Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2003

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1329 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1329

To amend the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to clarify
the exemption for recreational vessel support employees, and for other
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 18, 2003

Mr. Keller (for himself, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Andrews,
Mr. Feeney, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Stupak, Mr.
Foley, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mrs. Kelly,
Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Petri, and Mr. Frost)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce

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A BILL

To amend the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to clarify
the exemption for recreational vessel support employees, and for other
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Recreational Marine Employment Act
of 2003''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF RECREATIONAL VESSEL WORKER EXEMPTION.

The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901
et seq.) is amended as follows:
(1) Section 2 (33 U.S.C. 902) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (3)--
(i) so that subparagraph (C) reads as
follows:
``(C) individuals employed by or at, or engaged in
the construction or maintenance of, a recreational
marine facility or structure;'';
(ii) so that subparagraph (F) reads as
follows:
``(F) individuals employed principally to build,
repair, test, maintain, accommodate, buy, sell, store,
restore, transport by land, or dismantle a recreational
vessel;''; and
(iii) by striking the unenumerated text
following subparagraph (H) and inserting the
following:
``if the employer of an individual described in subparagraphs
(A) through (F) is in compliance with a State workers'
compensation law.''; and
(B) by redesignating paragraph (22) as paragraph
(24) and inserting after paragraph (21) the following
new paragraphs:
``(22) The term `recreational marine facility or structure'
means a place used principally to build, repair, test,
maintain, accommodate, buy, sell, store, restore, or dismantle
recreational vessels.
``(23) The term `recreational vessel' means a vessel
manufactured principally for pleasure use.''.
(2) Section 5(b) (33 U.S.C. 905(b)) is amended by striking
``a person covered under this Act'' and inserting ``a person in
maritime employment who does not qualify as a seaman under
section 20 of the Act of March 4, 1915 (46 App. U.S.C. 688;
Chap. 153; 38 Stat. 1185) (as such section was amended by
section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (Chap. 250, 41
Stat. 1007; commonly known as the Jones Act))''.
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