To improve navigational safety and to reduce the hazards to navigation resulting from vessel collisions with pipelines in the marine environment, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require each pipeline facility under the navigable waters of the marine environment to maintain a specified minimum cover. Requires annual inspections by the owner or operator of each facility. Allows the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to conduct inspections to determine compliance with this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish fees in reasonable relation to U.S. expenses in carrying out this Act.…