3.0.0 662 2019-11-15T21:49:55Z 2019-11-15T21:49:55Z Senate S S 2011-03-29 112 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing ssev15 Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife Subcommittee Hearings by 2011-06-28T13:50:29Z Referred to 2011-03-29T18:16:47Z Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2011 112 1228 HR 2011-03-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Identical bill CRS 2011-06-28 ssev15 Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife Subcommittee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-951. Committee 2011-03-29 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2011-03-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2011-04-07 False R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2011-04-12 False Environmental Protection Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Gulf of Mexico Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Pollution liability Environmental Protection 00 2011-03-29 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-25T14:22:00Z Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2011 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enter into an arrangement with the National Academies to convene a panel of scientists to evaluate and report on the natural resource damages from the blowout and explosion of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010, the resulting hydrocarbon releases into the environment, and the various response actions that injured natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico and in state water and land bordering the Gulf of Mexico (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill).

Requires the panel to report on the costs for federal and state trustees designated with respect to natural resource damages from the spill of: (1) restoring such injured natural resources; and (2) compensating such trustees for the loss of natural resource services from April 20, 2010, to the date the natural resources are fully restored. Requires trustees, in assessing such damages, to include a special assessment in an amount equal to 30% of the cost of restoring such resources and services or an amount mutually agreed to by the responsible parties and the trustees. Requires special assessments to be: (1) paid by the responsible parties; (2) used by trustees to conduct projects to restore natural resources injured by such spill; and (3) credited toward any other natural resource damages assessed against the responsible parties for such spill.

Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing a program under which responsible parties can purchase credits for the cost of such projects carried out by trustees.

]]> Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2011 Display Title Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for payments to certain natural resource trustees to assist in restoring natural resources damaged as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s662is/xml/BILLS-112s662is.xml 2011-06-28 Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-951. 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.