[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 870 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 870

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify oil and 
         hazardous substance liability, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 3, 2011

  Mr. Tester 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 Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify oil and 
         hazardous substance liability, 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 ``Pollution Accountability Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LIABILITY.

    Section 311(b)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, whichever amount 
        is higher'' before the period at the end; and
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``, whichever amount 
        is higher'' before the period at the end.
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