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S. 3473 (111th)

A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

enactedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

9 June 2010

Last action

15 June 2010 · President

Status

Became Public Law No: 111-191.

Sponsors

Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]

Subjects

Environment, Budget

Source updated

5 December 2025

Environment · Budget

Summary

Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to exempt advances to the Coast Guard in connection with the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon from the requirement that amounts in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund shall be available only as provided in annual appropriations. Limits such advances to a maximum of $100 million each, with the total amount for all advances subject to limits under existing law (i.e., not to exceed $1 billion for any single incident and $500 million for natural resource damage assessments and claims for any single incident, provided that, except in the case of payments of removal costs, an advance may be made only if the amount in the Fund after such advance will not be less than $30 million). Requires the Coast Guard to notify Congress of the amount advanced and the facts and circumstances necessitating the advance within seven days of the advance. Requires the budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, to be determined by reference to the latest statement titled "Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation" for this Act submitted by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

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Timeline

  1. 9 June 2010

    Floor

    Held at the desk.

    Source: Floor

  2. 9 June 2010

    Floor

    Received in the House.

    Source: Floor

  3. 9 June 2010

    Introduced

    Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4785; text as passed Senate: CR S4785; text of measure as introduced: CR S4749)

    Source: Floor

  4. 9 June 2010

    Introduced

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4785; text as passed Senate: CR S4785; text of measure as introduced: CR S4749)

    Source: Floor

  5. 9 June 2010

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 10 June 2010

    Action

    Cleared for White House.

  7. 10 June 2010

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  8. 10 June 2010

    Vote

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 0, 1 Present (Roll no. 354). (text: CR H4336)

    Source: Floor

  9. 10 June 2010

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 0, 1 Present (Roll no. 354).(text: CR H4336)

    Source: Floor

  10. 10 June 2010

    Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4336-4342)

    Source: Floor

  11. 10 June 2010

    Vote

    At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

    Source: Floor

  12. 10 June 2010

    Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3473.

    Source: Floor

  13. 10 June 2010

    Floor

    Mr. Oberstar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

    Source: Floor

  14. 14 June 2010

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

  15. 14 June 2010

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

  16. 15 June 2010

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 111-191.

    Source: President

  17. 15 June 2010

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

  18. 15 June 2010

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

Votes

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Documents

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    Considered and Passed Senate · EN · 9 June 2010

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