ISSUES IN FOCUS
Bill Text
Summary
Talking Points
Background Materials
- Oil Spills and Liability Limits
- Onshore and Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Development
- Offshore Drilling and Moratoriums
- Medium and Heavy Truck Fleets
- Reductions in Oil Consumption from the Transportation Sector
- Residential Buildings: Energy Consumption, Expenditures, Emissions
Section-by-Section Fact Sheets
- Oil Spill Response and Accountability
- Oil Pollution Act and Liability Limits
- Oil Spill Response Plans
- Detecting and Mitigating Oil Spills
- Improvements in Oil and Gas Development on the OCS
- Increasing Sentences for Environmental Crimes
- Fairness in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Addressing Exxon v. Baker
- Coastal Oil Spill Response, Restoration, and Prevention
- Subpoena Power
- Catastrophic Incident Planning
- Reducing Oil Consumption and Increasing Energy Independence
- Clean Energy Job Creation and Consumer Savings
- Protecting the Environment
- Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund