[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3515 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 502
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3515
[Report No. 111-242]
To authorize and enhance the programs of the Department of the Interior
relating to the detection of, response to, and mitigation and cleanup
of oil spills on Federal land managed by the Department, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 21, 2010
Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, and Mr. Bingaman)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works
August 2, 2010
Reported by Mrs. Boxer, with an amendment and an amendment to the title
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To authorize and enhance the programs of the Department of the Interior
relating to the detection of, response to, and mitigation and cleanup
of oil spills on Federal land managed by the Department, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior
Research and Technologies for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of
2010''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. PURPOSE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> The purpose of this Act is to maintain and enhance the
world-class research and facilities of the Department of the Interior
and to ensure that there is adequate knowledge, practices, and
technologies to detect, respond to, contain, and clean up oil spills
occurring on Federal land managed by the Department of the Interior,
whether onshore or on the outer Continental Shelf.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Science
and Technology Advisory Board established under section
5(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Oil Spill
Technology and Research Fund established by section
13(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Program.--The term ``program'' means the
program established under section 4(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OIL SPILL
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a program
of research, development, technology demonstration, and risk assessment
to address issues associated with the detection of, response to, and
mitigation and cleanup of oil spills occurring on Federal land managed
by the Department of the Interior, whether onshore or on the outer
Continental Shelf.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Specific Areas of Focus.--The program shall include
research, development, demonstration, validation, personnel training,
and other activities relating to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) technologies, materials, methods, and
practices--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) to detect the release of hydrocarbons
from leaking exploration or production
equipment;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) to characterize the rates of flow from
leaking exploration and production equipment in
locations that are remote or difficult to
access;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) to protect the safety of workers
addressing hydrocarbon releases from exploration and
production equipment;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) to contain, respond to, and clean up
oil spills, including with the use of dispersants,
containment vessels, booms, and skimmers, particularly
under worst-case release scenarios;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) to contain, respond to, and clean up
an oil spill in extreme or harsh conditions on the
outer Continental Shelf; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) for environmental assessment,
restoration, and long-term monitoring;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) fundamental scientific characterization of the
behavior of oil and natural gas in and on soil and water,
including miscibility, plume behavior, emulsification, physical
separation, and chemical and biological degradation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) behavior and effects of emulsified, dispersed,
and submerged oil in water; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) modeling, simulation, and prediction of oil
flows from releases and the trajectories of releases on the
surface, the subsurface, and in water.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 5. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--The Secretary shall enter into
appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to
establish an independent committee, to be known as the ``Science and
Technology Advisory Board'', to provide scientific and technical advice
to the program, including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the identification of knowledge gaps that the
program should address;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the establishment of scientific and technical
priorities; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) an annual review of the results and
effectiveness of the program, including successful technology
development.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Reports.--Reports and recommendations of the Board
shall promptly be made available to Congress and the public.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 6. RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PLAN.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in
consultation with the Board, shall develop and publish a research and
technology plan for the program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Contents.--The plan under this section shall--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) identify research needs and
opportunities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) propose areas of focus for the
program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) establish program priorities, including
priorities for the research centers of excellence under section
7, demonstration projects under section 8, and research grants
under section 9; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) estimate--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the extent of resources needed to
conduct the program; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) timetables for completing research
tasks under the program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Publication.--The Secretary shall timely publish--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the plan under this section; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) a review of the plan by the Board.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 7. RESEARCH CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Response Technologies for Deepwater, Ultra Deepwater,
and Other Extreme Environment Oil Spills.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish
at 1 or more institutions of higher education a research center
of excellence for the research, development, and demonstration
of technologies necessary to respond to, contain, mitigate, and
clean up deepwater, ultra deepwater, and other extreme
environment oil spills.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Grants.--The Secretary shall provide grants to
the research center of excellence established under paragraph
(1) to conduct and oversee basic and applied research in the
technologies described in that paragraph.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Oil Spill Response and Restoration.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Establishment.--The Secretary, in coordination
with the Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere,
shall establish at 1 or more institutions of higher education a
research center of excellence for research and innovation in
oil spill fate, behavior and effects, and damage assessment and
restoration.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Grants.--The Secretary shall provide grants to
the research center of excellence established under paragraph
(1) to conduct and oversee basic and applied research in the
areas described in that paragraph.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Other Research Centers of Excellence.--The Secretary
may establish such other research centers of excellence as the
