Marine Oil Spill Prevention Act
Latest action · May 22, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
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.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Marine Oil Spill Prevention Act
This bill address issues related to preventing and responding to oil spills.
This bill amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico until June 30, 2027.
This bill sets forth provisions concerning Coast Guard responsibilities, including designating areas that are at heightened risk of oil spills and implementing measures to ameliorate that risk.
This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to establish a Gulf Coast Regional Citizens' Advisory Council to advise on facilities and tank vessels.
This bill makes an owner of oil responsible for oil spill cleanup. Currently, owners of oil are only responsible if the oil is being transported in a single-hull vessel.
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permit the Coast Guard or the Department of Commerce to request a National Transportation Safety Board investigation of any accident occurring in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
Commerce must establish an inspection fee for OCS facilities for the cost of inspections of facilities and other duties.
This bill requires a comprehensive review of the capacity of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to respond to oil spills. NOAA must develop and maintain oil spill trajectory modeling capability.
The Coast Guard must evaluate and validate oil pollution containment and removal methods and technologies.
NOAA must carry out long-term marine environment monitoring and research program for the Gulf of Mexico.
The bill requires the Coast Guard to publish within 12 hours an Incident Action Plan in response to an oil spill.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2017 to May 17, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | May 1, 2017 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | May 17, 2018 |
Committees 3
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 May 1, 2017 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred May 2, 2017 | |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred May 2, 2017 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 1, 2017 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred May 16, 2017 | |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred May 16, 2017 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 1, 2017 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2018 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- May 16, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- May 16, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- May 2, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- May 2, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 74, May 1, 2017, page H3003.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 74 | Marine Oil Spill Prevention Act | Related bill | Jan 9, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the ability of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Coast Guard, and coastal States to sustain healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems by maintaining and sustaining their capabilities relating to oil spill preparedness, prevention, response, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Marine Oil Spill Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Accidents
- Advisory bodies
- Alabama
- Aquaculture
- Aquatic ecology
- Coast guard
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Commerce
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Florida
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Gulf of Mexico
- Hunting and fishing
- Intergovernmental relations
- Louisiana
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Marine pollution
- Mississippi
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Oil and gas
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Pollution liability
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Seafood
- State and local government operations
- Technology assessment
- Texas
- Transportation safety and security
- Travel and tourism
- Water quality
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 1, 2017Introduced 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.
