Sec. 3. Data standardization
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the heads of other applicable Federal agencies shall, in consultation with State and local agencies under subsection (c), work jointly to establish and publish forms that adopt a standard definition and methodology for calculating and reporting unaccounted-for gas, including, when possible, information on the causes of unaccounted-for gas and the quantities associated with each cause, for use by applicable Federal agencies to standardize the data collected on unaccounted-for gas.
In carrying out this section, the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the heads of other applicable Federal agencies may— establish an interagency working group; and enter into a memorandum of understanding. The Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the heads of other applicable Federal agencies shall offer to work with State and local regulatory authorities to adopt a standard definition and methodology for calculating and reporting unaccounted-for gas to standardize the data collected by Federal, State, and local governments.