3.0.0 5356 2023-01-11T13:20:09Z 2023-01-11T13:20:09Z House H HR 2010-05-20 111 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2010-05-21T14:19:42Z hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Referred to 2010-05-21T14:19:25Z Referred to 2010-05-20T14:03:40Z Oil Spill Response and Assistance Act 111 3375 S 2010-05-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Identical bill CRS 2010-05-21 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2010-05-21 hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Committee 2010-05-20 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2010-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000575 Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7] ROY BLUNT R MO 7 N M001144 Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] Jeff Miller R FL 1 2010-05-20 True B001244 Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1] Jo Bonner R AL 1 2010-05-20 True Environmental Protection Accidents Administrative law and regulatory procedures Coast guard Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Environmental technology Government studies and investigations Gulf of Mexico Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Pollution liability Water quality Environmental Protection 00 2010-05-20 Introduced in House 2010-05-29T19:24:01Z Oil Spill Response and Assistance Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Energy, within two years, to require the development and deployment of certain technology for use in the event of a breach or explosion at, or a significant discharge of oil from, a deepwater port, offshore facility, or tank vessel (covered event), including: (1) technology for use in capping underwater oil wells that is effective at water depths at least 2,000 feet deeper than the limits of oil and gas production on the outer continental shelf as of the date of enactment of this Act; (2) flameproof booms capable of functioning in the open ocean with six-foot waves; and (3) remote operated vehicles for use in the open ocean that are capable of welding and cutting or torching below 15,000 feet of water. Requires the purchase and deployment of such technologies in such locations throughout the United States as would permit their use within 24 hours of a covered event.

Doubles the limits on the total of the liability of, and the removal costs incurred by or on behalf of, the party responsible for a vessel or a facility from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or the exclusive economic zone. Increases such a limit to the amount of a party's aggregate net after-tax profits generated during the four full financial reporting quarters preceding the date of an incident if that amount exceeds the limit otherwise applicable.

Makes this Act effective on April 15, 2010.

Requires the head of a federal agency that has carried out an activity with respect to the oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 to study and report to Congress on the effectiveness of the coordination of, and the success of, federal government actions relating to the spill.

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