United States · Bill · S
S. 3163 (114th)
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016
Introduced
12 July 2016
Last action
12 July 2016 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL], Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Subjects
Environment
Source updated
6 December 2025
Summary
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate: (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills, (2) the $500 million per incident limitation on expenditures from the trust fund for natural resource damage assessments and claims in connection with oil spills, and (3) the limitation on the borrowing authority of the trust fund. The bill also amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to promulgate regulations to allow advance payments from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to states and localities to prepare for and mitigate substantial threats from the discharge of oil.
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Timeline
12 July 2016
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
12 July 2016
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 July 2016 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2018
- related to ← Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3163
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/3163
- us · 114-s-3163 · source updated 6 December 2025