[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5061 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5061

 To amend title 46, United States Code, to limit recovery for certain 
 injuries incurred in shellfish aquaculture activities if a remedy is 
                               available.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2018

 Mr. Sanford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 46, United States Code, to limit recovery for certain 
 injuries incurred in shellfish aquaculture activities if a remedy is 
                               available.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON RECOVERY FOR CERTAIN INJURIES INCURRED IN 
              SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE ACTIVITIES IF STATE REMEDY IS 
              AVAILABLE.

    Section 30104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before the first 
        sentence; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Limitation on Recovery by Aquaculture Workers.--For purposes 
of subsection (a), the term `seaman' does not include an individual who 
is an aquaculture worker, as that term is defined in section 
701.302(c)(5) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on 
the date of the enactment of the Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act 
of 2018, if State workers' compensation is available to such 
individual.''.
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