S 4849
117th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Oil Spill Response Review Act of 2022
Introduced: September 14, 2022
Introduced by:
Markey, Edward J.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Became law
Sep 14, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 14, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Oil Spill Response Review Act of 2022
This bill directs the U.S. Coast Guard to develop and carry out a process to update its review of vessel response plans by increasing the collection and improving the quality of incident data on oil spill location and response capability.
The bill also expands expenditure purposes of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must conduct a study on Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency oversight of national, regional, and local area oil spill response frameworks.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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