S.662: Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2011

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about environmental protection
  • Introduced March 29, 2011
  • Latest Major Action June 28, 2011

Bill Sponsor

Bill Cosponsors

2 (1 Democrat, 1 Republican)

Bill Summary

Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2011 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enter into an arrangement with the National Academies to convene a panel of scientists to evaluate and report on the natural resource damages from the blowout and explosion of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010, the resulting hydrocarbon releases into...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held.
March 29, 2011

Introduced in the Senate by David Vitter (R-La.)

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