S 214
112th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Accidents
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011
Introduced: January 27, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 27, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jan 27, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make the party responsible for an offshore facility, except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines liable for all discharge removal costs and damages for each incident (under current law such party is liable for the total of all removal costs plus $75 million).
Makes this Act effective on April 15, 2010.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
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