Sec. 21. Penalty for causing a defect in or disrupting operation of pipeline infrastructure
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Section 60123 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both, if the person knowingly and willfully— causes a defect in a pipe, pump, compressor, or valve in the possession of a pipeline operator to be used in construction of any pipeline facility described in subsection
(b)that would affect the integrity or safe operation of any such facility; or disrupts the operation of any pipeline facility described in subsection
(b)by causing or undertaking the unauthorized or unplanned turning or manipulation of a valve. In this subsection, the term in the possession of a pipeline operator means, with respect to a pipe, pump, compressor, or valve, that such pipe, pump, compressor, or valve is— in transit to a pipeline component staging site or construction site; at a pipeline component staging site; or at a construction site. .