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                                                 Union Calendar No. 123
105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2005

                          [Report No. 105-201]

 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

                             July 24, 1997

    Additional sponsors: Mr. Dan Schaefer of Colorado, Mr. Watts of 
Oklahoma, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. Fox of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Costello, Mr. Pickering, and Mr. 
                                LoBiondo

                             July 24, 1997

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 
                               20, 1997]

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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. CLARIFICATION AMENDMENT.

    Section 40120(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``(including 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, commonly known as the Death on the 
High Seas Act (46 U.S.C. App. 761-767; 41 Stat. 537-538))'' after 
``United States''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendment made by section 1 applies to civil actions commenced 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and to civil actions that 
are not adjudicated by a court of original jurisdiction or settled on 
or before such date of enactment.
                                     





                                                 Union Calendar No. 123

105th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2005

                          [Report No. 105-201]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 24, 1997

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed