HR 2222 · 98th Congress · Environmental Protection

Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act

Introduced 1983-03-21· Sponsored by Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: See H.R.5640.(1984-08-10)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act - Title I: Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - Makes this title effective only until both the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage are in force with respect to the United States, at which point liability and compensation for damages arising out of or directly resulting from oil pollution shall be determined in accordance with such conventions. Permits claims for damages for economic loss, arising from oil pollution, to be asserted for: (1) removal costs; (2) injury to or destruction of natural resources; (3) injury to, or destruction of, real or personal property; (4) loss of subsistence use of natural resources; (5) loss of profits or impairment of earning capacity due to such injury or destruction; and (6) loss of tax revenue for a period of one year due to injury to real or personal property. Specifies the potential claimants who have standing to assert claims involving each such type of damage. Imposes joint, several and strict liability on the party responsible …

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Cosponsors (18)

15 Democrats3 Republicans