Report language accompanies legislation to clarify congressional intent. The language addresses functional safety of components. The NEMA Law Committee has recommended to the NEMA Board of Governors Government Affairs Policy Committee that NEMA give support to the legislation, if accompanied by the committee report language. As this electroindustry went to press, NEMA had been given assurances that the report language will be included when the legislation is filed with the Clerk of the House on September 29. At least twenty states have enacted various versions of a statute of repose ranging from six to fifteen years.
Many countries have ten-year statutes of repose.
Perhaps this barrier to competitiveness will at last be addressed by Congress. The business community and allies in Congress have decided to pursue the plaintiff s bar one step at a time. Attaching the measure to Senator Edward Kennedy s minimum wage bill could enhance chances of passage in the Senate and make it difficult for President Clinton to veto.