Secretary determines to be necessary for the research, development, and
demonstration of technologies necessary to carry out this
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 8. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--In carrying out the program, the
Secretary shall conduct deepwater, ultra deepwater, and other extreme
environment oil spill response demonstration projects for the purpose
of developing and demonstrating new integrated deepwater oil spill
mitigation and response systems that use the information and implement
the improved practices and technologies developed from the
program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Requirements.--The mitigation and response systems
developed under subsection (a) shall use technologies and management
practices for improving the response capabilities to deepwater oil
spills, including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) improved oil flow monitoring and
calculation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) improved oil spill response
capability;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) improved subsurface mitigation
technologies;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) improved capability to track and predict the
flow and effects of oil discharges in both subsurface and
surface areas for the purposes of making oil mitigation and
response decisions; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) any other activities necessary to achieve the
purposes of the program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 9. RESEARCH GRANTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In carrying out the program, the Secretary may award
competitive grants in coordination with research centers of excellence
under section 7 and consistent with the research and technology plan
under section 6 to institutions of higher education or other research
institutions--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) to carry out projects that are relevant to the
goals and priorities of the research and technology plan; and--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2)(A) to advance research and development;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) to demonstrate technologies.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 10. PILOT PROGRAMS FOR FIELD TESTING
TECHNOLOGIES.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--The Secretary, in coordination with the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall conduct a
pilot program to conduct field tests on new oil spill response,
mitigation, and cleanup technologies developed under the program in the
waters of the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Results.--The results of the field tests conducted
under subsection (a) shall be used--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) to refine oil spill technology research and
development; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) to assist the Secretary and the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency in the development of
safety and environmental regulations under this Act and other
applicable laws.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 11. PEER REVIEW OF PROPOSALS AND RESEARCH.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--Any award of funds under the program
shall be made only after the Secretary has carried out an impartial
peer review of the scientific and technical merit of the proposals for
the award.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Requirements.--The Secretary shall ensure that any
research conducted under the program shall be peer-reviewed,
transparent, and made available to the public.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 12. COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--In carrying out this Act, the Secretary
shall consult and coordinate, as appropriate, with other Federal
agencies and programs, including the Interagency Coordinating Committee
on Oil Pollution Research established under section 7001 of the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2761).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Responsibility of the Secretary.--Notwithstanding any
requirements to consult or coordinate, the Secretary shall maintain
authority, direction, and control of the program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 13. OIL SPILL TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH FUND.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury
of the United States a revolving fund, to be known as the ``Oil Spill
Technology and Research Fund'', consisting of such amounts as are
transferred to the Fund under subsection (b), to be administered by the
Secretary, to be available without fiscal year limitation and not
subject to appropriation, to carry out the program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Transfers to Fund.--From any Federal royalties, rents,
and bonuses derived from Federal onshore and offshore oil and gas
leases issued the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et
seq.) or the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) that are
deposited in the Treasury, and after distribution of any funds
described in subsection (c), there shall be transferred to the Fund
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2020, to remain
available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Prior Distributions.--The distributions referred to in
subsection (b) are those required by law--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) to States and to the Reclamation Fund under
section 35(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a));
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) to other funds receiving amounts from Federal
oil and gas leasing programs, including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) any recipients pursuant to section
8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1337(g));</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the land and water conservation fund,
pursuant to section 2(c) of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-
5(c));</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the Historic Preservation Fund,
pursuant to section 108 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470h); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) the coastal impact assistance program
established under section 31 of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Prohibition.--Amounts in the Fund may not be made
available for any purpose other than a purpose described in subsection
(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Annual Reports.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the
end of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2010, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives, the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate, and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House
of Representatives a report on the operation of the Fund during
the fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Contents.--Each report shall include, for the
fiscal year covered by the report, the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) A statement of the amounts deposited
into the Fund.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) A description of the expenditures made
from the Fund for the fiscal year, including the
purpose of the expenditures.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) Recommendations for additional
authorities to fulfill the purpose of the
Fund.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) A statement of the balance remaining
in the Fund at the end of the fiscal year.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Research and Technologies
for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to maintain and enhance the world-class research and
facilities of the Federal Government; and
(2) to ensure that there are adequate knowledge, practices,
and technologies to detect, respond to, contain, and clean up
oil spills, whether onshore or on the outer Continental Shelf.
