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HR 5061 115th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Administrative remedies Aquaculture Insurance industry and regulation

Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018

Introduced: March 7, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Feb 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Feb 15, 2018
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.
Feb 15, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018

This bill limits recovery for certain injuries sustained by an aquaculture worker if state workers' compensation is available to such individual. (An aquaculture worker is an individual employed by commercial enterprises involved in the controlled cultivation and harvest of aquatic plants and animals, including the cleaning, processing or canning of fish and fish products, the cultivation and harvesting of shellfish, and the controlled growing and harvesting of other aquatic species.)

What's happening now February 16, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jul 11, 2018
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jun 26, 2018
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Jun 12, 2018
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Apr 24, 2018
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Apr 12, 2018
Taylor, Scott
· Mar 7, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5061: Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5061/
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"H.R. 5061: Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5061/.
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H.R. 5061, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5061/.
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