Sec. 3. Strengthening operator qualification programs

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Section 60102(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— by striking operates and maintains and inserting operates and maintains, or constructs, ; by inserting , a gas gathering line, or a hazardous liquid gathering line before shall address ; by striking operator of a pipeline facility and inserting operator of a pipeline facility, a gas gathering line, or a hazardous liquid gathering line ; by striking operate and maintain and inserting operate and maintain, or construct each place it appears; and by inserting , gas gathering lines, or hazardous liquid gathering lines before the period at the end. Section 60131 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection

(d)by adding at the end the following: A management of change program that will communicate changes that affect covered tasks to individuals performing those covered tasks. ; and by striking subsection

(g)and inserting the following: In this section: The term covered task — with respect to a gas pipeline facility, has the meaning such term has under section 192.801 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, including any subsequent modifications; and with respect to a hazardous liquid pipeline facility, has the meaning such term has under section 195.501 of such title, including any subsequent modifications; includes, with respect to a gas pipeline facility or a hazardous liquid pipeline facility described in subparagraphs

(A)and (B), a construction task. The term pipeline facility includes regulated gas gathering lines and regulated hazardous liquid gathering lines. . Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to require pipeline facility operator qualification programs to include a written process to measure the effectiveness of the program at minimizing human error during the performance of a covered task. In issuing the regulations required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider the elements of program effectiveness contained in the notice of proposed rulemaking issued on July 10, 2015 titled Pipeline Safety: Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery, Accident and Incident Notification, and Other Pipeline Safety 3 Proposed Changes (80 Fed. Reg. 39916). In this subsection, the term covered task has the meaning given the term in section 60131(g) of title 49, United States Code.

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Strengthening operator qualification programs

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