Directs the Energy Department to fund competitive demonstration projects and a joint research program with the Transportation Department and NIST to develop advanced pipeline materials, sensors, and safety technologies, and to set up a National Pipeline Modernization Center.

• Creates a demonstration initiative that awards competitive financial assistance to universities, national laboratories, nonprofits, and companies for pipeline projects, with $45,000,000 authorized for fiscal year 2026 and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030.
• Establishes a Joint Program among the Energy Department, Transportation Department, and NIST for low-readiness pipeline research, and a National Pipeline Modernization Center that works with industry and coordinates with existing pipeline safety training.
• Authorizes NIST to allocate up to $2,500,000 per fiscal year from 2026 through 2030 for pipeline measurement, testing, and standards work.
• Extends a 2022 research authorization through 2030 and adds $455,000,000 for pipeline research, offset by reductions of the same total to other amounts in that authorization.

• Science, Space, and Technology Committee (House)

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