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H.R. 628 117th Congress House

Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2021

Official title: To amend title 46, United States Code, to exclude certain aquaculture workers from treatment as seamen for the purpose of liability in the event of injury or death, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 9, 2021 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food AquacultureCivil actions and liabilityEmployee benefits and pensionsFood industry and services
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Feb 4, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jan 28, 2021
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.
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 22, 2021

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2021

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6865 Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 3 Republican 7
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Malliotakis, Nicole
New York · Oct 19, 2021
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Harris, Andy
Maryland · Sep 28, 2021
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Jun 16, 2021
 R
Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · May 11, 2021
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · May 11, 2021
 R
Higgins, Clay
Louisiana · Apr 15, 2021
Maloney, Sean
· Apr 15, 2021
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 9, 2021
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Mar 9, 2021
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Feb 18, 2021
Graves, Garret
· Jan 28, 2021
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jan 28, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 628: Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-628/
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"H.R. 628: Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-628/.
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H.R. 628, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-628/.
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