3.0.0 214 2023-01-11T13:20:46Z 2023-01-11T13:20:46Z Senate S S 2011-01-27 112 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-01-27T19:57:04Z 2011-01-27 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2011-01-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2011-02-01 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-03-14 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-04-14 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-05-02 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2011-05-03 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-05-12 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-05-19 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2012-03-12 False Environmental Protection Accidents Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Pollution liability Water quality Environmental Protection 00 2011-01-27 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-09T22:27:44Z Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make the party responsible for an offshore facility, except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines liable for all discharge removal costs and damages for each incident (under current law such party is liable for the total of all removal costs plus $75 million).

Makes this Act effective on April 15, 2010.

]]> Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011 Display Title Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-01-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s214is/xml/BILLS-112s214is.xml 2011-01-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.