,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #cih  #aadth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#afhd  ,report ,no4 #aad-eah  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march 
#bf1 #bjae ,mr4 ,curbelo of ,florida    
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,murphy of ,florida1 
,mr4 ,young of ,alaska1 ,mr4 ,sires1 and
 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,april #be1            
#bjaf;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4        
,diaz-,balart1 ,mr4 ,dold1 ,mr4 ,lance1 
,mr4 ,joyce1 ,ms4 ,graham1 ,mrs4 ,mimi  
,walters of ,california1 ,mr4 ,posey1   
,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 ,mr4 ,rouzer1
 ,mr4 ,gibson1 ,mr4 ,miller of ,florida1
 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,walden1
 ,mr4 ,mac,arthur1 ,mr4 ,norcross1 ,mr4 
,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4       
,huffman1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4         
,hastings1 ,mr4 ,clawson of ,florida1   
,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new    
,york1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4   
,coffman1 ,mr4 ,costello of             

,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1
 ,mr4 ,grothman1 ,mr4 ,jolly1 ,mr4      
,bilirakis1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1
 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,ms4 ,frankel of         
,florida1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,katko1 ,mr4
 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,grayson1 ,mr4         
,cartwright1 ,mrs4 ,capps1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1
 ,mr4 ,mica1 and ,mr4 ,hanna  ,april    
#be1 #bjaf ,reported with an amendment1 
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed       
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,march   
#bf1 #bjae  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,oil ,pollution ,act of #aiij and the   
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 to impose penalties and provide for the
 recovery of removal costs and damages  
in connection with certain discharges of
 oil from foreign offshore units1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,foreign 

,spill ,protection ,act of #bjaf4  #b4  
,liability of owners and operators of   
foreign facilities ,section #ajja7cb7 of
 the ,oil ,pollution ,act of #aiij 7#cc 
,u4,s4,c4 #bgja7cb77 is amended--  7#a7 
by redesignating subparagraphs 7,d7     
through 7,f7 as subparagraphs 7,e7      
through 7,g71 respectively2  7#b7 by    
inserting after subparagraph 7,c7 the   
following3  7,d7 ,foreign facilities ,in
 the case of a foreign offshore unit or 
other facility located seaward of the   
boundary of the exclusive economic zone1
 any person or other entity owning or   
operating the facility1 and any         
leaseholder1 permit holder1 assignee1 or
 holder of a right of use and easement  
granted under applicable foreign law for
 the area in which the facility is      
located4  2 and  7#c7 in subparagraph   
7,g71 as so redesignated1 by striking or
 offshore facility1 the persons and     
inserting offshore facility1 or foreign 
offshore unit or other facility located 
seaward of the boundary of the exclusive

 economic zone1 the persons or entities4
  ,april #be1 #bjaf ,reported with an   
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed