Offshore Safety and Response Improvement Act
Latest action · May 17, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 13, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Offshore Safety and Response Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study acoustic control systems for offshore oil rigs and to promulgate regulations that: (1) identify approved acoustic control systems for such rigs; and (2) require certain lessees using an offshore oil rig to install such systems within two years after publication of the regulations. Directs the Secretary, in lieu of such actions, to submit to Congress, and make available to the public, a report describing in detail the reasons acoustic control systems are not necessary for offshore oil rigs.
Directs the President, acting through the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to revise the National Contingency Plan developed under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include specific response procedures for various predetermined scenarios and conditions relating to oil discharges, including the location and amount of a discharge, and the length of time that has elapsed since a discharge occurred.
Directs the EPA Administrator and the Secretary jointly to review and report to Congress on oil spill removal technologies, including: (1) those used in federal responses; (2) those that are available worldwide and in development; and (3) investments by the EPA and the Department of the Interior in the development of improved oil spill removal technologies and methods.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 13, 2010 to Jun 24, 2010, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | Original | May 13, 2010 |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | May 27, 2010 | |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Jun 8, 2010 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Jun 10, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Jun 24, 2010 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 17, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- May 14, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- May 14, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- May 13, 2010Introduced in House
- May 13, 2010Referred to House Natural Resources
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
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- May 13, 2010Introduced in House
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