Increasing Penalties for Offshore Polluters Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 14
- Latest action
- Apr 29, 2025
What it does
The Increasing Penalties for Offshore Polluters Act would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to significantly raise civil and criminal penalties for oil spills, including doubling fines and imprisonment terms for violations. It affects entities and individuals responsible for offshore oil pollution by increasing minimum civil penalties and enhancing criminal sanctions, such as raising fines from $2,500 to $5,000 and imprisonment from up to 1 year to up to 2 years for certain offenses, with similar increases across other penalty tiers. The bill aims to strengthen deterrence against offshore pollution by making penalties more severe.
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