1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Spill Response and Prevention Surety Act . 2. Oil Spill response and prevention (a) Oil spill response and prevention grant program (1) In general Subtitle A of title IV of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ( Public Law 101–380 ; 104 Stat. 509) is amended by adding at the end the following: 4119. Oil spill response and prevention grant programs (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Committee The term Committee means the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research established by section 7001(a)(1). (2) Eligible entity The term eligible entity means an institution of higher education that— (A) is located in an eligible State in which oil spills present a real and constant threat; (B) has a broad base of competence in fields relating to— (i) ocean, coastal, river, or Great Lakes resources; or (ii) the modeling of, efficacy of responses to, and fates and effects of oil spills; (C) is located in an area in which— (i) academic, engineering, and infrastructure resources exist to adequately address ongoing and future threats of oil spills; (ii) Federal, State, industry, and academic resources are being directed to address threats of oil spills; (iii) planned future developments would intensify or exacerbate threats of oil spills; and (iv) research and development efforts would have the greatest impact on oil spill response and prevention; (D) if proposing to conduct research on oil spill response and prevention in an ice-impacted environment, has significant demonstrable experience in the conduct of research in ice-impacted environments; and (E) if proposing to conduct research in partnership with, or to subcontract work to, a foreign or private entity, is partnering with, or subcontracting to, a foreign or private entity that is uniquely equipped to support the research being proposed. (3) Eligible State The term eligible State means a State— (A) (i) in which a marine oil terminal or transportation facility is located