SEC. 3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVICE AND GUIDANCE.
Section 7001(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C.
2761(b)) is amended--
(1) in the matter following paragraph (2), by striking
``The National Institute of Standards and Technology'' and all
that follows through ``this section.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Science and technology advisory board.--
``(A) In general.--The Chairman shall enter into
appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of
Sciences to establish an independent committee, to be
known as the `Science and Technology Advisory Board',
to provide scientific and technical advice to the
Interagency Committee relating to research carried out
pursuant to the program established under subsection
(c), including--
``(i) the identification of knowledge gaps
that the program should address;
``(ii) the establishment of scientific and
technical priorities; and
``(iii) an annual review of the results and
effectiveness of the program, including
successful technology development.
``(B) Reports.--Reports and recommendations of the
Board shall promptly be made available to Congress and
the public.
``(C) National institute of standards and
technology.--The National Institute of Standards and
Technology shall provide the Interagency Committee with
advice and guidance on issues relating to quality
assurance and standards measurements relating to
activities of the Interagency Committee under this
section.''.
SEC. 4. OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 7001(c) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
(33 U.S.C. 2761(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and
bioremediation'' and inserting ``bioremediation,
containment vessels, booms, and skimmers, particularly
under worst-case release scenarios'';
(B) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as
subparagraph (L); and
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the
following:
``(J) research, development, and demonstration of
new or improved technologies and systems to contain,
respond to, and clean up a discharge of oil in extreme
or harsh conditions on the outer Continental Shelf;
``(K) research to evaluate the relative
effectiveness and environmental impacts (including
human and environmental toxicity) of dispersants;
and'';
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (3) through (7) and (8)
through (11) as paragraphs (4) through (8) and (11) through
(14), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Authorization of agency oil discharge research and
development programs.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior,
in coordination with the program established under this
subsection, the Interagency Committee, and such other
agencies as the President may designate, shall carry
out a program of research, development, technology
demonstration, and risk assessment to address issues
associated with the detection of, response to, and
mitigation and cleanup of discharges of oil occurring
on Federal land managed by the Department of the
Interior, whether onshore or on the outer Continental
Shelf.
``(B) Specific areas of focus.--The program
established under this paragraph shall provide for
research, development, demonstration, validation,
personnel training, and other activities relating to
new and improved technologies that are effective at
preventing or mitigating oil discharges and that
protect the environment, including technologies,
materials, methods, and practices--
``(i) to detect the release of hydrocarbons
from leaking exploration or production
equipment;
``(ii) to characterize the rates of flow
from leaking exploration and production
equipment in locations that are remote or
difficult to access;
``(iii) to protect the safety of workers
addressing hydrocarbon releases from
exploration and production equipment;
``(iv) to control or contain the release of
hydrocarbons from a blowout or other loss of
well control; and
``(v) in coordination with the
Administrator and the Secretary of Commerce,
for environmental assessment, restoration, and
long-term monitoring.'';
(4) in paragraph (5)(A)(i) (as redesignated by paragraph
(2)), by striking the period at the end and inserting the
following: ``, including--
``(I) fundamental scientific
characterization of the behavior of oil
and natural gas in and on soil and
water, including miscibility, plume
behavior, emulsification, physical
separation, and chemical and biological
degradation;
``(II) behavior and effects of
emulsified, dispersed, and submerged
oil in water; and
``(III) modeling, simulation, and
prediction of oil flows from releases
and the trajectories of releases on the
surface, the subsurface, and in
water.'';
(5) in paragraph (7) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D)
as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively;
(B) by striking ``The United States Coast Guard''
and inserting the following:
``(A) In general.--The United States Coast Guard'';
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Extreme environmental condition demonstration
projects.--
``(i) In general.--The Secretary of the
Interior, in conjunction with the heads of such
other agencies as the President may designate,
shall conduct deepwater, ultra deepwater, and
other extreme environment oil discharge
response demonstration projects for the purpose
of developing and demonstrating new integrated
deepwater oil discharge mitigation and response
systems that use the information and implement
the improved practices and technologies
developed through the program under this
subsection.
