Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)
Pipeline Safety Engagement Act of 2025
A Democratic bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is called the Pipeline Safety Engagement Act of 2025. It directs the Secretary of Transportation to rename the Community Liaison Services within a specific administration office to the Office of Public Engagement. The new office is tasked with duties like proactively engaging with pipeline stakeholders and raising awareness of safety practices. It also requires the office to make its activities and information products accessible to the public. Finally, the bill requires a report on the implementation of this section to be submitted to Congress.
Yes· 3 of 6
- Scored +3
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
The bill promotes pipeline safety practices and awareness through a new Office of Public Engagement.
- Scored +3
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill requires the Office to ensure its activities and information products are accessible to the public.
- Scored +2
Does this invest in rural communities?
The emphasis on community liaisons and pipeline safety awareness can benefit rural areas where many pipelines are located.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The bill promotes pipeline safety practices and awareness through a new Office of Public Engagement. Does this invest in rural communities? — The emphasis on community liaisons and pipeline safety awareness can benefit rural areas where many pipelines are located.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would Native Americans be better off under this? — The bill explicitly mandates proactive engagement with Tribal government officials regarding pipeline safety. Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The mandate to engage with community liaisons and stakeholders provides safety information relevant to rural pipeline corridors.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill requires the Office to ensure its activities and information products are accessible to the public.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Is this likely to lift people out of poverty? — Increased public awareness of safety regulations may indirectly benefit community stability.
- 9/16/2025
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- 9/15/2025
- Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced in House
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.