SEC. 3. NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POL-
LUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN REVISION. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President, acting through the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
in consultation with the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating, shall revise the Na-
tional Contingency Plan developed under section 311(d) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1321(d)) to include specific response procedures for var-
ious predetermined scenarios and conditions relating to 
discharges of oil, including the location and amount of a 
discharge, and the length of time that has elapsed since 
a discharge occurred. In revising the National Contin-
gency Plan under this section, the President shall solicit 
comments from the Secretary of the Interior, the Gov-
ernors of coastal States, and owners or operators of off-
shore oil rigs or oil transportation services. 
SEC. 4. OIL SPILL REMOVAL TECHNOLOGY REVIEW. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
jointly review and submit to Congress a report regarding 
the following: 
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(1) Technologies and methods for removal of oil 
from an oil spill that are used in Federal responses 
to such spills. 
(2) The length of time each of the technologies 
and methods described in paragraph (1) has been in 
use in such responses. 
(3) Technologies and methods for removal of oil 
from an oil spill that are available world-wide. 
(4) Technologies and methods for removal of oil 
from an oil spill that are in development. 
(5) The investments being made by the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency and the Department of 
the Interior in the development of improved tech-
nologies and methods for the removal of oil from an 
oil spill, including the amount of funds obligated for 
such purpose using amounts appropriated for the 
fiscal year or years covered by the 12-month period 
preceding the date of submission to Congress of the 
report required by this section. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ACOUSTIC
CONTROL
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘acoustic control system’’ means a remote-control 
emergency shut-off system for an offshore oil rig, as 
further defined by the Secretary of the Interior. 
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(2) OFFSHORE OIL RIG.—The term ‘‘offshore 
oil rig’’ means any vessel or facility that is used for 
the drilling of oil or gas in exploration, development, 
or production on the outer Continental Shelf (as 
those terms are used in section 2 of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)). 
(3) OIL SPILL.—The term ‘‘oil spill’’ means any 
discharge of oil into navigable waters (as those 
terms are defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollu-
tion Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701)). 
(4) REMOVAL.—The term ‘‘removal’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1001 of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701). 
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