United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1743 (113th)
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2013
Introduced
25 April 2013
Last action
26 April 2013 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Sponsors
Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Subjects
Environment
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to remove the limit on liability (currently, the total of all removal costs plus $75 million) of a party responsible for an offshore facility except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines.
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Timeline
25 April 2013
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Source: IntroReferral
25 April 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 April 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
26 April 2013
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 25 April 2013 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · D · Cosponsor
- · hspw00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Sustainable Energy Act
- related to ← Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2013
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1743
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1743
- us · 113-hr-1743 · source updated 12 August 2025