# 119-hr-6187: Wojnovich Pipeline Safety Act of 2025 119-hr-6187, Wojnovich Pipeline Safety Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6187 - As of: 2026-04-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-6187 - Congress: 119 - Title: Wojnovich Pipeline Safety Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-11-20 - Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA) - Cosponsors: 1 - Policy area: Transportation and Public Works - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-04-21 ## Summary **Modernize hazardous liquid pipeline safety and community protections.** This bill would create a federal grant program to fund safety upgrades, require stronger public notices and testing, set emergency alert rules, impose large penalties for incidents, and direct penalties into a new trust fund to finance program activities. - Families and homeowners: States in the program would have to require real estate contracts to disclose pipelines within one-half mile and operator incident history for the last 10 years. Operators would also need localized alert systems and clearer testing and contamination notifications for affected wells and properties. - Municipalities and community-owned utilities: Eligible non‑profit local utilities and municipalities could compete for grants. The bill would authorize $100 million per year for FY2026–2030 and would cap awards so no single recipient gets more than 12.5 percent of annual funds. - Operators and emergency responders: Operators face penalties of $2.5 million annually until remediation is certified and higher penalties for late declarations. The bill also authorizes prompt reimbursements to States and local responders for response costs. *Would authorize $100 million annually for FY2026–2030 (about $500 million total) and create a Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Community Trust Fund to receive penalties and support program and response costs.* ## Cosponsors (1) - Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - More notices, testing, and alerts: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require States that want grant money to add real estate disclosures for properties within one-half mile of a hazardous liquid pipeline. Disclosures would include operator contact information, pipeline name and substance, repairs in the last 10 years, and leaks or incident… - Reimbursements for local responders: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary to make reimbursement funds available not later than 30 days after PHMSA receives an operator's declaration that a pipeline event occurred. State and local emergency response groups in the affected area could get money for damaged equipment, overtime… - New pipeline safety grant program: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a Hazardous Liquid Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program run by PHMSA. The program would be authorized $100 million each year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. Municipalities in States that adopt the required real estate disclosures a… - PHMSA outreach and reporting updates: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would rename PHMSA's Community Liaison Services as an Office of Public Engagement and require community liaisons to help the public and attend safety meetings. The Administrator would also have to send a report to Congress within 180 days and quarterly after, and try to use fin… - Large penalties on pipeline operators: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would allow the Secretary to levy a $2.5 million annual civil penalty on a pipeline operator that declares a leak, accident, incident, or failure until remediation is certified. If an operator fails to declare such an event within 15 days of knowing it occurred, the bill would… ## Related bills - 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 - 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025 - 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025 - 119-hr-3001: To advance commonsense priorities. - 119-hr-562: BLUE Pacific Act - 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-hr-6187 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6187) ## Related - [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151) - [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669) - [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393) - [119-hr-3001: To advance commonsense priorities.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3001) - [119-hr-562: BLUE Pacific Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-562) - [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6187 (as of 2026-04-21).