IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1684 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 27, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to impose penalties and 
provide for the recovery of removal costs and damages 
in connection with certain discharges of oil from foreign 
offshore units, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Spill Protec-
tion Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. LIABILITY OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF FOR-
EIGN FACILITIES. 
(a) OIL POLLUTION CONTROL ACT AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2701) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (26)(A)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘onshore or 
offshore facility, any person’’ and inserting ‘‘on-
shore facility, offshore facility, or foreign off-
shore unit or other facility located seaward of 
the exclusive economic zone, any person or enti-
ty’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘offshore fa-
cility, the person who’’ and inserting ‘‘offshore 
facility or foreign offshore unit or other facility 
located seaward of the exclusive economic zone, 
the person or entity that’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (32)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 
through (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), 
respectively; 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
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‘‘(D) FOREIGN FACILITIES.—In the case of 
a foreign offshore unit or other facility located 
seaward of the exclusive economic zone, any 
person or other entity owning or operating the 
facility, and any leaseholder, permit holder, as-
signee, or holder of a right of use and easement 
granted under applicable foreign law for the 
area in which the facility is located.’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (G), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘or offshore facility, the per-
sons who’’ and inserting ‘‘, offshore facility, or 
foreign offshore unit or other facility located 
seaward of the exclusive economic zone, the per-
sons or entities that’’. 
(b) FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT 
AMENDMENTS.—Section 311(a) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(a)(11)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and any facility’’ and inserting 
‘‘any facility’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and, for the purposes of ap-
plying subsections (b), (c), (e), and (o), any foreign 
offshore unit (as defined in section 1001 of the Oil 
Pollution Act) or any other facility located seaward 
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of the exclusive economic zone’’ after ‘‘public ves-
sel’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 26, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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