Requests the Gulf Coast Claims Facility to keep all of its claims offices open in La.
Commends the first responders of Louisiana for their swift action to combat the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Requests the U. S. President to issue an emergency declaration to use any and all U.S. resources, including military forces and martial law, to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and to ban the use of certain chemical dispersants in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response operation.
Requests the Department of Revenue to reevaluate the decision on certain BP settlements issued to certain oystermen and shrimpers.
Requests all relevant state and federal agencies to devote all available resources to stop the flow of oil at the former site of the Deepwater Horizon rig.
Requests BP P.L.C. to institute medical monitoring and treatment, and to publish advisory medical protocols to all Louisiana residents and clean-up workers who were exposed to chemicals related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Memorializes Congress to extend Louisiana's seaward boundary in the Gulf of Mexico to three marine leagues.
Requests the president of the United States to utilize all the resources of the federal government to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and to minimize its impacts on the state of Louisiana, its citizens, businesses, and wildlife and fisheries, and to expedite any necessary permits and to waive or suspend any federal requirements as necessary in order to protect Louisiana's coast, marshes, estuaries, citizens, businesses, and wildlife and fisheries.
Urges and requests Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, to reconsider the directive that he issued which instituted six-month moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and to possibly alter that directive to minimize the negative economic impact of such directive on the already damaged economies of the state of Louisiana and the other oil and gas producing states along the Gulf of Mexico.
Requests British Petroleum to provide funding to the Louisiana Community and Technical College System in the amount of thirty-five million dollars to establish and maintain programs of instruction in the technology and procedure of oil spill cleanup.