HR 3896
113th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Disability assistance
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation employees
Worker safety and health
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2014
Introduced: January 16, 2014
Introduced by:
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Democratic
· Florida
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 30, 2014
Received in the Senate.
Jul 29, 2014
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 29, 2014
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6995-6996)
Jul 29, 2014
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6995-6996)
Jul 29, 2014
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3896.
Jul 29, 2014
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6995-6997)
Jul 29, 2014
Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 13, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jan 16, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 16, 2014
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to define "recreational vessel" as a vessel:
- being manufactured or operated primarily for pleasure; or
- leased, rented, or chartered to another for the latter's pleasure.
Prescribes the following rules in applying the definition:
- a vessel being manufactured or built, or being repaired under warranty by its manufacturer or builder, is a recreational vessel if the vessel appears intended, based on its design and construction, to be for ultimate recreational uses. Requires the manufacturer or builder to bear the burden of establishing that a vessel is recreational under this standard;
- a vessel being repaired, dismantled for repair, or dismantled at the end of its life will be treated as recreational at the time of repair, dismantling for repair, or dismantling, provided that such vessel shares elements of design and construction of traditional recreational vessels and is not normally engaged in a military, commercial or traditionally commercial undertaking; and
- a vessel will be treated as a recreational vessel if it is a public vessel, such as a vessel owned or chartered and operated by the United States, or by a state or local government, at the time of repair, dismantling for repair, or dismantling, provided that such vessel shares elements of design and construction with traditional recreational vessels and is not normally engaged in a military, commercial, or traditionally commercial undertaking.
Requires the Secretary of Labor to amend a certain federal regulation to replace its definition of "recreational vessel" with the definition specified in this Act.
What's happening now
Received in the Senate.
Committees of jurisdiction
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