Offshore Installation Emergency Evacuation Act

Summary

Offshore Installation Emergency Evacuation Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to promulgate regulations: (1) within 90 days of enactment, requiring a manned standby vessel equipped with a radio to be in the immediate vicinity of all manned installations on the Outer Continental Shelf; and (2) within 180 days of enactment, identifying and requiring appropriate facilities, to supplement such manned standby vessel, in order to provide for the safest possible evacuation of such manned installations. Defines "manned installation" as any of various types of structures used in the drilling, exploration, or production of hydrocarbons.

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Timeline

1. 26 March 1985

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 March 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 26 March 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 1 April 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Panama Canal and Outer Continental Shelf.

   Source: Committee

5. 1 April 1985

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from DOT, Interior.

   Source: Committee

6. 6 August 1985

   Committee

   Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOT.

   Source: Committee

7. 12 November 1985

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

8. 5 February 1986

   Committee

   Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Interior.

   Source: Committee

9. 3 July 1986

   Committee

   Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Interior.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 March 1985

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Boggs, Corinne C. (Lindy) [D-LA-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. McKernan, John R., Jr. [R-ME-1] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsmm00 · Standing

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