US Congress House Bill 54 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stand by your Oil Pollution Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) extend liability to any corporation, partnership, or other person (other than an individual) having an ownership interest exceeding 25% in any responsible party; and (2) limit such an entity's liability with respect to an incident (any occurrence or series of occurrences having the same origin, involving vessels and facilities, resulting in the discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil) to no more than the percentage of the entity's aggregate ownership interests in all other responsible parties with respect to such incident.

Stand by your Oil Pollution Act

Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]

Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]

Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
2011-01-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/54/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr54/BILLS-112hr54ih.pdf