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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Increasing Penalties for Offshore Polluters Act

H.R. 3071Introduced Apr 29, 2025Policy area: Environmental Protection

Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the civil and criminal penalties for oil spills, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Ted Lieu D-CA
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 29, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3071.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3071, last updated October 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 21, 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

14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats

0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Dave Min (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mike Thompson (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Lieu.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-36 district

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Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.