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HR 5895 111th Congress House Law Civil actions and liability Contracts and agency Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Pollution liability

Gulf Coast Oil Spill Legal Liabilities and Claims Act of 2010

Introduced: July 28, 2010 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 20, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
Jul 28, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 28, 2010
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gulf Coast Oil Spill Legal Liabilities and Claims Act of 2010 - Prohibits settlement, legal release, or other agreement from extinguishing or limiting liability in a civil action for significant harm arising from a discharge into waters off the shore of the United States of a substance that contaminates a marine or coastal environment or endangers public health, if such settlement, legal release, or agreement is entered into under coercion or duress or is entered into in exchange for any benefit other than a settlement of claims pending.

Amends the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 to exclude from class actions under such Act any action brought by a state or one of its subdivisions on behalf of its citizens.

Amends the federal judicial code to exclude an action brought by a state or one of its subdivisions on behalf of its citizens from the meaning of a class action or mass action.

What's happening now December 20, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1