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[S. 2023 Reported in Senate (RS)]


                                                       Calendar No. 502
109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2023

                          [Report No. 109-272]

  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

                             June 29, 2006

               Reported by Mr. Inhofe, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. AUDITS AND REPORTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 1021. AUDITS AND REPORTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) all funds from the Fund disbursed by the 
        National Pollution Funds Center; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) all funds from the Fund administered and 
        managed by the receiving agencies, including final payments 
        made through agencies, contractors, and 
        subcontractors.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) oil pollution liability, 
                compensation, prevention, preparedness, and 
                removal;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) natural resource damage assessment 
                and restoration;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) oil pollution research and 
                development; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) other oil pollution-related 
                activities; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) make each report available to the public and 
        other interested parties via the Internet website of the 
        National Pollution Funds Center.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this section.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``Sec. 1021. Audits and reports.''.

</DELETED>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 2 years 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 the Comptroller General of the 
United States that includes a detailed accounting of all funds from the 
Fund in excess of $100,000 that are--
            ``(1) disbursed by the National Pollution Funds Center; and
            ``(2) 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 in excess of 
$100,000, 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.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 502

109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2023

                          [Report No. 109-272]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 29, 2006

                       Reported with an amendment