Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2005

Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2005 - Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to revise the exemption from coverage of the Act for recreational vessel support employees.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 902 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 902

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2005

 Mr. Martinez introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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 2005''.

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;'' and
                            (ii) so that subparagraph (F) reads as 
                        follows:
                    ``(F) individuals employed primarily to build, 
                repair, test, maintain, accommodate, buy, sell, store, 
                restore, transport by land, or dismantle a recreational 
                vessel;''; 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 primarily to build, repair, test, maintain, 
        accommodate, buy, sell, store, restore, or dismantle 
        recreational vessels.
            ``(23) The term `recreational vessel' means a vessel 
        manufactured primarily for pleasure use.''.
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