US Congress House Bill 5695 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes disclosure and reporting requirements for operators of offshore oil or gas facilities after equipment failures of critical systems. Such operators must notify the Department of the Interior and the manufacturers of the equipment of such failures. In addition, the operators must provide equipment failure analyses to Interior and the manufacturers. Interior must post the analyses on its website. Finally, operators must report to Interior on (1) changes made by such manufacturers to the design of critical systems as the result of reported failures, and (2) changes in the operators' procedures as a result of reported failures.

Offshore Accountability Act of 2020

Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2020-01-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2020-01-28	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5695/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5695/BILLS-116hr5695ih.pdf