[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 214 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 214

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

                            January 27, 2011

 Mr. Menendez 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 Unlimited 
Liability Act of 2011''.

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

    (a) In General.--Section 1004(a)(3) of the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``plus $75,000,000'' 
and inserting ``and the liability of the responsible party under 
section 1002''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section takes 
effect on April 15, 2010.
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