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Calendar No. 858 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1566 

[Report No. 110–403] 

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

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2007 

Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. CRAIG, and Mr. THUNE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

JUNE 27, 2008 

Reported by Mrs. BOXER, without amendment 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 

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

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

6 at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 1021. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 

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

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

4 thereafter, the President shall provide to the Committee 

5 on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the 

6 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

7 House of Representatives an audit conducted by the 

8 Comptroller General of the United States that includes a 

9 detailed accounting of all funds from the Fund in excess 

10 of $100,000 that are— 

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

12 Center; and 

13 ‘‘(2) administered and managed by the receiv14 ing agencies, including final payments made through 

15 agencies, contractors, and subcontractors. 

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

17 fiscal year in which this section is enacted, and every Feb18 ruary 28 thereafter, the Secretary, the Secretary of the 

19 Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, the Adminis20 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the 

21 heads of any other Federal agencies that, during the pre22 ceding fiscal year, received funds from the Fund in excess 

23 of $100,000, shall— 

24 ‘‘(1) provide to the President a report account25 ing for the uses of the funds by the Federal agency, 


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1 including a description of ways in which those uses 

2 relate to— 

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

4 prevention, preparedness, and removal; 

5 ‘‘(B) natural resource damage assessment 

6 and restoration; 

7 ‘‘(C) oil pollution research and develop8 ment; and 

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

10 and 

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

12 and other interested parties via the Internet website 

13 of the National Pollution Funds Center. 

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

15 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec16 essary to carry out this section.’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec18 tions in section 2 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 

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

20 relating to section 1020 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1021. Audits and reports.’’. 


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Calendar No. 858 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1566 

[Report No. 110

–403] 

A BILL 

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve 

that Act, and for other purposes. 

JUNE 27, 2008 

Reported without amendment 


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