[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3346 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3346

 To increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf 
                               Lands Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 11, 2010

Mr. Whitehouse (for himself and Mr. Menendez) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf 
                               Lands Act.

    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 ``Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
Amendments Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. REMEDIES AND PENALTIES UNDER THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS 
              ACT.

    (a) Civil Penalties.--Section 24(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1350(b)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``$20,000'' and inserting ``$75,000''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``may be assessed'' and 
        inserting ``of not more than $150,000 for each day of the 
        continuance of the failure shall be assessed''; and
    (b) Criminal Penalties.--The first sentence of section 24(c) of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1350(c)) is amended by 
striking ``$100,000'' and inserting ``$10,000,000''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect on April 15, 2010.
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