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HR 3081 101th Congress House

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permit the assesment of civil penalties for certain violations without the requirement of a period for corrective action, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 2, 1989 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Continental shelfFines (Penalties)Indexing (Economic policy)Petroleum in submerged lands
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 18, 1990
See H.R.1465.
Sep 25, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer Continental Shelf.
Sep 25, 1989
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Sep 8, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.
Aug 2, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Aug 2, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Aug 2, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 18, 1990

See H.R.1465.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase the amount of civil penalties that may be prescribed for violations of such Act.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to adjust such penalties triennially to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index.

Authorizes penalties to be assessed without regard to a required period for corrective action if a violation constitutes a threat of serious, irreparable, or immediate harm to life, property, mineral deposits, or the environment.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1465 Procedurally related Oil Pollution Act of 1990
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
GOSS, PORTER
· Aug 2, 1989
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Aug 2, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3081: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permit the assesment of civil penalties for certain violations without the requirement of a period for corrective action, and for other purposes.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3081/
MLA
"H.R. 3081: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permit the assesment of civil penalties for certain violations without the requirement of a period for corrective action, and for other purposes.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3081/.
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H.R. 3081, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3081/.
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