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Offshore Accountability Act of 2020

Introduced: January 29, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Jan 31, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jan 28, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 28, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Offshore Accountability Act of 2020

This bill establishes disclosure and reporting requirements for operators of offshore oil or gas facilities after equipment failures of critical systems.

Such operators must notify the Department of the Interior and the manufacturers of the equipment of such failures. In addition, the operators must provide equipment failure analyses to Interior and the manufacturers. Interior must post the analyses on its website.

Finally, operators must report to Interior on (1) changes made by such manufacturers to the design of critical systems as the result of reported failures, and (2) changes in the operators' procedures as a result of reported failures.

What's happening now January 31, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
Luria, Elaine
· Jan 29, 2020
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Jan 28, 2020
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Jan 28, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jan 28, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5695: Offshore Accountability Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5695/
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"H.R. 5695: Offshore Accountability Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5695/.
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