[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2563 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2563

  To authorize certain operations of Canadian oil spill response and 
            recovery vessels in waters of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 1995

 Mr. Longley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize certain operations of Canadian oil spill response and 
            recovery vessels in waters of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF CANADIAN OIL SPILL RESPONSE AND RECOVERY VESSELS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, oil spill response and 
recovery vessels documented under the laws of Canada may operate in 
waters of the United States adjacent to the border between Canada and 
the United States, on an emergency and temporary basis, for the purpose 
of recovering, transporting, and unloading in a United States port oil 
discharged (or that there is a threat will be discharged) in or near 
such waters, if the Federal On-Scene Coordinator for a discharge or 
threat of a discharge of oil determines that an adequate number and 
type of oil spill response and recovery vessels documented under the 
laws of the United States cannot be engaged to recover oil in or near 
those waters in a timely manner.
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