1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pipeline Security Act . 2. Pipeline security responsibilities Subsection (f) of section 114 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (15), by striking and after the semicolon at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (16) as paragraph (17); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (15) the following new paragraph: (16) maintain responsibility, in coordination with the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as appropriate, relating to securing pipeline transportation and pipeline facilities (as such terms are defined in section 60101 of this title) against cybersecurity threats (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–113 ; 6 U.S.C. 1501 )), an act of terrorism (as such term is defined in section 3077 of title 18), and other nefarious acts that jeopardize the physical security or cybersecurity of such transportation or facilities; and . 3. Pipeline security section (a) In general Title XII of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 1209. Pipeline security section (a) Establishment There is within the Transportation Security Administration a pipeline security section to carry out pipeline security programs in furtherance of section 114(f)(16) of title 49, United States Code. (b) Mission The mission of the section referred to in subsection (a) is to oversee, in coordination with the the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, the security of pipeline transportation and pipeline facilities (as such terms are defined in section 60101 of title 49, United States Code) against cybersecurity threats (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–113