HR 54
112th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Accidents
Corporate finance and management
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
STOP Act
Introduced: January 5, 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 6, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jan 5, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 5, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Stand by your Oil Pollution Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) extend liability to any corporation, partnership, or other person (other than an individual) having an ownership interest exceeding 25% in any responsible party; and (2) limit such an entity's liability with respect to an incident (any occurrence or series of occurrences having the same origin, involving vessels and facilities, resulting in the discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil) to no more than the percentage of the entity's aggregate ownership interests in all other responsible parties with respect to such incident.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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