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HR 5499 111th Congress House Environmental Protection Accidents Budget process Coast guard Congressional oversight Government trust funds Gulf of Mexico Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Pollution liability Water quality

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Introduced: June 10, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 11, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jun 11, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jun 10, 2010
Referred to House Budget
Jun 10, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 10, 2010
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Jun 10, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to exempt advances to the Coast Guard in connection with the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon from the requirement that amounts in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund shall be available only as provided in annual appropriations. Limits such advances to a maximum of $100 million each, with the total amount for all advances not to exceed $1 billion for any single incident and $500 million for natural resource damage assessments and claims for any single incident, provided that, except in the case of payments of removal costs, an advance may be made only if the amount in the Fund after such advance will not be less than $30 million. Requires the Coast Guard to notify Congress of the amount advanced and the facts and circumstances necessitating the advance within seven days of the advance.

Requires the budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, to be determined by reference to the latest statement titled "Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation" for this Act submitted by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

What's happening now June 11, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
Cao, Anh
· Jun 10, 2010
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jun 10, 2010
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Jun 10, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5499: To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5499/
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"H.R. 5499: To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5499/.
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H.R. 5499, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5499/.
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