``(ii) Requirements.--The mitigation and
response systems developed under clause (i)
shall use technologies and management practices
for improving the response capabilities to
deepwater oil discharges, including--
``(I) improved oil flow monitoring
and calculation;
``(II) improved oil discharge
response capability;
``(III) improved subsurface
mitigation technologies;
``(IV) improved capability to track
and predict the flow and effects of oil
discharges in both subsurface and
surface areas for the purposes of
making oil mitigation and response
decisions; and
``(V) any other activities
necessary to achieve the purposes of
the program.'';
(6) by inserting after paragraph (8) (as redesignated by
paragraph (2)) the following:
``(9) Research centers of excellence.--
``(A) Response technologies for deepwater, ultra
deepwater, and other extreme environment oil
discharges.--
``(i) Establishment.--The Secretary of the
Interior shall establish at 1 or more
institutions of higher education a research
center of excellence for the research,
development, and demonstration of technologies
necessary to respond to, contain, mitigate, and
clean up deepwater, ultra deepwater, and other
extreme-environment discharges of oil.
``(ii) Grants.--The Secretary shall provide
grants to the research center of excellence
established under clause (i) to conduct and
oversee basic and applied research in the
technologies described in that clause.
``(B) Oil discharge response and restoration.--
``(i) Establishment.--The Undersecretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, in
coordination with the Administrator and the
Secretary of the Interior, shall establish at 1
or more institutions of higher education a
research center of excellence for research and
innovation in the fate of, behavior and effects
of, and damage assessment and restoration
relating to discharges of oil.
``(ii) Grants.--The Undersecretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall
provide grants to the research center of
excellence established under clause (i) to
conduct and oversee basic and applied research
in the areas described in that clause.
``(C) Other research centers of excellence.--Any
agency that is a member of the Interagency Committee
may establish such other research centers of excellence
as the agency determines to be necessary for the
research, development, and demonstration of
technologies necessary to carry out the program
established under this subsection.
``(10) Pilot program.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior
and the Administrator shall jointly conduct a pilot
program to conduct field tests, in the waters of the
United States, of new oil discharge response,
mitigation, and cleanup technologies developed under
the program established under this subsection.
``(B) Results.--The results of the field tests
conducted under subparagraph (A) shall be used--
``(i) to refine oil discharge technology
research and development; and
``(ii) to assist the Secretary of the
Interior and the Administrator in the
development of safety and environmental
regulations under this Act and other applicable
laws.'';
(7) in paragraph (12) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)),
in the first sentence--
(A) by striking ``paragraph (8)'' and inserting
``paragraph (11)''; and
(B) by striking ``paragraph (10)'' and inserting
``paragraph (13)''; and
(8) by adding at the end the following:
``(15) Research and technology plan.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this paragraph, and every 2 years
thereafter, the Chairman, in consultation with the
Board, shall develop and publish a research and
technology plan for the program established under this
subsection.
