3.0.0 865 2022-11-01T18:17:21Z 2022-11-05T19:31:20Z Senate S 2019-03-25 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-25T22:45:13Z 2019-03-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-03-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2019-03-27 False Environmental Protection Congressional oversight Education programs funding Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Government trust funds Great Lakes Higher education Inflation and prices Lakes and rivers Marine and inland water transportation Marine pollution Navigation, waterways, harbors Oil and gas Pollution liability Research administration and funding Sales and excise taxes Environmental Protection 00 2019-03-25 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-30T21:41:49Z Spill Response and Prevention Surety Act

This bill provides support for responding to oil spills.

Specifically, it makes permanent and modifies the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which provides funds to pay removal costs and claims for damages resulting from oil spills into navigable waters of the United States. Under current law, the fund is financed primarily by an excise tax on domestic crude oil and imported petroleum products. The bill expands the definition of crude oil for purposes of such tax to include any bitumen or bituminous mixture as well as any oil derived from a bitumen or bituminous mixture.

The bill revises requirements governing the use of the funds. For example, the bill doubles the limit placed on expenditures from the fund that may be used for (1) any single incident, or (2) natural resource damages.

In addition, the bill allows the fund to be used for carrying out grant programs established by this bill. The Department of Homeland Security must biennially award grants to eligible institutions of higher education for oil spill response research and technology development activities and programs as well as oil spill prevention activities and programs. Grants may also be given to states for oil spill prevention activities and programs.

]]> Spill Response and Prevention Surety Act Display Title Spill Response and Prevention Surety Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Spill Response and Prevention Surety Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to establish an oil spill response and prevention grant program and provide for advances from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the application of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s865is/xml/BILLS-116s865is.xml 2019-03-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.