[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3305 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3305

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay 
          the full cost of oil spills, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 4, 2010

 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
 Cardin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Sanders) 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 require oil polluters to pay 
          the full cost of oil spills, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Big Oil Bailout Prevention Liability 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. LIMITS ON LIABILITY FOR OFFSHORE FACILITIES.

    Section 1004(a)(3) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2704(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``$75,000,000'' and inserting 
``$10,000,000,000''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on April 
15, 2010.
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