3.0.0 5695 2022-02-08T23:17:49Z 2022-02-08T23:17:49Z House HR 2020-01-28 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McEACHIN:H.R. 5695.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H633]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2020-01-31T16:08:21Z Referred to 2020-01-28T15:01:25Z 2020-01-31 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2020-01-28 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2020-01-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-01-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001200 Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] A. McEachin D VA Donald 4 N G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2020-01-28 True L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 2020-01-28 True H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2020-01-28 True G000578 Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] Matt Gaetz R FL 1 2020-01-28 True C001112 Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] Salud Carbajal D CA O. 24 2020-01-28 True B001260 Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] Vern Buchanan R FL 16 2020-01-28 True L000591 Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] Elaine Luria D VA G. 2 2020-01-29 False Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Business records Department of the Interior Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Manufacturing Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Oil and gas Energy 00 2020-01-28 Introduced in House 2020-05-04T14:23:27Z Offshore Accountability Act of 2020

This bill establishes disclosure and reporting requirements for operators of offshore oil or gas facilities after equipment failures of critical systems.

Such operators must notify the Department of the Interior and the manufacturers of the equipment of such failures. In addition, the operators must provide equipment failure analyses to Interior and the manufacturers. Interior must post the analyses on its website.

Finally, operators must report to Interior on (1) changes made by such manufacturers to the design of critical systems as the result of reported failures, and (2) changes in the operators' procedures as a result of reported failures.

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