Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon"
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42
Issue
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Oil Pollution Act (OPA)
Oil Pollution Act
The statute is available from the U.S. Government Publishing Office: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2017-title33/html/USCODE-2017-title33-chap40.htm
Eastman v. Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC
Volume
41
Issue
2
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40
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H.R. 492, Bill Introduced
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Committee Name
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Holt
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.J.
Congress Number
112th
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. H508
would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require responsible parties to pay the full cost of offshore oil spills.
H.R. 56, Bill Introduced
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Committee Name
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Scalise
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-La.
Congress Number
112th
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. H34
would provide for restoration of the coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
H.R. 54, Bill Introduced
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Committee Name
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Connolly
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Va.
Congress Number
112th
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. H34
would amend OPA to extend liability to corporations, partnerships, and other persons having ownership interests in responsible parties.
H.R. 53, Bill Introduced
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Committee Name
Committee on Ways and Means
Sponsor Name
Connolly
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Va.
Congress Number
112th
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. H34
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for removal costs and damages for which taxpayers are liable under OPA.
S. 215, Bill Introduced
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Committee Name
Committee on Finance
Sponsor Name
Menendez
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.J.
Congress Number
112th
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. S338
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills.
S. 214, Bill Introduced
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Committee Name
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Sponsor Name
Menendez
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.J.
Congress Number
112th
Congressional Record Number
57 Cong. Rec. S338
would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills.
S. 204, Bill Introduced
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Committee Name
Committee on Finance
Sponsor Name
Begich
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Alaska
Congress Number
112th
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. S272
would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to permit funds in the Oil Spill Liability Trust to be used by NOAA, the Coast Guard, and other federal agencies for certain research, prevention, and response capabilities with respect to discharges of oil; for environmental studies; and for grant programs to communities affected by oil spills on the outer continental shelf.
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