S. 2975 · 119th Congress

PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025

Introduced on Oct 6, 2025 by Ted Cruz (R-TX). 3 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (May 4, 2026): Held at the desk.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Oct 6, 2025
Cosponsors
3
2 from the other party
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance the safety of pipeline transportation, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accidents
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advisory bodies
  • Asia
  • Aviation and airports
  • China
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Congressional oversight
  • Cuba
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Department of Transportation
  • Earth sciences
  • Emergency communications systems
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Europe
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Fires
  • Freedom of information
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Industrial facilities
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Iran
  • Land use and conservation
  • Latin America
  • Middle East
  • Natural disasters
  • North Korea
  • Oil and gas
  • Performance measurement
  • Pipelines
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Public participation and lobbying
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Russia
  • State and local government operations
  • Transportation safety and security
  • User charges and fees
  • Venezuela

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Ted CruzR-TXSponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Oct 6, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Oct 6, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  3. Oct 21, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Feb 11, 2026Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-102.
  5. Feb 11, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-102.
  6. Feb 11, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331.
  7. Apr 29, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Apr 29, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2109-2121; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2109-2121)
  9. May 1, 2026 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  10. May 4, 2026 · HouseReceived in the House.
  11. May 4, 2026 · HouseHeld at the desk.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GAS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $255K reported (all issues)
  2. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA4 reports
    $691.5K reported (all issues)
  3. Baker Hughes Company4 reports
    $440K reported (all issues)
  4. AMEREN SERVICES3 reports
    $790K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMEREN SERVICES COMPANY$2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  5. Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (d/b/a Airlines for America)3 reports
    $3.3M reported (all issues)
  6. American Association for Justice3 reports
    $5.1M reported (all issues)
  7. American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers3 reports
    $4.3M reported (all issues)
  8. American Pipeline Contractors Association3 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  9. CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.3 reports
    $450K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.$13M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. DTE ENERGY COMPANY3 reports
    $760K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DTE ENERGY COMPANY$2.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. GPA MIDSTREAM ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  12. INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA3 reports
    $924K reported (all issues)
  13. Independent Petroleum Association of America3 reports
    $680K reported (all issues)
  14. MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION3 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP$525.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  15. Mechanical Contractors Association of America3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  16. PLP, Inc.3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  17. Power & Communication Contractors Association3 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  18. Exelon Business Services, LLC2 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  19. Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA)2 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  20. KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC2 reports
    $5.8M reported (all issues)
  21. PHILLIPS 662 reports
    $2.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY$658.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  22. PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC2 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  23. Pacific Gas and Electric Company2 reports
    $6.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY$9.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  24. American Civil Liberties Union1 report
    $520K reported (all issues)
  25. Americans for Prosperity1 report
    $660K reported (all issues)
  26. Carbon Utilization Research Council (formerly Coal Utilization Research Council)1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  27. Damage Prevention Action Center1 report
  28. Earthjustice1 report
    $49.9K reported (all issues)
  29. Earthjustice Action1 report
    $188.3K reported (all issues)
  30. KINDER MORGAN, INC1 report
    $80K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: KINDER MORGAN TANK STORAGE TERMINALS LLCAI match · 100%
  31. MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY1 report
    Federal contractor: MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  32. National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA)1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  33. Shell USA, Inc. (fka Shell Oil Company)1 report
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  34. Smiths Group plc1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.