An amendment numbered 4 printed in Part B of House Report 111-582 to ensure that the ethics guidelines required for certain Department of Interior employees are updated at least every three years. The amendment would also ensure that the best available technology for oil spill response and mitigation, and the availability and accessibility of that technology is part of the Offshore Technology Research and Risk Assessment Program. Finally, the amendment would require that operators annually certify that their response and exploration plans include the best available technology and its availability.

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   Change 1: Inserts “The Secretary shall update the supplementary ethics guidance not less than once every thr…” on page 28, line 16

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   Inserted: The Secretary shall update the supplementary ethics guidance not less than once every three years thereafter.

   Original wording

   Page 28, line 16, insert at the end the following new sentence: “The Secretary shall update the supplementary ethics guidance not less than once every three years thereafter.”.

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   Change 2: Rewrites page 78, line 16

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   Removes page 78, line 16 of the printed bill. See that page

   Inserted: (D) oil spill response and mitigation, including reviews of the best available technology for oil spill response and mitigation and the availability and accessibility of such technology in each region where leasing is taking place;'

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   Page 78, strike line 16, and insert the following:

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   Change 3: Strikes “and”

   StrikesPage 82, line 18Printed page

   Struck: and

   Original wording

   Page 82, line 18, strike “and”.

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   Change 4: Replaces the period on page 82, line 23 with “; and”

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   …[struck: .][inserted: ; and]

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   Page 82, line 23, strike the period and insert “; and”.

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   Change 5: Inserts new text on page 82, line 23

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   Inserted: (F) updated the operator's response plan required under section 25(c)(7) and exploration plans required under section 11(c)(3) to reflect the best available technology, including the availability of such technology.

   Original wording

   Page 82, after line 23, add the following:

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