HR 5355
111th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Accidents
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge of oil from an offshore oil facility.
Introduced: May 20, 2010
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
May 21, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
May 20, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 20, 2010
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to repeal the limitation on the liability (currently, the total of all removal costs plus $75 million) of the party responsible for an offshore facility, except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged (or which poses a substantial threat of discharge) into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines or the exclusive economic zone.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.