H.R. 5695 · 116th Congress
Offshore Accountability Act of 2020
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This bill establishes disclosure and reporting requirements for operators of offshore oil or gas facilities after equipment failures of critical systems.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 28, 2020
Offshore Accountability Act of 2020
This bill establishes disclosure and reporting requirements for operators of offshore oil or gas facilities after equipment failures of critical systems.
Such operators must notify the Department of the Interior and the manufacturers of the equipment of such failures. In addition, the operators must provide equipment failure analyses to Interior and the manufacturers. Interior must post the analyses on its website.
Finally, operators must report to Interior on (1) changes made by such manufacturers to the design of critical systems as the result of reported failures, and (2) changes in the operators' procedures as a result of reported failures.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Offshore Accountability Act of 2020
Latest action (Jan 31, 2020): Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Policy area: Energy · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 28, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.