Innocent Landowners Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-7363
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2022-04-01
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Innocent Landowners Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill exempts a person who has an ownership interest in a facility for oil exploration, development, production, or storage but does not participate in managing that facility from certain liability for oil spills and related pollution.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7363 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 1, 2022 Mr. Gibbs (for himself, Mr. Balderson , Mr. McKinley , and Mr. Latta ) 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 clarify the responsibility of landowners who do not participate in the operation of oil facilities, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Innocent Landowners Protection Act . 2. Responsible party Section 1001(32)(B) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 2701(32)(B) ) is amended to read as follows: (B) Onshore facilities In the case of an onshore facility (other than a pipeline), any person owning or operating the facility, except— (i) a Federal agency, State, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a State, or any interstate body, that as the owner transfers possession and right to use the property to another person by lease, assignment, or permit; or (ii) with respect to a facility for oil exploration, development, production, or storage, a person with an ownership interest in the facility who does not participate in management of the facility, if the acquisition of such interest by the person was not designed to avoid the liability of any person under this Act. .