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[H.R. 1684 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 398
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1684

                          [Report No. 114-518]

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2015

 Mr. Curbelo of Florida (for himself, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Young 
 of Alaska, Mr. Sires, and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

                             April 25, 2016

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Dold, Mr. Lance, Mr. Joyce, 
Ms. Graham, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Mr. Posey, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
 Chabot, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Miller of Florida, Ms. Wasserman 
 Schultz, Mr. Walden, Mr. MacArthur, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Rodney Davis of 
  Illinois, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Clawson of 
 Florida, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Wilson of Florida, 
 Mr. Coffman, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. 
   Grothman, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Bilirakis, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. 
Rangel, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Katko, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. 
  Grayson, Mr. Cartwright, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Mica, and Mr. 
                                 Hanna


                             April 25, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               26, 2015]

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    Section 1001(32) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2701(32)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (F) as 
        subparagraphs (E) through (G), respectively;
            (2) 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 
                boundary 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
            (3) in subparagraph (G), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``or offshore facility, the persons'' and inserting ``offshore 
        facility, or foreign offshore unit or other facility located 
        seaward of the boundary of the exclusive economic zone, the 
        persons or entities''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 398

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1684

                          [Report No. 114-518]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 25, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed