HR 1329
108th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Boats and boating
Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Construction workers
Employers' liability
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Law
Longshoremen
Maintenance and repair
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Merchant seamen
Negligence
Shipbuilding
Sports and Recreation
State laws
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation workers
Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2003
Introduced: March 18, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 15, 2004
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 7, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Mar 18, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 18, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2003 - Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act with respect to employer liability for death and disability compensation payable to longshore, harbor workers, and other specified marine employees not otherwise covered by State workers compensation laws. Excludes from the definition of employee any individuals employed by or at, or engaged in the construction or maintenance of, a recreational marine facility or structure. Expands the range of individuals whose work is concerned with recreational vessels who do not qualify as employees, including people who principally buy and sell, or test, such vessels.
Makes such exclusions contingent on the employer's being in compliance with a State workers' compensation law. (Currently they are contingent on workers' being covered under such a law).
Modifies requirements for third part actions against vessels for negligence to apply them only to injuries to maritime workers who do not qualify as seamen under specified Federal law. (Currently they apply to injuries to all persons covered under the Act).
What's happening now
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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