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HR 5698 111th Congress House Energy

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect employees from retaliation for notifying government officials of violations of those Acts, and for other…

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To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect employees from retaliation for notifying government officials of violations of those Acts, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 1, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Jul 8, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5698: To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect employees from retaliation for notifying government officials of violations of those Acts, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5698/
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"H.R. 5698: To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect employees from retaliation for notifying government officials of violations of those Acts, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5698/.
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H.R. 5698, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5698/.
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[H.R. 5698: To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect employees from retaliation for notifying government officials of violations of those Acts, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5698/)
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