[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1566 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1566

  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

                              June 7, 2007

   Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Craig, 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 2 years thereafter, the President 
shall provide to the Committee on 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.''.
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