S. 1566: A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act, and for other purposes.

110th Congress · introduced 2007-06-07 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 858.

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-06-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 858. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to provide to designated congressional committees an audit conducted by the Comptroller General that includes an accounting of funds from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund in excess of $100,000 that are: (1) disbursed by the National Pollution Funds Center; and (2) administered and managed by the receiving agencies. Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and federal agencies that, during the preceding fiscal year, received funds from the Fund in excess of $100,000, to submit an annual accounting to the President and the public regarding their uses of the funds, including how those uses relate to: (1) oil pollution liability, compensation, prevention, preparedness, and removal; (2) natural resource damage assessment and restoration; (3) oil pollution research and development; and (4) other oil pollution-related activities.

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Official text

A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1566, A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that act (2008-06-03); CBO cost estimate: S. 1566, A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that act (2008-06-03)

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John Thune (R-SD)

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Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s1566.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>

Record fed-us-cong110-s1566 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110