Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1743
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2013-04-25
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Marine pollution

Oil and gas

Pollution liability
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to remove the limit on liability (currently, the total of all removal costs plus $75 million) of a party responsible for an offshore facility except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1743 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 25, 2013 Mr. Holt (for himself, Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Castor of Florida , Ms. Slaughter , Mrs. Capps , Mr. Polis , and Mr. Markey ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require responsible parties to pay the full cost of offshore oil spills, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2013 . 2. Removal of limits on liability for offshore facilities (a) In general Section 1004(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 2704(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting and after the semicolon; (2) by striking paragraph (3); and (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). (b) Conforming amendments Section 1004(b)(2) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 2704(b)(2) ) is amended by striking the second sentence.