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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5727 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the establishment of a process for quickly and effectively soliciting, assessing, 

and deploying offshore oil and hazardous substance cleanup technologies, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 13, 2010 

Mr. SHUSTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the establishment of a process for quickly and 

effectively soliciting, assessing, and deploying offshore 

oil and hazardous substance cleanup technologies, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Oil Spill Cleanup Tech5 nologies Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) the response to the discharge of oil in the 

2 Gulf of Mexico resulting from the explosion on, and 

3 sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deep4 water Horizon has shown the Federal Government 

5 to be lacking in significant technologies to clean up 

6 offshore oil spills; 

7 (2) following the discharge, the Federal Govern8 ment was not prepared to accept potentially valuable 

9 cleanup ideas and valuable time may have been lost 

10 in finding cleanup solutions due to the lack of an es11 tablished process; and 

12 (3) establishing a process for soliciting, assess13 ing, and deploying offshore oil and hazardous sub14 stance cleanup technologies is necessary to ensure 

15 that the Federal Government is better prepared to 

16 handle incoming technologies in the event of a future 

17 offshore discharge. 

18 SEC. 3. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE CLEANUP TECH19 NOLOGIES. 

20 Section 311(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

21 Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(j)) is amended by adding at the end 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(9) OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE CLEAN24 UP TECHNOLOGIES.—The President, acting through 

25 the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 


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1 Guard is operating and in coordination with the 

2 heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) establish a process for— 

4 ‘‘(i) quickly and effectively soliciting, 

5 assessing, and deploying offshore oil and 

6 hazardous substance cleanup technologies 

7 in the event of a discharge or substantial 

8 threat of a discharge of oil or a hazardous 

9 substance in United States waters; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) effectively coordinating with 

11 other appropriate agencies, industry, aca12 demia, small businesses, and others to en13 sure the best technology available is imple14 mented in the event of such a discharge or 

15 threat; and 

16 ‘‘(B) maintain a database on best available 

17 oil and hazardous substance cleanup tech18 nologies in the event of a discharge or substan19 tial threat of a discharge of oil or a hazardous 

20 substance in United States waters.’’. 

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