House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pipeline Accountability Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the establishment of an Office of Public Engagement in the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Lori Trahan D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5537.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TRAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 154, September 19, 2025, Page H4490):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5537, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lori Trahan.
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- H.R. 1509 (119th) Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act of 2025
- H.R. 5536 (119th) HEADACHE Act
- H.R. 6350 (119th) College Athletics Reform Act
- H.R. 7145 (119th) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute and for other related…
Related bills
- S. 2905 (119th) Pipeline Accountability Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.