US Congress House Bill 3896 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: Engrossed on July 30 2014 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-07-30 - Received in the Senate.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to define "recreational vessel" as a vessel: being manufactured or operated primarily for pleasure; or leased, rented, or chartered to another for the latter's pleasure. Prescribes the following rules in applying the definition: a vessel being manufactured or built, or being repaired under warranty by its manufacturer or builder, is a recreational vessel if the vessel appears intended, based on its design and construction, to be for ultimate recreational uses. Requires the manufacturer or builder to bear the burden of establishing that a vessel is recreational under this standard; a vessel being repaired, dismantled for repair, or dismantled at the end of its life will be treated as recreational at the time of repair, dismantling for repair, or dismantling, provided that such vessel shares elements of design and construction of traditional recreational vessels and is not normally engaged in a military, commercial or traditionally commercial undertaking; and a vessel will be treated as a recreational vessel if its a public vessel, such as a vessel owned or chartered and operated by the United States, or by a state or local government, at the time of repair, dismantling for repair, or dismantling, provided that such vessel shares elements of design and construction with traditional recreational vessels and is not normally engaged in a military, commercial, or traditionally commercial undertaking. Requires the Secretary of Labor to amend a certain federal regulation to replace its definition of "recreational vessel" with the definition specified in this Act.

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2014

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-30	Senate	Received in the Senate.
2014-07-29	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2014-07-29	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6995-6996)
2014-07-29	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3896.
2014-07-29	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6995-6997)
2014-07-29	House	Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2014-06-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2014-01-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3896/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3896/BILLS-113hr3896ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3896/BILLS-113hr3896eh.pdf