The bill requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a confidential, voluntary information-sharing system to improve pipeline safety.
The PHMSA Voluntary Information Sharing Act requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a confidential, voluntary information-sharing system (VIS) to encourage the sharing of pipeline safety data and information in a nonpunitive context. The VIS will be governed by a Governing Board, which will be composed of representatives from various pipeline safety stakeholders. The Governing Board will appoint a Third-Party Data Manager to manage the data and information submitted to the VIS.
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