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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 May 21, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 3305 Related bill Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2010
  • S 3472 Text similarities Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 30, 2010
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 14, 2010
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 8, 2010
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · May 27, 2010
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 25, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5355: 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.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5355/
MLA
"H.R. 5355: 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.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5355/.
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H.R. 5355, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5355/.
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