3.0.0 2950 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z Senate S 2016-05-18 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-18T20:37:41Z Gold King Mine Spill Recovery Act of 2015 114 3602 HR 2015-10-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Related bill CRS Gold King Mine Spill Accountability Act of 2016 114 4483 HR 2016-02-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Related bill CRS Gold King Mine Spill Recovery Act of 2015 114 2063 S 2015-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2016-05-18 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2016-05-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2016-05-18 True Environmental Protection Colorado Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Federal-Indian relations Government liability Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Intergovernmental relations Lakes and rivers New Mexico Pollution liability Public contracts and procurement Solid waste and recycling State and local government operations Wages and earnings Water quality Environmental Protection 00 2016-05-18 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-10T21:46:32Z Gold King Accountability and Compensation for Taxpayers or the Gold King ACT

This bill allows a person to bring a compensation claim for allowable damages (i.e., property, business, or financial losses) under the Federal Tort Claims Act if the claim is related to an injury resulting from the spill in Cement Creek from the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado. The spill occurred on August 5, 2015. The bill prohibits certain exemptions and limitations on tort claims against the United States under the Act from applying to claims for injuries resulting from the spill.

The EPA must receive, process, and pay under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 claims related to the Gold King Mine spill, including claims that otherwise would be ineligible under that Act or the national oil and hazardous substances pollution contingency plan if the response action carried out by the claimant is not inconsistent with the plan. The EPA must pay claims from unobligated balances in its accounts.

The EPA must develop and implement a program for long-term water quality monitoring of the Animas River.

]]> Gold King ACT Display Title Gold King ACT Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to receive, process, and pay certain claims relating to the Gold King Mine spill. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Gold King ACT Short Titles as Introduced Gold King Accountability and Compensation for Taxpayers Introduced in Senate 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2950is/xml/BILLS-114s2950is.xml 2016-05-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.