INCREASED INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 203. INCREASED INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. Section 203(k) of the Hazardous Liquids Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 2002(k)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and(B), respectively; (2) by inserting “(1) Federal safety standards.—” after “Inspection Devices.—”; (3) by indenting paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, and moving such paragraph (1) (including subparagraphs (A) and (B), as designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) 2 ems to the right; (4) by adding at the end of paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, the following new sentence: “The Secretary may extend such regulation to require existing transmission facilities whose basic construction would accommodate an instrumented internal inspection device to be modified to permit the inspection of such facilities with instrumented internal inspection devices.”; and (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Periodic inspections.— Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall issue regulations requiring the periodic inspection of each pipeline identified pursuant to subsection (m) by the operator of the pipeline. In issuing the regulations, the Secretary shall prescribe the circumstances, if any, under which such inspections shall be conducted with an instrumented internal inspection device. In those circumstances under which an instrumented internal inspection device is not required, the Secretary shall require the use of an inspection method that is at least as effective as the use of such a device in providing for the safety of the pipeline.”.