House lawmakers are currently debating the House oil spill response bill. Nine amendments will be considered on the floor. Here’s a rundown some of the more
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House lawmakers are currently debating the House oil spill response bill. Nine amendments will be considered on the floor.
Here’s a rundown some of the more interesting amendments:
An amendment authored by Rep. Nick Rahall (D-Wa.), who also authored the CLEAR Act, a key component of the oil spill bill, would make a number of changes to the legislation. The amendment, among other things imposes civil penalties on CEOs who give false testimony about a companies ability to response to an oil spill; require that companies disclose the ingredients used in dispersants, rather than the chemical formula used; require oil companies to pay royalties on all oil that is spilled; and protects claimants from signing documents that would release a company from oil spill liability.
An amendment authored by Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) would require that offshore wind permitting would not be delayed in the new Bureau of Energy and Resource Management, which was created as a replacement for the Minerals Management Service.
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) authored an amendment that would require that oil companies certify every year that they are using the best available technologies for the prevention of and response to oil spills.
Reps. Harry Teague (D-N.M.) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.) introduced an amendment that would allow oil companies to “pool” their insurance coverage in order to adequately protect against unlimited liability for spills.
Reps. Charlie Melancon (D-La.) and Travis Childers (D-Miss.) introduced an amendment that would end the Obama administration’s moratorium on deepwater drilling.