,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ah1        
#bjai,mr4 ,young introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #df1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to exclude certain aquaculture workers  
from treatment as seamen for the purpose
 of liability in the event of injury or 
death1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,shellfish ,aquaculture ,improvement
 ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,limitation on     
recovery for certain injuries incurred  
in shellfish aquaculture activities if a
 ,state remedy is available  7a7 ,in    
general ,section #cjajd of title #df1   

,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 by inserting 7a7 ,in general4--    
before the first sentence2 and  7#b7 by 
adding at the end the following3  7b7   
,limitation on recovery by aquaculture  
workers ,for purposes of subsection     
7a7-- 7#a7 ,in general ,the term seaman 
does not include an individual who--    
7,a7 is an aquaculture worker if ,state 
workers' compensation is available to   
such individual2 and  7,b7 was1 at the  
time of injury1 engaged in aquaculture  
in a place where such individual had    
lawful access4  7#b7 ,aquaculture worker
 defined ,for purposes of paragraph     
7#a71 the term aquaculture worker means 
an individual who-- 7,a7 is employed by 
a commercial enterprise that is involved
 in the controlled cultivation and      
harvest of aquatic plants and animals1  
including--  7i7 the cleaning1          
processing1 or canning of fish and fish 
products2  7ii7 the cultivation and     
harvesting of shellfish2 and  7iii7 the 
controlled growing and harvesting of    

other aquatic species2  7,b7 does not   
hold a license issued under section     
#gaja7;c7 of this title2 and  7,c7 is   
not required to hold a merchant mariner 
credential under part ,f of subtitle    
,,ii of this title4  4  7b7 ,effective  
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall apply to injuries incurred
 on or after the date of enactment of   
this ,act4