[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2023 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 502
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2023
[Report No. 109-272]
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 16, 2005
Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. Thune) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
June 29, 2006
Reported by Mr. Inhofe, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. AUDITS AND REPORTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--Title I of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
(33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``SEC. 1021. AUDITS AND REPORTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(a) Audits.--Not later than April 30 of the fiscal year
in which this section is enacted, and every April 30 thereafter, the
President shall provide to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives an audit conducted by an independent third party that
includes a detailed accounting of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) all funds from the Fund disbursed by the
National Pollution Funds Center; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) all funds from the Fund administered and
managed by the receiving agencies, including final payments
made through agencies, contractors, and
subcontractors.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(b) Reports.--Not later than February 28 of the fiscal
year in which this section is enacted, and every February 28
thereafter, the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary
of Transportation, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, and the heads of any other Federal agencies that, during the
preceding fiscal year, received funds from the Fund, shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) provide to the President a report accounting
for the uses of the funds by the Federal agency, including a
description of ways in which those uses relate to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) oil pollution liability,
compensation, prevention, preparedness, and
removal;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) natural resource damage assessment
and restoration;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(C) oil pollution research and
development; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(D) other oil pollution-related
activities; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) make each report available to the public and
other interested parties via the Internet website of the
National Pollution Funds Center.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out
this section.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections in
section 2 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. prec. 1001) is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1020 the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 1021. Audits and reports.''.
</DELETED>SECTION 1. AUDITS AND REPORTS.
(a) In General.--Title I of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 1021. AUDITS AND REPORTS.
``(a) Audits.--Not later than April 30 of the fiscal year in which
this section is enacted, and every 2 years thereafter, the President
shall provide to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives an audit conducted by the Comptroller General of the
United States that includes a detailed accounting of all funds from the
Fund in excess of $100,000 that are--
``(1) disbursed by the National Pollution Funds Center; and
``(2) administered and managed by the receiving agencies,
including final payments made through agencies, contractors,
and subcontractors.
``(b) Reports.--Not later than February 28 of the fiscal year in
which this section is enacted, and every February 28 thereafter, the
Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of
Transportation, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, and the heads of any other Federal agencies that, during the
preceding fiscal year, received funds from the Fund in excess of
$100,000, shall--
``(1) provide to the President a report accounting for the
uses of the funds by the Federal agency, including a
description of ways in which those uses relate to--
``(A) oil pollution liability, compensation,
prevention, preparedness, and removal;
``(B) natural resource damage assessment and
restoration;
``(C) oil pollution research and development; and
``(D) other oil pollution-related activities; and
``(2) make each report available to the public and other
interested parties via the Internet website of the National
Pollution Funds Center.
``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections in section 2 of
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. prec. 1001) is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 1020 the following:
``Sec. 1021. Audits and reports.''.
Calendar No. 502
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2023
[Report No. 109-272]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act, and for
other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
June 29, 2006
Reported with an amendment