[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 828 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 828

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

                             April 25, 2013

 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, and Mr. 
  Whitehouse) 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 2013''.

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

    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''.
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