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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2425
To amend title 46, United States Code, to limit recovery for certain injuries
incurred in shellfish aquaculture activities if a remedy is available.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 30, 2019
Mr. YOUNG 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
A BILL
To amend title 46, United States Code, to limit recovery
for certain injuries incurred in shellfish aquaculture ac-
tivities if a remedy is available.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shellfish Aquaculture
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Improvement Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON RECOVERY FOR CERTAIN INJURIES
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INCURRED IN SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE AC-
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TIVITIES IF STATE REMEDY IS AVAILABLE.
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Section 30104 of title 46, United States Code, is
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amended—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
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the first sentence; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON RECOVERY BY AQUACULTURE
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WORKERS.—For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘sea-
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man’ does not include an individual who is an aquaculture
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worker, as that term is defined in section 701.302(c)(5)
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of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on
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the date of the enactment of the Shellfish Aquaculture Im-
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provement Act of 2019, if State workers’ compensation
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is available to such individual.’’.
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