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H.R. 6008 · 111th Congress

Corporate Liability and Emergency Accident Notification Act

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Passed the House without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 111th Congress ended.

MSD SchauerSponsor
13 cosponsors · 10 D, 3 R
CBD Brown JCD Conyers VER Ehlers DHD Halvorson MKD Kaptur DKD Kildee DLD Lipinski CMR Miller GPD Peters ASD Smith FUR Upton TWD Walz JDD Dingell

12 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Jul 30, 2010
  2. House Passed Sep 28, 2010

Corporate Liability and Emergency Accident Notification Act or CLEAN Act - Requires an owner or operator of a pipeline facility to provide immediate telephonic notice to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) and the National Response Center within one hour following the discovery of a release of a hazardous liquid (or another substance) and gas.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Sep 28, 2010

Corporate Liability and Emergency Accident Notification Act or CLEAN Act - Requires an owner or operator of a pipeline facility to provide immediate telephonic notice to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) and the National Response Center within one hour following the discovery of a release of a hazardous liquid (or another substance) and gas. Requires the Secretary to issue guidance to clarify the meaning of the term "discovery."

Requires the Secretary to: (1) maintain on the DOT website a database of all reportable releases involving gas or hazardous liquid pipelines; and (2) allow the public to search the database for incidents by pipeline facility owner or operator.

Subjects to a civil penalty any person who has obstructed or prevented the Secretary from carrying out an inspection or investigation with respect to a gas or liquid pipeline accident.

Increases the maximum civil penalty: (1) from $100,000 to $250,000 for each violation of a federal pipeline safety requirement or order (including one-call notification and related requirements); and (2) from $1 million to $2.5 million for a related series of violations.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Corporate Liability and Emergency Accident Notification Act

Also known as: CLEAN Act

Latest action (Sep 29, 2010): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Policy area: Transportation and Public Works · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 30, 2010

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Jul 30, 2010
  2. House Passed Sep 28, 2010

No recorded floor vote found.