S 2035
106th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Airlines
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Families
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Liability for aircraft accidents
Liability for marine accidents
Maritime law
State laws
Wrongful death
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.
Introduced: February 7, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 7, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends Federal aviation law to declare that nothing in such law or in the Death on the High Seas Act with respect to additional remedies shall affect any remedy existing at common law or under State law with respect to any injury or death arising out of any aviation incident occurring on or after January 1, 1995.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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