H.R. 5503, the "Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act" (SPILL Act)

Legislative Materials for the SPILL Act

• H.R. 5503, the SPILL Act
• Section-by-Section Analysis of the SPILL Act
• Speaker's Office Fact Sheet on SPILL Act
• SPILL Act Dear Colleague
• 6/28 & 6/29/10 - U.S. Judicial Conference Letter and Follow-up Letter Re: SPILL Act Provision
• CRS Memo on Constitutional Issues Raised by SPILL Act
• Congressman Conyers’ Floor Statement during Consideration of SPILL Act
• SPILL Act Committee Report

Legislative Correspondence

Letters of Support for SPILL Act

• National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc. Letter
• Public Citizen Letter
• Mississippi Attorney General Letter
• International Cruise Victims Assoc., Inc. Letter
• National Center for Victims of Crime Letter
• Deepwater Horizon Explosion Victim's Survivors Letter
• Joint Public Interest Organizations Letter
• Cruise Liner Accident Survivor Letter
• Father of Tanker Accident Victim Letter

BP Claims Process Materials

Oversight of BP Claims Process

• Gulf Coast Claims Facility Reports
• Daily Coast Guard Reports
• Daily BP Response Updates

BP Claims Process Correspondence

• 6/22/10 - BP Response to Chairman's June 16 Follow-up Request for Claims Data
• 6/16/10 - Follow-up Letter from Chairman to BP Exec Re: Daily Coast Guard Reports
• 5/28/10 - Letter from Chairman to BP Exec Requesting Claims Data
• 5/19/10 - Conyers Letter and Document Request to Halliburton
• 5/19/10 - Conyers Letter and Document Request to Transocean
• 5/19/10 - Conyers Letter and Document Request to BP
• 5/19/10 - Conyers Letter and Document Request to Cameron

Press Releases

• 7/01/10 - House Passes Conyers Oil Spill Liability Bill; Ensures Justice for Disaster Victims
• 6/23/10 - Judiciary Panel Passes SPILL Act to Bring Liability Laws to the 21st Century
• 6/18/10 - BP's Claims Process Still Falls Short
• 6/10/10 - Conyers and Melancon Introduce SPILL Act
  Address Legal Liability Issues Arising from Gulf Coast Oil Catastrophe
• 6/09/10 - Conyers Proposes Judiciary Committee Initiatives Related to Oil Spill
• 5/19/10 - Conyers Announces Judiciary Committee Investigation into Oil Spill Liability