[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[H.R. 1684 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1684


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2016

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to impose penalties and provide for the recovery of removal 
  costs and damages in connection with certain discharges of oil from 
            foreign offshore units, 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 ``Foreign Spill Protection Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. LIABILITY OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF FOREIGN FACILITIES.

    (a) Oil Pollution Control Act Amendments.--Section 1001 of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (26)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``onshore or 
                offshore facility, any person'' and inserting ``onshore 
                facility, offshore facility, or foreign offshore unit 
                or other facility located seaward of the exclusive 
                economic zone, any person or entity''; and
                    (B) in clause (iii), by striking ``offshore 
                facility, the person who'' and inserting ``offshore 
                facility or foreign offshore unit or other facility 
                located seaward of the exclusive economic zone, the 
                person or entity that''; and
            (2) in paragraph (32)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (F) 
                as subparagraphs (E) through (G), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
                following:
                    ``(D) Foreign facilities.--In the case of a foreign 
                offshore unit or other facility located seaward of the 
                exclusive economic zone, any person or other entity 
                owning or operating the facility, and any leaseholder, 
                permit holder, assignee, or holder of a right of use 
                and easement granted under applicable foreign law for 
                the area in which the facility is located.''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (G), as so redesignated, by 
                striking ``or offshore facility, the persons who'' and 
                inserting ``, offshore facility, or foreign offshore 
                unit or other facility located seaward of the exclusive 
                economic zone, the persons or entities that''.
    (b) Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments.--Section 311(a) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(a)(11)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and any facility'' and inserting ``any 
        facility''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, and, for the purposes of applying 
        subsections (b), (c), (e), and (o), any foreign offshore unit 
        (as defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act) or any 
        other facility located seaward of the exclusive economic zone'' 
        after ``public vessel''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 26, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.