100 STAT. 1960
PUBLIC LAW 99-509—OCT. 21, 1986
33 USC 1321.
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33 USC 1474
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Ante, pp. 1761, 1955.
"(ii) the payment of claims under the Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act for d a m a g e which is not otherwise compensated, "(iii) c a r r y i n g out subsections (c), (d), (i), and (1) of section 311 of the Federal W a t e r Pollution Control Act w i t h respect to any discharge of oil (as defined in such section), "(iv) c a r r y i n g o u t section 5 of the I n t e r v e n t i o n on the H i g h Seas Act r e l a t i n g to oil pollution or the substantial t h r e a t of oil pollution, "(v) the payment of all expenses of administration i n c u r r e d by the Federal Government under the Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act, and "(vi) the payment of contributions to the International F u n d under such Act. For purposes of t h i s subparagraph, references to the Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act shall be t r e a t e d a s references to qualified authorizing legislation (as defined in section 4611). "(B) SPECIAL RULES. — "(i) P A Y M E N T S TO GOVERNMENTS ONLY FOR REMOVAL COSTS A N D NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS
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AND CLAIMS.—Exccpt in the case of payments described i n subparagraph (A)(v), a m o u n t s shall b e available under subparagraph (A) for payments to any government only for— "(I) removal costs and n a t u r a l resource d a m a g e assessments and claims, and "(II) administrative expenses related to such costs, assessments, or claims, "(ii)
RESTRICTIONS
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CONTRIBUTIONS
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NATIONAL FUND.—Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, a m o u n t s shall be available under subparagraph (A) with respect to any contribution to the International F u n d only in proportion to the portion of such fund used for a purpose for which a m o u n t s may be paid from the Oil Spill Liability T r u s t F u n d. "(2) LIMITATIONS O N EXPENDITURES.—
"(A) $500,000,000 PER INCIDENT, ETC.—The maximum a m o u n t which may be paid from the Oil Spill Liability T r u s t F u n d w i t h respect to— "(i) any single incident shall not exceed $500,000,000, and "(ii) natural resource damage assessments and claims in connection with any single incident shall not exceed $250,000,000. "(B) $30,000,000 MINIMUM BALANCE.—Exccpt in the case of payments described in paragraph (l)(A)(i), a payment may be made from such Trust Fund only if the amount in such Trust Fund after such payment will not be less than $30,000,000. "(d) AUTHORITY To BORROW.—
Appropriation authorization.
"(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriatea to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, as repayable advances, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of such Trust Fund.
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