HR 492
112th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2011
Introduced: January 26, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 27, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jan 26, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 26, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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