[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2700 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2700

 To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to double the liability limits 
    for single-hull tankers and tank barges for 2009, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 4, 2008

Mr. Lautenberg 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 double the liability limits 
   for single-hull tankers and tank bargers for 2009, 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. INCREASED SINGLE-HULL LIABILITY LIMITS FOR 2009.

    Section 1004(a)(1)(A) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2704) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) with respect to a single-hull vessel, 
                including a single-hull vessel fitted with double sides 
                only or a double bottom--
                            ``(i) only $3,000 per gross ton, if the 
                        incident for which liability is imposed under 
                        section 1002 occurs before January 1, 2009; and
                            ``(ii) only $6,000 per gross ton, if the 
                        incident for which liability is imposed under 
                        section 1002 occurs after December 31, 2009, 
                        and before January 1, 2010;''.
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