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H. Rept. 114-518 1 (2016-04-25)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxrmo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-518 FOREIGN SPILL PROTECTION ACT OF 2016 APRIL 25, 2016.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. SHUSTER, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1684] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1684) to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to impose pen- alties and provide for the recovery of removal costs and damages in connection with certain discharges of oil from foreign offshore units, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................ 2 Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2 H earings ................................................................................................................... 3 Legislative History and Consideration ................................................................. 3 C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 4 Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 4 New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 4 Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 4 Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 7 Advisory of Earm arks .............................................................................................. 7 Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 7 Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 8 Federal M andate Statem ent ................................................................................... 8 Preem ption Clarification ........................................................................................ 8 Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 8 Applicability of Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 8 Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation ........................................................... 8 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 9 59-006

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