S.Amdt. 4240

SA 4240. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Kaufman, and Mr. Franken) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4899, making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table, as follows:

On page 79, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

removal of limits on liability for offshore facilities

Sec. 2002. (a) Section 1004(a)(3) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(3)) is amended by striking “plus $75,000,000” and inserting “and the liability of the responsible party under section 1002”.

(b) The amendment made by this section takes effect on April 15, 2010.