[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 468 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 468
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 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
January 12, 2017
Mr. Curbelo of Florida (for himself, Mr. Soto, Ms. Pingree, Mr.
Lowenthal, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Norton, Ms. Wasserman
Schultz, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Payne, Mr. Katko, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr.
Blumenauer, and Mr. Diaz-Balart) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 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
2017''.
SEC. 2. LIABILITY OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF FOREIGN FACILITIES.
(a) Oil Pollution Act of 1990 Amendments.--
(1) Definitions.--Section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (26)(A)--
(i) 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, including a facility located in,
on, or under any land within a foreign country,
any person''; and
(ii) 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, including a
facility located in, on, or under any land
within a foreign country, the person or entity
that'';
(B) in paragraph (27), by inserting before the
semicolon at the end the following: ``, including any
foreign individual and any foreign public or private
entity''; and
(C) in paragraph (32)--
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (D)
through (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G),
respectively;
(ii) 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, including a facility located
in, on, or under any land within a foreign country, any
person 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
(iii) 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
exclusive economic zone, including a facility
located in, on, or under any land within a
foreign country, the persons or entities''.
(2) Actions on behalf of fund.--Section 1015(c) of the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2715(c)) is amended, in the
third sentence, by adding before the period at the end the
following: ``, or any other facility located seaward of the
exclusive economic zone, including a facility located in, on,
or under any land within a foreign country''.
(b) Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment.--Section
311(a)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1321(a)(6)) is amended by striking ``(B)'' and all that follows through
``and (C)'' and inserting the following ``(B) in the case of a
facility, any person owning or operating the facility, and (C)''.
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