
to an existing national pipeline transportation system and 6
other Department monitoring assets, as determined by the 7
Secretary. 8
(f) C
OORDINATIONWITHTRAINING ANDQUALIFICA-9
TIONSCENTER.—In carrying out the functions described 10
in subsection (a), the Center shall coordinate and collabo-11
rate with training centers of the Pipeline and Hazardous 12
Materials Safety Administration of the Department of 13
Transportation to facilitate knowledge sharing among, 14
and enhanced training opportunities for, Federal and 15
State pipeline safety inspectors and investigators. 16
(g) D
UPLICATION.—The Secretary shall ensure the 17
coordination of, and avoid unnecessary duplication of, the 18
activities under this section with the National Center of 19
Excellence for Liquefied Natural Gas Safety established 20
pursuant to section 111 of the Protecting our Infrastruc-21
ture of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (49 22
U.S.C. 60103 note; enacted as division R of the Consoli-23
dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260)). 24
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SEC. 7. NIST PIPELINE METROLOGY. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-2
propriations, the Director of the National Institute of 3
Standards and Technology shall carry out a program of 4
measurement research, development, demonstration, and 5
standardization to— 6
(1) ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities; 7
and 8
(2) support pipeline safety, security, efficiency, 9
sustainability, and resilience. 10
(b) T
ESTING.—The Director of the National Institute 11
of Standards and Technology, in collaboration with the 12
Secretary of the Department of Transportation and in 13
consultation with the private sector and international 14
standards organizations, shall support testing, evaluation, 15
and research infrastructure to support the activities de-16
scribed in subsection (a). 17
(c) A
LLOCATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From 18
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 19
National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Di-20
rector of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-21
nology shall allocate up to $2,500,000 for each of fiscal 22
years 2026 through 2030 to carry out this section. 23
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 24
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Out of funds authorized to be ap-25
propriated for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renew-26
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able Energy and the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon 1
Management pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (6), respec-2
tively, of section 10771 of subtitle O of title VI of the 3
Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation 4
Act (enacted as division B of Public Law 117–167), there 5
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 6
out— 7
(1) section 5, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, 8
and $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 9
through 2030; and 10
(2) section 6, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, 11
and $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 12
through 2030. 13
(b) O
FFSET.—Section 10771 of subtitle O of title VI 14
of the Research and Development, Competition, and Inno-15
vation Act (enacted as division B of Public Law 117–167) 16
is amended— 17
(1) in paragraph (1)— 18
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 19
(A), by striking ‘‘2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’; 20
and 21
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 22
‘‘1,200,000,000’’ and inserting 23
‘‘$1,100,000,000’’; and 24
(2) in subsection (6)— 25
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 1
(A), by striking ‘‘2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’; 2
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 3
‘‘600,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$445,000,000’’; 4
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 5
(i) by striking ‘‘200,000,000’’ and in-6
serting ‘‘$100,000,000’’; and 7
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-8
colon; 9
(D) in subparagraph (C)— 10
(i) by striking ‘‘1,000,000,000’’ and 11
inserting ‘‘$900,000,000’’; and 12
(ii) by striking the period and insert-13
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 14
(E) by adding at the end the following new 15
subparagraph: 16
‘‘(D) $455,000,000 to carry out pipeline 17
research, development, demonstration, and com-18
mercial application activities.’’. 19
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