[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2023 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2023

  To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 16, 2005

 Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. Thune) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. AUDITS AND REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1021. AUDITS AND REPORTS.

    ``(a) Audits.--Not later than April 30 of the fiscal year in which 
this section is enacted, and every April 30 thereafter, the President 
shall provide to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives an audit conducted by an independent third party that 
includes a detailed accounting of--
            ``(1) all funds from the Fund disbursed by the National 
        Pollution Funds Center; and
            ``(2) all funds from the Fund administered and managed by 
        the receiving agencies, including final payments made through 
        agencies, contractors, and subcontractors.
    ``(b) Reports.--Not later than February 28 of the fiscal year in 
which this section is enacted, and every February 28 thereafter, the 
Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
Transportation, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, and the heads of any other Federal agencies that, during the 
preceding fiscal year, received funds from the Fund, shall--
            ``(1) provide to the President a report accounting for the 
        uses of the funds by the Federal agency, including a 
        description of ways in which those uses relate to--
                    ``(A) oil pollution liability, compensation, 
                prevention, preparedness, and removal;
                    ``(B) natural resource damage assessment and 
                restoration;
                    ``(C) oil pollution research and development; and
                    ``(D) other oil pollution-related activities; and
            ``(2) make each report available to the public and other 
        interested parties via the Internet website of the National 
        Pollution Funds Center.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections in section 2 of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. prec. 1001) is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 1020 the following:

``Sec. 1021. Audits and reports.''.
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