US SB827 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on April 25 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 25 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate: (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills, and (2) the limitation on the borrowing authority of such Trust Fund. Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to promulgate regulations to allow advance payments from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to states and localities to prepare for and mitigate substantial threats from the discharge of oil.
Title
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2013
Sponsors
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ] | Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ] | Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL] |
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI] | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2013-04-25 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Subjects
Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget process
Environmental protection
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
State and local finance
Water quality
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget process
Environmental protection
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
State and local finance
Water quality
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/827/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s827/BILLS-113s827is.pdf |