S 1017 Introduced

Pipeline Damage Expansion

Last month Sen Sheehy (R,MT) introduced S 1017, the Safe and Secure Transportation of American Energy Act. The bill would amend 49 USC 60123(b) to expand the coverage of ‘the penalty for damaging or destroying an interstate pipeline’ to include select civil disobedience activities. No new funding is authorized by this legislation.

The bill is essentially…