Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 86.djvu/658

 PUBLIC LAW 92-401-AUG. 22, 1972

616

[86 STAT.

Public Law 92-401 August 22, 1972 [H. R. 5065]

Natural Gas P i p e l i n e Safety Act of 1968, amendment. 82 Stat. 722.

AN ACT To amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1908. and for other purix).ses.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the first sentence of section 5(a) of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. 1674(a)) is amended by striking out "two years" and inserting in lieu thereof "fiv^e years". SEC. 2. Section_5(c)(1) of such Act (49 U.S.C. 1674(c)(1)) is amended by striking out the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Except as otherwise provided in this section, if an application is submitted not later than September 30 in any calendar year, the Secretary shall pay out of funds appropriated or otherwise made available up to 50 per centum of the cost of the personnel, equipment, and activities of a State agency reasonably required, during the following calendar year to carry out a safety program under a certification under subsection (a) or an agreement under subsection (b) of this section; or to act as agent of the Secretary with respect to interstate transmission facilities. The Secretary may, after notice and consultation with a State agency, withhold all or any part of the funds for a particular State agency if he determines that such State agency (A) is not satisfactorily carrying out a safety program under a certification under subsection (a) or an agreement under subsection (b) of this section, or (B) is not satisfactorily acting as agent of the Secretary with respect to interstate transmission facilities.". SEC. 3. Section 13 of such Act (49 U.S.C. 1682) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) The Secretary is authorized to consult with, and make recommendations to, other Federal departments and agencies. State and local governments, and other public and private agencies or persons, for the purpose of developing and encouraging activities, including the enactment of legislation, to assist in the implementation of this Act and to improve State and local pipeline safety programs.". SEC. 4. Section 15 of such Act (49 U.S.C. 1684) is amended to read as follows: "APPROPRIA'J'IONS A r T H H1ZK1)

Report to P r e s i dent, transmittal to C o n g r e s s.

!iiilii»isq9'<i

"SEC. 15. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act over a period of three fiscal years, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, there is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; not to exceed $3,800,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; and not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.". SEC. 5. The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress on March 17, 1973, a report which shall contain— (1) a description of the pipeline safety program being conducted in each State; (2) annual projections of each State agency's needs for personnel, equipment, and activities reasonably required to carry out such State's program during each calendar year from 1973 through 1978 and estimates of the annual costs thereof; (3) the source or sources of State funds to finance such programs; (4) the amount of Federal assistance needed annually;

