[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2005 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2005

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the application of 
   the Act popularly known as the ``Death on the High Seas Act'' to 
                          aviation incidents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 1997

Mr. McDade (for himself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. King, Mr. Borski, Mr. Gekas, 
 Mr. Holden, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ehrlich, 
Mr. Klink, Mr. Manton, Ms. Furse, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Shays, Mr. Delahunt, 
 Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Archer, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, 
  Mr. Ford, Mr. Cramer, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
    Doyle, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Murtha, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. 
   Mollohan, Mr. McHale, Mr. Goodling, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Mascara, Mr. 
Riggs, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Forbes, Ms. DeLauro, and 
  Mr. Hoyer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the application of 
   the Act popularly known as the ``Death on the High Seas Act'' to 
                          aviation incidents.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEATH ON THE HIGH SEAS ACT.

    Section 40120(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(c) Additional Remedies.--
            ``(1) In general.--Nothing in this part or the Act entitled 
        `An Act relating to the maintenance of actions for death on the 
        high seas and other navigable waters' approved March 30, 1920 
        (46 U.S.C. App. 761 et seq.), popularly known as the `Death on 
        the High Seas Act', shall, with respect to any injury or death 
        arising out of any covered aviation incident, affect any 
        remedy--
                    ``(A) under common law; or
                    ``(B) under State law.
            ``(2) Additional remedies.--Any remedy provided for under 
        this part or the Act referred to in paragraph (1) for an injury 
        or death arising out of any covered aviation incident shall be 
        in addition to any of the remedies described in subparagraphs 
        (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Covered aviation incident defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term `covered aviation incident' means an 
        aviation disaster occurring on or after January 1, 1995.''.
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