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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 204 

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to permit funds in the Oil Spill 

Liability Trust to be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, the Coast Guard, and other Federal agencies for certain 

research, prevention, and response capabilities with respect to discharges 

of oil, for environmental studies, and for grant programs to communities 

affected by oil spills on the outer Continental Shelf, and to provide 

funding for such uses and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 26, 2011 

Mr. BEGICH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to permit funds 

in the Oil Spill Liability Trust to be used by the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Coast 

Guard, and other Federal agencies for certain research, 

prevention, and response capabilities with respect to discharges of oil, for environmental studies, and for grant 

programs to communities affected by oil spills on the 

outer Continental Shelf, and to provide funding for such 

uses and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Resources for Oil Spill 

3 Research and Prevention Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND. 

5 (a) OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND FINANCING

6 RATE.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

8 4611(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

9 amended by inserting ‘‘except as provided in para10 graph (3)’’ before ‘‘the Oil Spill Liability Trust 

11 Fund financing rate’’. 

12 (2) ADDITIONAL RATE ON CRUDE OIL.—Para13 graph (2) of section 4611(c) of the Internal Revenue 

14 Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 

15 following new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL RATE ON CRUDE OIL.—In the 

17 case of crude oil on which a tax is imposed under 

18 subsection (a)(1) or (b), the Oil Spill Liability Trust 

19 Fund financing rate under paragraph (2)(B) shall 

20 be increased by— 

21 ‘‘(A) in the case of domestic crude oil, 3 

22 cents a barrel, and 

23 ‘‘(B) in the case of any other crude oil, 7 

24 cents a barrel.’’. 

25 (3) REPEAL OF TERMINATION.—Section 4611 

26 of such Code is amended by striking subsection (f). 


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1 (4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

2 by this subsection shall take effect on the first day 

3 of the first calendar quarter after the date of enact4 ment of this Act. 

5 (b) REFERENCE TO OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990.— 

6 Section 9509(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘on the date of the enactment of this 

8 subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘on the date of the enactment 

9 of the Resources for Oil Spill Research and Prevention 

10 Act’’. 

11 SEC. 3. USES OF THE OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND. 

12 Section 1012(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 

13 U.S.C. 2712(a)) is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

15 the end; 

16 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

17 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(7) with respect to amounts in the Fund at20 tributable taxes received under section 4611(c)(3) of 

21 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986— 

22 ‘‘(A) the payment of costs incurred by the 

23 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra24 tion, the Coast Guard, and other Federal agen25 cies in maintaining research, prevention, and 


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1 response capabilities with respect to discharges 

2 of oil; 

3 ‘‘(B) the payment of costs incurred in car4 rying out environmental assessment studies; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(C) the provision of grants to affected 

7 States, communities, institutions of higher edu8 cation, and other entities for use in carrying 

9 out research relating to discharges of oil on the 

10 outer Continental Shelf of the United States.’’. 

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