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Version 17 · Reported to House with amendment(s) · Jun 30, 2005
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).
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Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] · R–FL
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 97.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 109-161.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 109-161.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 18.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 6 - 5.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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