(1) summarizing the activities and findings of 
the program; and 
(2) detailing areas and issues requiring future 
monitoring and research. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) GULF COAST STATE.—The term ‘‘Gulf coast 
State’’ means each of the States of Texas, Lou-
isiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(3) TRUST RESOURCES.—The term ‘‘trust re-
sources’’ means the living and non-living natural re-
sources belonging to, managed by, held in trust by, 
appertaining to, or otherwise controlled by the 
United States, any State, federally recognized Indian 
tribe, or a local government. 
SEC. 206. USE OF OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND FOR 
EXPENSES OF NATIONAL OCEANIC AND AT-
MOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 1012(a)(5)(B) of the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’. 
SEC. 207. NOTICE TO STATES OF BULK OIL TRANSFERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State may require, by law, a 
person to provide notice of 24 hours or more to the State 
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and to the Coast Guard prior to transferring oil in bulk 
as cargo in an amount equivalent to 250 barrels or more 
to, from, or within a vessel in State waters. 
(b) COAST GUARD ASSISTANCE.—The Commandant 
of the Coast Guard may assist a State in developing ap-
propriate methodologies for joint Federal and State notifi-
cation of an oil transfer described in subsection (a) to min-
imize any potential burden to vessels. 
SEC. 208. COAST GUARD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 1012(a)(5)(A) of the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$50,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking the semicolon at the end and in-
serting ‘‘, of which amount not less than 40 percent 
shall be used to conduct research, development, and 
evaluation of oil spill response and removal tech-
nologies and methods;’’. 
TITLE III—IMPROVING MARINE 
OIL SPILL RESPONSE CAPA-
BILITIES 
SEC. 301. PROMPT PUBLICATION OF OIL SPILL INFORMA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In any response to an oil spill in 
which the Commandant of the Coast Guard serves as the 
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Federal On-Scene Coordinator leading a Unified Com-
mand, the Commandant shall publish, on a publicly acces-
sible website, all written Incident Action Plans prepared 
and approved as a part of the response to such oil spill. 
(b) TIMELINESS AND DURATION.—The Commandant 
shall— 
(1) publish each Incident Action Plan under 
subsection (a) promptly after such plan is approved 
for implementation by the Unified Command, and in 
no event later than 12 hours into the operational pe-
riod for which such plan is prepared; and 
(2) ensure that such plan remains up-to-date 
and publicly accessible by website for the duration of 
the response to an oil spill. 
(c) REDACTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.—The 
Commandant may redact information from an Incident 
Action Plan published under subsection (a) to the extent 
necessary to comply with applicable privacy laws and other 
requirements regarding personal information. 
SEC. 302. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL 
ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO OIL SPILL 
SURVEYS. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL PROTOCOLS FOR 
OIL SPILL SURVEYS.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for 
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Oceans and Atmosphere, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, and the heads of such de-
partments and agencies of State governments as the 
Under Secretary considers appropriate, shall develop 
standard national protocols for oil spill response and clean 
up assessments to promote consistent procedures for col-
lecting shoreline characterization data and to ensure that 
the format and resolution of such data are consistent with 
the needs of coastal States. Such protocols shall encour-
age, to the extent practicable, the use of electronic meth-
ods of data collection. 
(b) GUIDANCE AND TOOLS FOR APPLICATION OF NA-
TIONAL PROTOCOLS
FOR OIL SPILL SURVEYS.—The 
Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere shall develop 
guidance and tools for oil spill responders and offer in-
structional courses to ensure that the standard national 
protocols developed under subsection (a) are used during 
oil spill responses in the waters subject to the jurisdiction 
of the United States, including the exclusive economic 
zone (as established by Presidential Proclamation Num-
bered 5030 of March 10, 1983 (16 U.S.C. 1453 note)). 
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