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Senate bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1989

S. 686Introduced Apr 4, 1989Policy area: Environmental Protection
Sponsor: Sen. George Mitchell D-ME
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Where it went

Latest action: Nov 19, 1989 — Senate passed companion measure H.R. 1465 in lieu of this measure by Voice Vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 686.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 686, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 30, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

15 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 12 Democrats, 1 independent

3 of 15 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.

Brockman Adams (D-WA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), William Cohen (R-ME), Alan Cranston (D-CA), Wyche Fowler (D-GA), Daniel Graham (D-FL), James Jeffords (I-VT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Claiborne Pell (D-RI), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), John Warner (R-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Sen. George Mitchell.

Sponsor’s state and district

Maine in Congress

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Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.