3.0.0 3497 2023-01-11T13:19:47Z 2023-01-11T13:19:47Z Senate S S 2010-06-16 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2010-06-24T17:49:42Z Referred to 2010-06-16T21:08:59Z 2010-06-24 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-653, pt. 5. Committee 2010-06-16 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2010-06-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2010-06-16 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2010-06-30 False Energy Accidents Congressional oversight Environmental technology Government studies and investigations Gulf of Mexico Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Technology assessment Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Energy 00 2010-06-16 Introduced in Senate 2010-06-22T20:19:44Z Oil Spill Prevention and Mitigation Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, in the case of each lease issued or renewed after enactment of this Act, to require the incorporation into the lease of a peer-reviewed response plan describing the means and timeline for containment and termination of an ongoing discharge of oil at the depth at which the exploration, development, or production authorized under the lease is to take place.

Requires the Secretary, before determining whether to issue a new lease, to certify the technological feasibility of methods proposed to be used under a response plan, as demonstrated through simulation, demonstration, or other means.

Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to: (1) conduct a study, in collaboration with the Office of Fossil Energy, on means of improving prevention methodologies and technological responses to oil spills and mitigating their effects on natural habitat; (2) convene a task force to assess the prevention methodologies and technological response to the blowout and explosion of the offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon that occurred on April 20, 2010, and resulting hydrocarbon releases and assess the adequacy of existing technologies for prevention and responses to deep water oil spills; and (3) recommend means of improving prevention methodologies and technological responses to future spills and mitigating their effects on natural habitat.

Requires the Comptroller General to study and report on existing capabilities and legal authorities of the federal government to prevent and respond to oil spills, including an assessment of the extent to which such capabilities and authorities have been fully used in the response to the Deepwater Horizon incident and resulting hydrocarbon releases.

]]> Oil Spill Prevention and Mitigation Improvement Act of 2010 Display Title Oil Spill Prevention and Mitigation Improvement Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require leases entered into under that Act to include a plan that describes the means and timeline for containment and termination of an ongoing discharge of oil, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Oil Spill Prevention and Mitigation Improvement Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-06-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3497is/xml/BILLS-111s3497is.xml 2010-06-24 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-653, pt. 5. 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.