Sec. 11. NATIONWIDE INTEGRATED PIPELINE SAFETY REGULATORY DATABASE
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## SEC. 11 NATIONWIDE INTEGRATED PIPELINE SAFETY REGULATORY DATABASE **[**[49 U.S.C. 60108 note](/us/usc/t49/s60108)**]** ###
(a)Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the feasibility of establishing a national integrated pipeline safety regulatory inspection database to improve communication and collaboration between the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and State pipeline regulators. ###
(b)Contents The report submitted under subsection
(a)shall include— ####
(1)a description of any efforts underway to test a secure information-sharing system for the purpose described in subsection (a); ####
(2)a description of any progress in establishing common standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting pipeline safety regulatory inspection data, and a methodology for sharing the data; ####
(3)a description of any inadequacies or gaps in State and Federal inspection, enforcement, geospatial, or other pipeline safety regulatory inspection data; ####
(4)a description of the potential safety benefits of a national integrated pipeline safety regulatory inspection database; and ####
(5)recommendations, including those of stakeholders for how to implement a secure information-sharing system that protects proprietary and security sensitive information and data for the purpose described in subsection (a). ###
(c)Consultation In implementing this section, the Secretary shall consult with stakeholders, including each State authority operating under a certification to regulate intrastate pipelines under section 60105 of title 49, United States Code. ###
(d)Establishment of Database The Secretary may establish, if appropriate, a national integrated pipeline safety regulatory database— ####
(1)after submission of the report required under subsection (a); or ####
(2)upon notification to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of the need to establish such database prior to the submission of the report under subsection (a).
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NATIONWIDE INTEGRATED PIPELINE SAFETY REGULATORY DATABASE
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