3.0.0 1311 2023-01-11T13:31:09Z 2023-01-11T13:31:09Z Senate S 2015-05-12 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-06-09T14:08:34Z Referred to 2015-05-12T21:45:26Z 2015-06-09 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-05-12 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N Energy Civil actions and liability Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Pollution liability Energy 00 2015-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-01T15:40:25Z Oil Spill Deterrent Act

This bill amends: (1) the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to increase from $5,000 to $100,000 the civil penalty for failure to take corrective action pertaining to drilling violations on federal land, and (2) the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase from $20,000 to $250,000 the civil penalty for failure to take corrective action pertaining to drilling violations on the Outer Continental Shelf.

Both Acts authorize the Department of the Interior to increase such penalties after notice and an opportunity for public comment.

]]> Oil Spill Deterrent Act Display Title Oil Spill Deterrent Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to modify certain penalties to deter oil spills. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Oil Spill Deterrent Act Introduced in Senate 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1311is/xml/BILLS-114s1311is.xml 2015-06-09 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. 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.