``(B) Contents.--The plan under this paragraph
shall--
``(i) identify research needs and
opportunities;
``(ii) propose areas of focus for the
program;
``(iii) establish program priorities,
including priorities for demonstration projects
under paragraph (7), the research centers of
excellence under paragraph (9), and research
funding provided under paragraphs (11) and
(12); and
``(iv) estimate--
``(I) the extent of resources
needed to conduct the program; and
``(II) timetables for completing
research tasks under the program.
``(C) Publication.--The Chairman shall timely
publish--
``(i) the plan under this paragraph; and
``(ii) a review of the plan by the Board.
``(16) Peer review of proposals and research.--
``(A) In general.--Any provision of funds under the
program established under this subsection shall be made
only after the agency providing the funding has carried
out an impartial peer review of the scientific and
technical merit of the proposals for the funding.
``(B) Requirements.--The agency providing funding
shall ensure that any research conducted under the
program shall be peer-reviewed, transparent, and made
available to the public.
``(17) Oil discharge technology and research fund.--
``(A) Establishment.--There is established in the
Treasury of the United States a revolving fund, to be
known as the `Oil Spill Technology and Research Fund'
(referred to in this paragraph as the `Fund'),
consisting of such amounts as are transferred to the
Fund under subparagraph (B), to be administered by the
Chairman, to be available without fiscal year
limitation and not subject to appropriation, to carry
out the program established under this subsection.
``(B) Transfers to fund.--From any Federal
royalties, rents, and bonuses derived from Federal
onshore and offshore oil and gas leases issued the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et
seq.) or the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et
seq.) that are deposited in the Treasury, and after
distribution of any funds described in subparagraph
(C), there shall be transferred to the Fund $25,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2020, to remain
available until expended.
``(C) Prior distributions.--The distributions
referred to in subparagraph (B) are those required by
law--
``(i) to States and to the Reclamation Fund
under section 35(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act
(30 U.S.C. 191(a)); and
``(ii) to other funds receiving amounts
from Federal oil and gas leasing programs,
including--
``(I) any recipients pursuant to
section 8(g) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g));
``(II) the land and water
conservation fund, pursuant to section
2(c) of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-5(c));
``(III) the Historic Preservation
Fund, pursuant to section 108 of the
National Historic Preservation Act (16
U.S.C. 470h); and
``(IV) the coastal impact
assistance program established under
section 31 of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356a).
``(D) Prohibition.--Amounts in the Fund may not be
made available for any purpose other than a purpose
described in subparagraph (A).
``(E) Annual reports.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than 60 days
after the end of each fiscal year beginning
with fiscal year 2010, the Chairman shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations,
Energy and Natural Resources, and Environment
and Public Works of the Senate and the
Committees on Appropriations, Natural
Resources, and Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
a report on the operation of the Fund during
the fiscal year.
``(ii) Contents.--Each report shall
include, for the fiscal year covered by the
report, the following:
``(I) A statement of the amounts
deposited in the Fund.
``(II) A description of the
expenditures made from the Fund for the
fiscal year, including the purpose of
the expenditures.
``(III) Recommendations for
additional authorities to fulfill the
purpose of the Fund.
``(IV) A statement of the balance
remaining in the Fund at the end of the
fiscal year.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 7001(f) of the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2761(f)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``(c)(8)'' and inserting ``(c)(11)'';
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(c)(4)'' and inserting
``(c)(5)'';
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(c)(6)'' and inserting
``(c)(7)''; and
(4) in the matter following paragraph (2), by striking
``(c)(8)'' and inserting ``(c)(11)''.
(c) Technical Amendment.--Section 7001(a)(4) of the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2761(a)(4)) is amended by inserting ``of the
Interagency Committee (referred to in this section as the `Chairman')''
before the period at the end.
Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to authorize and
enhance Federal programs relating to research on the detection
of, response to, and mitigation and cleanup of oil spills, and
for other purposes.''.
Calendar No. 502
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3515
[Report No. 111-242]
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A BILL
To authorize and enhance the programs of the Department of the Interior
relating to the detection of, response to, and mitigation and cleanup
of oil spills on Federal land managed by the Department, and for other
purposes.
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August 2, 2010
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title