S. 214: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011
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S. 214: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-27 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011
Plain summary
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make the party responsible for an offshore facility, except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines liable for all discharge removal costs and damages for each incident (under current law such party is liable for the total of all removal costs plus $75 million). Makes this Act effective on April 15, 2010.
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Official text
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · 8 cosponsors
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Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s214.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s214 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112