[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2005

                     Offered by Mr. Chabot of Ohio

       Amendment No. 1: Page 2, strike lines 10 through 20 and 
     insert the following:
       (1) no civil action may be filed against the manufacturer 
     or seller of a durable good for damage to property arising 
     out of an accident involving that durable good if the 
     accident occurred more than 18 years after the date on which 
     the durable good was delivered to its first purchaser or 
     lessee; and
       (2) no civil action may be filed against the manufacturer 
     or seller of a durable good for damages for death or personal 
     injury arising out of an accident involving that durable good 
     if the accident occurred more than 18 years after the date on 
     which the durable good was delivered to its first purchaser 
     or lessee and if--

                               H.R. 2005

                         Offered by: Mr. Chabot

       Amendment No. 2: 1. Paage 2, strike lines 10 through 20 and 
     insert the following:
       (1) no civil action may be filed against the manufacturer 
     or seller of a durable good for damage to property arising 
     out of an accident involving that durable good if the 
     accident occurred more than 18 years after the date on which 
     the durable good was delivered to its first purchaser or 
     lessee;
       (2) no civil action may be filed against the manufacturer 
     or seller of a durable good for damages for death or personal 
     injury arising out of an accident involving that durable good 
     if the accident occurred more than 18 years after the date on 
     which the durable good was delivered to its first purchaser 
     or lessee and if--
       2. Page 2, line 14, delete the ``.'' and insert ``; and''.
       3. Page 2, insert after line 14 the following:
       (3) subparagraph (a)(1) of this section does not supersede 
     or modify any statutory or common law that authorizes an 
     action for civil damages, cost recovery or any other form of 
     relief for remediation of the environment as defined in 
     section 101(8) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as amended (42 U.S.C. 
     9601(8)).

                               H.R. 2005

                  Offered by: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 3: Page 3, strike lines 15 through 19 and 
     redesignate the succeeding subsection accordingly.

                               H.R. 2005

                         Offered By: Mr. Terry

       Amendment No. 4: Page 3, insert the following after line 
     14:
       (4) Products not state-of-the-art.--This Act shall not 
     apply in the case of a durable good that, at the time it was 
     produced, was not state-of-the-art.