[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 492 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 492

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2011

 Mr. Holt (for himself, Mr. Inslee, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Frank 
 of Massachusetts, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Connolly of 
  Virginia, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Sutton, Mr. 
Farr, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. 
 Braley of Iowa, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Speier, and Mr. Stark) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require responsible parties 
  to pay the full cost of offshore 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 Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF LIMITS ON LIABILITY FOR OFFSHORE FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1004(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) by striking paragraph (3); and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1004(b)(2) of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 is amended by striking the second sentence.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on April 15, 2010.
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