3.0.0 5895 2023-01-11T13:21:52Z 2023-01-11T13:21:52Z House H HR 2010-07-28 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2010-12-20T19:04:39Z Referred to 2010-07-28T14:01:39Z 2010-12-20 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. Committee 2010-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2010-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] MAXINE WATERS D CA 35 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2010-07-28 True J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2010-07-28 True C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-32] Judy Chu D CA 32 2010-09-29 False Law Civil actions and liability Contracts and agency Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Pollution liability Law 00 2010-07-28 Introduced in House 2010-09-07T19:16:12Z Gulf Coast Oil Spill Legal Liabilities and Claims Act of 2010 - Prohibits settlement, legal release, or other agreement from extinguishing or limiting liability in a civil action for significant harm arising from a discharge into waters off the shore of the United States of a substance that contaminates a marine or coastal environment or endangers public health, if such settlement, legal release, or agreement is entered into under coercion or duress or is entered into in exchange for any benefit other than a settlement of claims pending.

Amends the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 to exclude from class actions under such Act any action brought by a state or one of its subdivisions on behalf of its citizens.

Amends the federal judicial code to exclude an action brought by a state or one of its subdivisions on behalf of its citizens from the meaning of a class action or mass action.

]]> Gulf Coast Oil Spill Legal Liabilities and Claims Act of 2010 Display Title Gulf Coast Oil Spill Legal Liabilities and Claims Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To limit the effect of legal releases in certain civil actions, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Gulf Coast Oil Spill Legal Liabilities and Claims Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5895ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5895ih.xml 2010-12-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.