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HR 492 112th Congress House

Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require responsible parties to pay the full cost of offshore oil spills, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 26, 2011 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Marine pollutionOil and gasPollution liability
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Jan 27, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jan 26, 2011
Introduced in House
Jan 26, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 Latest action January 27, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to remove the limit on liability (currently, the total of all removal costs plus $75 million) of a party responsible for an offshore facility except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines.

Makes this Act effective on April 15, 2010.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Nov 27, 2012
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 26, 2011
FRANK, BARNEY
· Jan 26, 2011
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jan 26, 2011
INSLEE, JAY
· Jan 26, 2011
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jan 26, 2011
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 26, 2011
Sutton, Betty
· Jan 26, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 492: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-492/
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"H.R. 492: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-492/.
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H.R. 492, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-492/.
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