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HR 4766 116th Congress House Agriculture and Food Aquaculture Civil actions and liability Employee benefits and pensions Food industry and services Transportation employees Worker safety and health

Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2019

Introduced: October 18, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Nov 15, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Oct 18, 2019
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.
Oct 18, 2019
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2019

This bill limits the ability of an aquaculture worker to bring a civil action against an employer for employment-related injuries.

Specifically, the bill limits recovery for injuries sustained by an aquaculture worker if (1) state workers' compensation is available to such individual; and (2) at the time of injury, the individual was engaged in aquaculture in a place where the individual had lawful access.

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 November 15, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1