Offshore Accountability Act of 2021

United States117th CongressHR-570House of Representatives
Updated: Nov 16, 2022

Summary

Offshore Accountability Act of 2021 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 changes made by such manufacturers to the design of critical systems as the result of reported failures and changes in the operators' procedures as a result of reported failures.

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  1. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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  2. Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.

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  3. Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-562.

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  4. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 403.

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