Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-940
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Boats and boating
Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Construction workers
Employers' liability
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Law
Longshoremen
Maintenance and repair
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Merchant seamen
Negligence
Shipbuilding
Sports and Recreation
State laws
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation workers
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2005 - Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to revise certain exclusions from coverage by the Act.
 
Excludes from the definition of covered employees any individuals employed by or at, or engaged in the construction or maintenance of, a recreational marine facility or structure, if the employer is in compliance with a state workers' compensation law.
 
Defines recreational marine facility or structure as a place used primarily to build, repair, test, maintain, accommodate, buy, sell, store, restore, or dismantle recreational vessels (vessels manufactured primarily for pleasure use).
 
Excludes from coverage individuals employed primarily to build, repair, test, maintain, accommodate, buy, sell, store, restore, transport by land, or dismantle a recreational vessel (regardless of length), if the employer is in compliance with a state workers' compensation law.
 
Limits to a person in maritime employment who does not qualify as a seaman (currently, to any person covered by the Act), or anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages (as under current law), the entitlement to recover damages and bring an action against a vessel as a third party in the event of injury caused by the vessel's negligence. (Continues to protect the employer from liability to the vessel for such damages directly or indirectly, voiding any agreements or warranties to the contrary.)
 

action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2005 - Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to revise certain exclusions from coverage by the Act.

Exempts from such coverage individuals: (1) employed by or at, or engaged in construction and maintenance of, a recreational marine facility or structure; or (2) employed primarily to build, repair, test, maintain, accommodate, buy, sell, store, restore, or dismantle recreational vessels.

Defines recreational marine facility or structure as a place used primarily to build, repair, test, maintain, accommodate, buy, sell, store, restore, or dismantle recreational vessels (which are vessels manufactured primarily for pleasure use).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 97.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 109-161.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 109-161.
action_date: 2005-04-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 18.
action_date: 2005-04-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 6 - 5.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House