# 116-hr-5695: Offshore Accountability Act of 2020

116-hr-5695, Offshore Accountability Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5695
- Congress: 116
- Title: Offshore Accountability Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Introduced: 2020-01-28
- Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Offshore Accountability Act of 2020 This bill establishes disclosure and reporting requirements for operators of offshore oil or gas facilities after equipment failures of critical systems. Such operators must notify the Department of the Interior and the manufacturers of the equipment of such failures. In addition, the operators must provide equipment failure analyses to Interior and the manufacturers. Interior must post the analyses on its website. Finally, operators must report to Interior on (1) changes made by such manufacturers to the design of critical systems as the result of reported failures, and (2) changes in the operators' procedures as a result of reported failures.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] (R-FL), 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] (D-VA), 2020-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-5141: Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019
- 116-hr-1754: Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020
- 116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020
- 116-hr-737: Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019
- 116-hr-724: PACT Act
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5695 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5695)

## Related
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- [116-hr-1754: Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1754)
- [116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1570)
- [116-hr-737: Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-737)
- [116-hr-724: PACT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-724)
- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5695 (as of 2025-11-18).