National Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act - Declares that the purposes of this Act are to enact a comprehensive national law governing oil pollution liability and compensation and to establish a strict liability standard for cleanup costs and damages resulting from the discharge of oil. Provides that the owner and operator of a vessel, an onshore or offshore facility, and the licensee of a deepwater port shall be liable for cleanup costs and damages resulting from a discharge of oil into the marine environment. Places specified monetary limitations on the amount of such liability. Provides that no such liability shall be imposed if the owner, operator, or licensee involved establishes that such discharge was caused solely: (1) by an act of war, or as a proximate result of negligence on the part of the Federal Government in failing to maintain adequate aids to navigation; or (2) by the negligence of the party damaged. Provides that any agreement, the effect of which is to hold harmless any person or any Federal, State, or local government from liability for the discharge of oil, even if agreed to by a government entity, is contrary to public policy, void, and of no effec…