,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agfh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ae1     
#bjae,mr4 ,roberts 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,moran7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to         
authorize ,states to enforce pipeline   
safety requirements related to wellbores
 at interstate storage facilities4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,underground ,gas ,storage ,facility
 ,safety ,act of #bjae4  #b4            
,definitions ,section #fjaja7;a7 of     
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
paragraphs 7#bj71 7#ba71 7#bb71 7#bc71  
7#bd71 and 7#be7 as paragraphs 7#bc71   
7#bd71 7#be71 7#bj71 7#ba71 and 7#bb71  
respectively2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#ba71 
as redesignated1 by striking and at the 
end2  7#c7 in paragraphs 7#bb7 and      
7#bd71 as redesignated1 by striking the 
period at the end of each paragraph and 

inserting a semicolon2  7#d7 in         
paragraph 7#be71 as redesignated1 by    
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7#e7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#bf7           
underground natural gas storage wellbore
 means the piping and hole drilled      
connecting the surface of the earth with
 the underground natural gas storage    
reservoir4  4  #c4 ,state enforcement of
 pipeline safety requirements ,section  
#fjajd7;c7 of title #di1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by striking  
,a ,state authority that and inserting  
7#a7 ,a ,state authority that2  7#b7 by 
striking ,a ,state authority may not and
 inserting the following3  7#b7 ,a      
,state authority may not  2  7#c7 by    
striking ,notwithstanding the preceding 
sentence1 a ,state authority may enforce
 a requirement and inserting the        
following3  7#c7 ,notwithstanding the   
limitation set forth in paragraph 7#b71 
a ,state authority may--  7,a7 enforce a
 requirement  2  7#d7 by striking       

chapter #fa4 and inserting chapter #fa2 
and2 and  7#e7 by adding at the end the 
following3  7,b7 enforce a ,state       
requirement for the safe construction   
and operation of underground natural gas
 storage wellbores if--  7i7 the ,state 
authority has consulted with the        
,secretary respecting the ,state        
requirement2 and  7ii7 the ,secretary   
does not object to the ,state           
requirement during the #cj-;day period  
beginning on the date on which the      
consultation described in clause 7i7 is 
initiated4  4