[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 124, 111th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


Public Law 111-191
111th Congress

An Act


 
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill. <>

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ADVANCES FROM OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND FOR
DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL.

Section 6002(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2752) is
amended in the second sentence--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``Coast Guard''; and
(2) <> by inserting before
the period at the end the following: ``and (2) in the case of
the discharge of oil that began in 2010 in connection with the
explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit
Deepwater Horizon, may, without further appropriation, obtain 1
or more advances from the Fund as needed, up to a maximum of
$100,000,000 for each advance, with the total amount of all
advances not to exceed the amounts available under section
9509(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and within 7
days of each advance, shall notify Congress of the amount
advanced and the facts and circumstances necessitating the
advance''.
SEC. 2. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with
the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the

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Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee,
provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on
passage.

Approved June 15, 2010.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3473:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010):
June 9, considered and passed Senate.
June 10, considered and passed House.