Increasing Penalties for Offshore Polluters Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5373 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5373 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the civil and criminal penalties for oil spills, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 8, 2023 Mr. Lieu (for himself, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Levin, Ms. Porter, Ms. Barragan, and Mr. Carbajal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the civil and criminal penalties for oil spills, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Increasing Penalties for Offshore Polluters Act''. SEC. 2. CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES RELATING TO OIL SPILLS. (a) Civil Penalties.--Section 311(b)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 …