Today, the House of Representatives passed a bill – H.R. 5503 (also known as the SPILL Act)  – which will amend the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA).  H.R. 5503 will permit the widows and children of the oil rig workers killed in the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster to be compensated for their grief, mental anguish and suffering due to the deaths…