SEC. 4. REPEAL OF LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ACT. 
Chapter 305 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by repealing sections 30505, 30506, 30507, 
30511, and 30512. 
SEC. 5. AMENDMENT TO CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT. 
Title 28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 1711(2), by inserting ‘‘, but does 
not include an action brought by a State or subdivi-
sion of a State on behalf of its citizens’’ before the 
period; and 
(2) in section 1332(d)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, 
but does not include an action brought by a State 
or subdivision of a State on behalf of its citizens’’ 
before the semicolon. 
SEC. 6. UNENFORCEABILITY OF CERTAIN SECRECY AGREE-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), an 
agreement, promise, or directive to restrict the dissemina-
tion of information regarding the cause of a discharge into 
waters off the shore of the United States of a substance 
that contaminates a marine or coastal environment or en-
dangers public health, regarding the nature or extent of 
such a discharge, regarding the damage caused or threat-
ened by such a discharge, or regarding the efforts to reme-
diate the effects of such a discharge, shall be void as 
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against public policy and unenforceable in any legal pro-
ceeding. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with 
respect to a directive contained in a court order, or issued 
by a Government agency with authority to enforce such 
a directive in a court, restricting dissemination of informa-
tion as necessary to protect public health or safety. 
SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 11 OF THE UNITED STATES 
CODE. 
(a) LIMITATION ON SALE OR LEASE OF CERTAIN 
PROPERTY IN BANKRUPTCY.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Section 363 of title 11, the 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(q) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the trustee may not sell or lease, other than in the 
ordinary course of business, property of the estate of a 
debtor that is liable for a claim arising under any law from 
an incident (as defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990) to which such Act applies, to a purchaser 
(together with any affiliate of such purchaser) in an aggre-
gate dollar amount exceeding the dollar amount then in 
effect under section 7A(a) of the Clayton Act unless— 
‘‘(1) such purchaser and any such affiliate 
agree as a condition of such sale to pay the amount 
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of allowed unsecured claims arising from such inci-
dent that is not paid by the debtor; or 
‘‘(2) all classes of such unsecured claims ap-
prove the sale of such assets.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 303(f) 
of title 11, the United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘(other than subsection (q) of such sec-
tion)’’ after ‘‘section 363’’. 
(b) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
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15.—Section 
1501(c) of title 11, the United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end, 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) an entity that is liable for a claim arising 
under any law from an incident (as defined in sec-
tion 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990) to which 
such Act applies.’’. 
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and shall 
apply to cases pending on or after such date. 
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