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S 1768 113th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Buy American requirements Climate change and greenhouse gases Government lending and loan guarantees Oil and gas Pipelines State and local finance Transportation programs funding

Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act

Introduced: November 21, 2013 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 21, 2013
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act - Directs the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to offer to enter into agreements to make capitalization grants, including letters of credit, to eligible states for the repair or replacement of natural gas distribution pipelines.

Requires grant funds to be deposited into state revolving loan funds to provide loans or loan guarantees to: (1) facilitate compliance with an intended use plan, or (2) repair or replace those pipelines that have been identified as leak-prone.

Prohibits the use of funds from loans or loan guarantees made by a state to repair or replace natural gas distribution pipelines unless all of the iron, steel, plastic, and manufactured goods used in the repair or replacement are produced in the United States (Buy America).

What's happening now November 21, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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