[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3473 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3473
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AN ACT
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ADVANCES FROM OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND FOR DEEPWATER
HORIZON OIL SPILL.
Section 6002(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2752)
is amended in the second sentence--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``Coast Guard''; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``and (2) in the case of the discharge of oil that
began in 2010 in connection with the explosion on, and sinking
of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, may,
without further appropriation, obtain 1 or more advances from
the Fund as needed, up to a maximum of $100,000,000 for each
advance, with the total amount of all advances not to exceed
the amounts available under section 9509(c)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, and within 7 days of each advance, shall
notify Congress of the amount advanced and the facts and
circumstances necessitating the advance''.
SEC. 2. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
Passed the Senate June 9, 2010.
Attest:
Secretary.
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3473
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.