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HR 4888 101th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Coast guard Environmental Protection Gas pipelines Government paperwork Gulf of Mexico Marine pollution Marine safety Natural gas Ocean engineering Petroleum pipelines Pipelines Standards Transportation of hazardous substances User charges

To improve navigational safety and to reduce the hazards to navigation resulting from vessel collisions with pipelines in the marine environment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 23, 1990 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 44 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 1990
Became Public Law No: 101-599.
Nov 16, 1990
Signed by President.
Nov 9, 1990
Presented to President.
Nov 9, 1990
Measure Signed in Senate.
Oct 30, 1990
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 27, 1990
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Oct 27, 1990
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Oct 18, 1990
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Oct 15, 1990
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 15, 1990
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Oct 15, 1990
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Oct 15, 1990
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Oct 15, 1990
On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
Oct 15, 1990
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Oct 15, 1990
Mr. Davis demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
Oct 15, 1990
Mr. Tauzin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Oct 10, 1990
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 525.
Oct 10, 1990
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 101-814, Part III.
Oct 10, 1990
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 101-814, Part II.
Oct 5, 1990
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Public Works + Transportation. H. Rept. 101-814, Part I.
Oct 5, 1990
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 5, 1990
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Sep 27, 1990
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 27, 1990
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Sep 25, 1990
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 25, 1990
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Sep 17, 1990
Executive Comment Received from DOT.
Sep 13, 1990
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 13, 1990
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Sep 13, 1990
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Sep 13, 1990
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 11, 1990
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 30, 1990
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 30, 1990
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Jun 6, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
Jun 6, 1990
Executive Comment Requested from DOT.
Jun 5, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Jun 4, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Jun 4, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Jun 4, 1990
Executive Comment Requested from DOT, OMB.
May 23, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 23, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
May 23, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
May 23, 1990
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to require an inspection, within 18 months of enactment of this Act, of certain offshore pipeline facilities in the Gulf of Mexico and its inlets and a report to the Secretary of Transportation on any such facility which is exposed or a hazard to navigation. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to require operators of such facilities to report potential or existing pipeline facility navigational hazards through Coast Guard offices. Requires marking of the hazards with approved marine buoys.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a mandatory, systematic, and where appropriate, periodic inspection program in the Gulf and its inlets; and (2) require burial of exposed or hazardous facilities.

Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to encourage fishermen and other vessel operators to report potential or existing navigational hazards involving pipelines through Coast Guard offices.

What's happening now November 16, 1990

Became Public Law No: 101-599.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1