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HR 4921 109th Congress House Law Civil actions and liability Jurisdiction Marine safety Transportation and Public Works Wrongful death

To amend the Act popularly known as the Death on the High Seas Act to limit application of that Act to maritime accidents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 9, 2006 Introduced by: Doggett, Lloyd Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Death on the High Seas Act (the Act) to provide that a cause of action for a maritime accident (currently, commercial aviation accident) that results in the death of a person due to a wrongful act, neglect, or default occurring on the high seas 12 nautical miles or closer to the shore of any state, or the District of Columbia, or the U.S. Territories shall be brought under federal, state, and other appropriate law and not under the provisions of the Act (where actions for such accidents occurring on the high seas beyond a marine league from the shore of such places can be brought in U.S. district courts, in admiralty).

What's happening now March 9, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4921: To amend the Act popularly known as the Death on the High Seas Act to limit application of that Act to maritime accidents, and for other purposes.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4921/
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"H.R. 4921: To amend the Act popularly known as the Death on the High Seas Act to limit application of that Act to maritime accidents, and for other purposes.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4921/.
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H.R. 4921, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4921/.
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[H.R. 4921: To amend the Act popularly known as the Death on the High Seas Act to limit application of that Act to maritime accidents, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4921/)
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