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Calendar No. 502 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2023 

[Report No. 109–272] 

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 16, 2005 

Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. THUNE) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works 

JUNE 29, 2006 

Reported by Mr. INHOFE, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that 

Act, 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. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Oil Pollution Act 

3 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) is amended by adding 

4 at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1021. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 

6 ‘‘(a) AUDITS.—Not later than April 30 of the fiscal 

7 year in which this section is enacted, and every April 30 

8 thereafter, the President shall provide to the Committees 

9 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Environ10 ment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee 

11 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

12 Representatives an audit conducted by an independent 

13 third party that includes a detailed accounting of— 

14 ‘‘(1) all funds from the Fund disbursed by the 

15 National Pollution Funds Center; and 

16 ‘‘(2) all funds from the Fund administered and 

17 managed by the receiving agencies, including final 

18 payments made through agencies, contractors, and 

19 subcontractors. 

20 ‘‘(b) REPORTS.—Not later than February 28 of the 

21 fiscal year in which this section is enacted, and every Feb22 ruary 28 thereafter, the Secretary, the Secretary of the 

23 Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, the Adminis24 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the 

25 heads of any other Federal agencies that, during the pre26 ceding fiscal year, received funds from the Fund, shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) provide to the President a report account2 ing for the uses of the funds by the Federal agency, 

3 including a description of ways in which those uses 

4 relate to— 

5 ‘‘(A) oil pollution liability, compensation, 

6 prevention, preparedness, and removal; 

7 ‘‘(B) natural resource damage assessment 

8 and restoration; 

9 ‘‘(C) oil pollution research and develop10 ment; and 

11 ‘‘(D) other oil pollution-related activities; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(2) make each report available to the public 

14 and other interested parties via the Internet website 

15 of the National Pollution Funds Center. 

16 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec18 essary to carry out this section.’’. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec20 tions in section 2 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 

21 U.S.C. prec. 1001) is amended by inserting after the item 

22 relating to section 1020 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1021. Audits and reports.’’. 


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1 SECTION 1. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Oil Pollution Act of 

3 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

4 end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1021. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 

6 ‘‘(a) AUDITS.—Not later than April 30 of the fiscal 

7 year in which this section is enacted, and every 2 years 

8 thereafter, the President shall provide to the Committees on 

9 Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Environment 

10 and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on 

11 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep12 resentatives an audit conducted by the Comptroller General 

13 of the United States that includes a detailed accounting of 

14 all funds from the Fund in excess of $100,000 that are— 

15 ‘‘(1) disbursed by the National Pollution Funds 

16 Center; and 

17 ‘‘(2) administered and managed by the receiving 

18 agencies, including final payments made through 

19 agencies, contractors, and subcontractors. 

20 ‘‘(b) REPORTS.—Not later than February 28 of the fis21 cal year in which this section is enacted, and every Feb22 ruary 28 thereafter, the Secretary, the Secretary of the Inte23 rior, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of 

24 the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads of any 

25 other Federal agencies that, during the preceding fiscal 


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1 year, received funds from the Fund in excess of $100,000, 

2 shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) provide to the President a report accounting 

4 for the uses of the funds by the Federal agency, in5 cluding a description of ways in which those uses re6 late to— 

7 ‘‘(A) oil pollution liability, compensation, 

8 prevention, preparedness, and removal; 

9 ‘‘(B) natural resource damage assessment 

10 and restoration; 

11 ‘‘(C) oil pollution research and development; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(D) other oil pollution-related activities; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(2) make each report available to the public 

16 and other interested parties via the Internet website 

17 of the National Pollution Funds Center. 

18 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

19 authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 

20 to carry out this section.’’. 

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

22 in section 2 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

23 prec. 1001) is amended by inserting after the item relating 

24 to section 1020 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1021. Audits and reports.’’. 


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Calendar No. 502 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2023 

[Report No. 109

–272] 

A BILL 

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve 

that Act, and for other purposes. 

JUNE 29, 2006 

Reported with an amendment 


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