Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5061
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2018-02-15
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Aquaculture

Insurance industry and regulation
Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill limits recovery for certain injuries sustained by an aquaculture worker if state workers' compensation is available to such individual. (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.)</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5061 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2018 Mr. Sanford introduced the following bill; which was 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 A BILL To amend title 46, United States Code, to limit recovery for certain injuries incurred in shellfish aquaculture activities if a remedy is available.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018 . 2. Limitation on recovery for certain injuries incurred in shellfish aquaculture activities if State remedy is available Section 30104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (a) In general.— before the first sentence; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Limitation on recovery by aquaculture workers For purposes of subsection (a), the term seaman does not include an individual who is an aquaculture worker, as that term is defined in section 701.302(c)(5) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018 , if State workers’ compensation is available to such individual. .