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111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3472
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 9, 2010
Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Kaufman, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Casey, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Franken, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. Stabenow) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited
Liability Act of 2010
.
Removal of limits on liability for offshore facilities
In general
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
.
Effective date
The amendment made by this section takes effect on April 15, 2010.