OIL POLLUTION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: require responsible parties to pay full cost of offshore oil spills (see S. 214), S338 [27JA] (see H.R. 492), H508 [26JA]

Courts: extend liability to corporations, partnerships, and other persons having ownership interests in responsible parties (see H.R. 54), H34 [5JA]

———facilitate ability of persons affected by oil spills to seek judicial redress (see S. 594), S1751 [16MR] (see H.R. 2386), H4574 [24JN]

Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: permit use by Federal agencies to research, prevent, and respond to oil spills, for environmental studies, and grants for affected communities (see S. 204), S272 [26JA]

Research: establish oil spill research committee, program, and interagency plan (see H.R. 1568), H2855 [14AP]

Taxation: deny a deduction for removal costs and damages for which taxpayers are liable under the Oil Pollution Act (see H.R. 53), H34 [5JA]

———require responsible parties to pay full cost of offshore oil spills (see S. 215), S338 [27JA]

Water pollution: impose penalties and provide for the recovery of removal costs and damages in connection with certain discharges of oil from foreign offshore units (see H.R. 3393), H7398 [4NO]

———provide for the recovery of removal costs and damages in connection with certain discharges of oil from foreign offshore units (see S. 1836), S7294 [9NO]

Remarks in House

Courts: facilitate ability of persons affected by oil spills to seek judicial redress (H.R. 2386), E1205 [24JN]

Remarks in Senate

Water pollution: provide for the recovery of removal costs and damages in connection with certain discharges of oil from foreign offshore units (S. 1836), S8023 [30NO]