Penalties for Polluters Act
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Summary
The Penalties for Polluters Act amends federal laws governing mineral leasing and oil and gas operations to increase civil and criminal penalties for violations. The bill raises penalty amounts under the Mineral Leasing Act, the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and requires annual inflation adjustments to these penalties. The bill also establishes a Penalty Revenue Reinvestment Fund to allocate collected excess penalty revenue to affected states, tribes, and local governments (50 percent) and to federal enforcement agencies (50 percent).
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