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Union Calendar No. 398 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1684 

[Report No. 114–518] 

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act 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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2015 

Mr. CURBELO of Florida (for himself, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. YOUNG

of Alaska, Mr. SIRES, and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

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Additional sponsors: Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DOLD, Mr. LANCE, Mr. JOYCE, 

Ms. GRAHAM, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. POSEY, Mr. JONES, 

Mr. CHABOT, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. NORCROSS, 

Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 

HASTINGS, Mr. CLAWSON of Florida, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of 

New York, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. COSTELLO of 

Pennsylvania, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. JOLLY, Mr. 

BILIRAKIS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. FRANKEL of 

Florida, Mr. POCAN, Mr. KATKO, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. 

CARTWRIGHT, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. KILMER, Mr. MICA, and Mr. HANNA


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Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 26, 2015] 

A BILL 

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Federal 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Spill Protection 

5 Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LIABILITY OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF FOR7 EIGN FACILITIES. 

8 Section 1001(32) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 

9 U.S.C. 2701(32)) is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through 

11 (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), respectively; 

12 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(D) FOREIGN FACILITIES.—In the case of 

15 a foreign offshore unit or other facility located 

16 seaward of the boundary of the exclusive eco17 nomic zone, any person or other entity owning 

18 or operating the facility, and any leaseholder, 

19 permit holder, assignee, or holder of a right of 

20 use and easement granted under applicable for21 eign law for the area in which the facility is lo22 cated.’’; and 

23 (3) in subparagraph (G), as so redesignated, by 

24 striking ‘‘or offshore facility, the persons’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘offshore facility, or foreign offshore unit or other 


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1 facility located seaward of the boundary of the exclu2 sive economic zone, the persons or entities’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 398 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1684 

[Report No. 114–518] 

A BILL 

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the 

other purposes. charges of oil from foreign offshore units, and for costs and damages in connection with certain dispenalties and provide for the recovery of removal Federal Water Pollution Control Act to impose 

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Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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