Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010

S. 685Introduced Mar 24, 2009Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Sponsor: Sen. Frank Lautenberg D-NJ

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 24, 2009
Committee actionMay 20, 2009
Passed SenateSep 29, 2010 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 23, 2010 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 685.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 685, Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2009” on June 10, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 20, 2009</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2009 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20783
CBO publication date
June 10, 2009
Congress.gov bill record
S. 685, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/685
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 685, Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2009” on June 10, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 20, 2009”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2009 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20783
CBO publication date
June 10, 2009
Congress.gov bill record
S. 685, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/685
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26ea3a061f3de2abe8c6caf1536c90bec0d9a19357acecaf5eaf85698cf01986
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 685, Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010” on September 28, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go table for the bill as provided to CBO by the House Budget Committee on September 28, 2010</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21883
CBO publication date
September 28, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
S. 685, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/685
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26ea3a061f3de2abe8c6caf1536c90bec0d9a19357acecaf5eaf85698cf01986
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 685, Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010” on September 28, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go table for the bill as provided to CBO by the House Budget Committee on September 28, 2010”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21883
CBO publication date
September 28, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
S. 685, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/685
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26ea3a061f3de2abe8c6caf1536c90bec0d9a19357acecaf5eaf85698cf01986
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 111-26 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on June 15, 2009.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 15, 2009 ↗
Evidence
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/26
Congress.gov bill record
S. 685, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/685
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26ea3a061f3de2abe8c6caf1536c90bec0d9a19357acecaf5eaf85698cf01986
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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

7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats

2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.

Mark Begich (D-AK), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), David Vitter (R-LA).

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.