H.R. 5355House111th Congress (2009-2011)In Committee

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge of oil from an offshore oil facility.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

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May 21, 2010

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May 20, 2010

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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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May 20, 2010

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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May 21, 2010

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

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May 21, 2010

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Introduced in HouseIssued May 20, 2010

111th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 5355

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 20, 2010

Mr. Grijalva introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge of oil from an offshore oil facility.

Repeal of limitation of liability of responsible party for discharge of oil from an offshore facility

(a)

Repeal

Section 1004(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)) is amended by—

(1)

inserting and after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (2);

(2)

striking paragraph (3); and

(3)

redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).

(b)

Effective date

The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on April 15, 2010.