3.0.0 1114 2023-01-15T22:33:41Z 2023-01-15T22:33:41Z House H HR 2003-03-06 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2003-03-06T15:03:15Z 2003-06-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5459) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-06 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2003-03-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 10 N H001022 Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] HENRY HYDE R IL J. 6 2003-03-06 True J000163 Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5] NANCY JOHNSON R CT L. 5 2003-03-06 True P000449 Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] Rob Portman R OH 2 2003-03-06 True S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2003-03-06 True B001135 Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 5 2003-03-06 True M000689 Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] JOHN MICA R FL L. 7 2003-03-06 True M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2003-03-06 True G000210 Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] PAUL GILLMOR R OH E. 5 2003-03-06 True S000364 Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] JOHN SHIMKUS R IL M. 19 2003-03-06 True T000462 Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] PATRICK TIBERI R OH J. 12 2003-03-06 True B001247 Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] Ginny Brown-Waite R FL 5 2003-03-06 True R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2003-03-06 True F000238 Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] MARK FOLEY R FL 16 2003-03-06 True B000072 Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] RICHARD BAKER R LA H. 6 2003-03-06 True K000113 Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] PATRICK KENNEDY D RI J. 1 2003-03-06 True 2003-03-18 D000429 Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] JOHN DOOLITTLE R CA T. 4 2003-03-06 True C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. 0 2003-03-06 True M000388 Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4] JIM MCCRERY R LA 4 2003-03-06 True B000013 Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] SPENCER BACHUS R AL 6 2003-03-11 False B001246 Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1] Jeb Bradley R NH 1 2003-03-11 False P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2003-03-11 False G000439 Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] JAMES GREENWOOD R PA C. 8 2003-03-11 False C001051 Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] John Carter R TX R. 31 2003-03-11 False E000092 Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] VERNON EHLERS R MI J. 3 2003-03-11 False B001236 Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3] John Boozman R AR 3 2003-03-11 False G000180 Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] WAYNE GILCHREST R MD T. 1 2003-03-11 False U000031 Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] FRED UPTON R MI 6 2003-03-11 False H000814 Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29] AMO HOUGHTON R NY 29 2003-03-18 False J000286 Rep. Janklow, William J. [R-SD-At Large] William Janklow R SD J. 0 2003-03-18 False I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 2003-03-18 False N000051 Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] GEORGE NETHERCUTT R WA 5 2003-03-18 False B000403 Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] DOUGLAS BEREUTER R NE K. 1 2003-03-18 False B001239 Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3] J. Barrett R SC Gresham 3 2003-03-18 False S000597 Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] NICK SMITH R MI 7 2003-03-18 False T000461 Rep. Toomey, Patrick J. [R-PA-15] PATRICK TOOMEY R PA J. 15 2003-03-18 False P000588 Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] Stevan Pearce R NM 2 2003-03-18 False K000358 Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6] MARK KENNEDY R MN R. 6 2003-03-18 False O000164 Rep. Ose, Doug [R-CA-3] DOUG OSE R CA 3 2003-03-25 False W000437 Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1] Roger Wicker R MS F. 1 2003-03-25 False B000755 Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] KEVIN BRADY R TX 8 2003-03-25 False S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2003-03-25 False B001240 Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7] Bob Beauprez R CO 7 2003-04-08 False L000169 Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2] JIM LEACH R IA 2 2003-05-08 False P000373 Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] JOSEPH PITTS R PA R. 16 2003-06-12 False Law Administrative fees Administrative law judges Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Advice and consent of the Senate Alternative dispute resolution Asbestos Business records Cancer Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Claims Class actions (Civil procedure) Collection of accounts Commerce Compensation (Law) Confidential communications Congress Congressional reporting requirements Court records Damages Data banks Department of Justice District courts Drug abuse Economics and Public Finance Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Finance and Financial Sector Financial statements Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Health Judicial review Jurisdiction Labor and Employment Legal fees Legal services Liability (Law) Licenses Limitation of actions Lung cancer Lung diseases Medical fees Medical laboratories Medical records Medical tests Personnel records Physicians Presidential appointments Products liability Punitive damages Right to counsel Science, Technology, Communications Smoking Stomach diseases Subpoena Trusts and trustees X-rays Law 00 2003-03-06 Introduced in House 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Establishes within OAC: (1) an Asbestos Compensation Fund to make payments to claimants under this Act; and (2) an Office of Administrative Law Judges for expedited administrative adjudication of asbestos claims..

Requires the OAC to implement a legal assistance program to provide legal representation to claimants.

Prescribes guidelines governing: (1) medical eligibility; (2) damages; (3) come back rights; (4) class actions; (5) core claims; (6) eligible medical categories; (7) fiscal and financial management of the Asbestos Compensation Fund; and (8) transitional civil actions.]]>

Asbestos Compensation Act of 2003 Display Title Asbestos Compensation Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Asbestos Compensation Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-03-06T05:00:00Z 2003-06-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5459) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.