PIPELINE DAMAGE PREVENTION.

SEC. 3. PIPELINE DAMAGE PREVENTION. (a) Minimum Standards for State One-Call Notification Programs.—Section 6103(a) is amended to read as follows: “(a) Minimum Standards. “(1) In general. In order to qualify for a grant under section 6106, a State one-call notification program, at a minimum, shall provide for— “(A) appropriate participation by all underground facility operators, including all government operators; “(B) appropriate participation by all excavators, including all government and contract excavators; and “(C) flexible and effective enforcement under State law with respect to participation in, and use of, one-call notification systems. “(2) Exemptions prohibited. In order to qualify for a grant under section 6106, a State one-call notification program may not exempt municipalities, State agencies, or their contractors from the one-call notification system requirements of the program.” . (b) State Damage Prevention Programs.—Section 60134(a) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by striking “and” after the semicolon; (2) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking “(b).” and inserting “(b); and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(3) does not provide any exemptions to municipalities, State agencies, or their contractors from the one-call notification system requirements of the program.” . (c) [49 U.S.C. 6103 note] Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. (d) Excavation Damage.— (1) Study.—The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study on the impact of excavation damage on pipeline safety. (2) Contents.—The study shall include— (A) an analysis of the frequency and severity of different types of excavation damage incidents; (B) an analysis of exemptions to the one-call notification system requirements in each State; (C) a comparison of exemptions to the one-call notification system requirements in each State to the types of excavation damage incidents in that State; and (D) an analysis of the potential safety benefits and adverse consequences of eliminating all exemptions for mechanized excavation from State one-call notification systems. (3) Report.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study.