Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2016
Latest action · Apr 27, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2015
- Passed HouseApr 26, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make foreign facilities that are located offshore and outside the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) liable for removal costs and damages that result from oil spills that reach (or threaten to reach) U.S. navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or the EEZ. Specifically, the following parties may be held liable: (1) the owners or operators of the foreign facilities, and (2) the holders of a right of use and easement granted under applicable foreign law for the area in which the facility is located.
Cosponsors 46
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2015 to Jan 6, 2016; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Original | Mar 26, 2015 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Gwen Graham | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Mimi Walters | Apr 16, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | May 19, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | May 19, 2015 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | May 19, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | May 19, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | May 19, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 3, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Curt Clawson | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Jun 24, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 7, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Sep 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Oct 6, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Oct 23, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Jan 6, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2015Markup Mar 2, 2016Reported Apr 25, 2016 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2015Discharged Mar 2, 2016 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2015Discharged Mar 2, 2016 | |
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Apr 27, 2016 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Apr 26, 2016Mr. Curbelo (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 26, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1959-1961)
- Apr 26, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1684.
- Apr 26, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1959)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1959–H1961Text printed H1959 | Carlos Curbelo R-FL, Patrick Murphy D-FL, Peter A. DeFazio D-OR | Apr 26, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 22, 2016H.R. 1684, Foreign Oil Spill Protection Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 2, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 51, March 26, 2015, page H2113.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-26 | THE FEDERAL RADIONAVIGATION PLAN; H.R. 1684, THE FOREIGN SPILL PROTECTION ACT OF 2015; AND H.R. ll, THE NATIONAL ICEBREAKER FUND ACT OF 201583 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jul 28, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2951 | Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2016 | Related bill | May 18, 2016 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to impose penalties and provide for the recovery of removal costs and damages in connection with certain discharges of oil from foreign offshore units, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2016Referred in Senate
- Apr 26, 2016Engrossed in House
- Apr 25, 2016Reported in House
- Mar 26, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
