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Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2021

Introduced: January 28, 2021 See on congress.gov

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

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.

What's happening now March 22, 2021

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

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