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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5520 

To require immediate payment by BP p.l.c to the United States of an 

amount for use to compensate all affected persons for removal costs 

and damages arising from the explosion and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, to make that amount available 

to the Secretary of the Interior to pay such compensation, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 14, 2010 

Mr. KAGEN (for himself, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. 

BOSWELL, Mr. HARE, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. SPRATT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 

BACA, Ms. CLARKE, Ms. LEE of California, and Mr. COHEN) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To require immediate payment by BP p.l.c to the United 

States of an amount for use to compensate all affected 

persons for removal costs and damages arising from the 

explosion and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit 

Deepwater Horizon, to make that amount available to 

the Secretary of the Interior to pay such compensation, 

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 ‘‘Oil Spill Responsibility 

3 Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR REMOVAL COSTS 

5 AND DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE ‘‘DEEP6 WATER HORIZON’’ INCIDENT. 

7 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that BP p.l.c con8 fessed under oath before Congress to being the responsible 

9 party for the discharge of oil in the Gulf of Mexico result10 ing from the explosion on and sinking of the mobile off11 shore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon. 

12 (b) PAYMENT BY BP.— 

13 (1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—BP shall imme14 diately pay to the United States $25,000,000,000 as 

15 partial compensation for removal costs and damages 

16 for which BP is liable. 

17 (2) LIMITATION ON DAMAGES NOT APPLICA18 BLE.—Section 1004(a)(3) of the Oil Pollution Act of 

19 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2703(a)(3)) shall not apply with 

20 respect to the explosion on and sinking of the mobile 

21 offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon. 

22 (3) NO LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—This sec23 tion shall not be construed to limit the liability of 

24 BP to the amount set forth in paragraph (1). 

25 (c) DEPOSIT AND USE.—Amounts paid by BP under 

26 subsection (a) shall be deposited into a separate account 

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1 in the Treasury and shall be available to the Secretary 

2 of the Interior without further appropriation to reimburse 

3 any person for removal costs and damages incurred by the 

4 person as a result of the explosion on and sinking of the 

5 mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon. 

6 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

7 (1) BP.—The term ‘‘BP’’ means BP p.l.c. 

8 (2) TERMS DEFINED IN OIL POLLUTION ACT OF

9 1990.—Each of the terms ‘‘damages’’, ‘‘discharge’’, 

10 ‘‘oil’’, ‘‘removal costs’’, ‘‘remove’’, and ‘‘responsible 

11 party’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

12 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

13 2701). 

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