PUBLIC LAW 107-355—DEC. 17, 2002 116 STAT. 2995 groups of individuals (not including for-profit entities) relating to the safety of pipeline facilities in local communities, other than facilities regulated under Public Law 93-153 (43 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.). The Secretary shall establish competitive proce- Procedures^ dures for awarding grants under this section and criteria for selecting grant recipients. The amount of any grant under this section may not exceed $50,000 for a single grant recipient. The Secretary shall establish appropriate procedures to ensure the proper use of funds provided under this section. "(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DEFINED.— In this subsection, the term 'technical assistance' means engineering and other scientific analysis of pipeline safety issues, including the promotion of public participation in official proceedings conducted under this chapter. "(b) PROHIBITED USES.—Funds provided under this section may not be used for lobbying or in direct support of litigation. "(c) ANNUAL REPORT.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the last Deadline, day of each fiscal year for which grants are made by the Secretary under this section, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives on grants made under this section in the preceding fiscal year. "(2) CONTENTS. —The report shall include— "(A) a listing of the identity and location of each recipient of a grant under this section in the preceding fiscal year and the amount received by the recipient; "(B) a description of the purpose for which each grant was made; and "(C) a description of how each grant was used by the recipient. "(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for carrying out this section $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2006. Such amounts shall not be derived from user fees collected under section 60301.". (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. —The analysis for chapter 601 is amended by adding at the end the following: "60130. Pipeline safety information grants to communities.". SEC. 10. OPERATOR ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 60118 is amended by adding at the end the following: "(e) OPERATOR ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATIONS. — If the Secretary or the National Transportation Safety Board investigate an accident involving a pipeline facility, the operator of the facility shall make available to the Secretary or the Board all records and information that in any way pertain to the accident (including integrity management plans and test results), and shall afford all reasonable assistance in the investigation of the accident.". (b) CORRECTIVE ACTION ORDERS. —Section 60112(d) is amended— (1) by striking "If the Secretary" and inserting the following: "(1) IN GENERAL.—I f the Secretary";
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