A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the application of the Act popularly known as the "Death on the High Seas Act" to aviation incidents.

Amends Federal aviation law to declare that nothing in such law or in the Death on the High Seas Act with respect to additional remedies shall affect any remedy existing at common law or under State law with respect to any injury or death arising out of any aviation incident occurring on or after January 1, 1995.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 2035 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2035

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the application of 
   the Act popularly known as the ``Death on the High Seas Act'' to 
                          aviation incidents.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 2000

 Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Moynihan, 
Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. 
Sarbanes, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Robb, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Gramm) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the application of 
   the Act popularly known as the ``Death on the High Seas Act'' to 
                          aviation incidents.

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

SECTION 1. DEATH ON THE HIGH SEAS ACT.

    Section 40120(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(c) Additional Remedies.--
            ``(1) In general.--Nothing in this part or the Act entitled 
        `An Act relating to the maintenance of actions for death on the 
        high seas and other navigable waters' approved March 30, 1920 
        (46 U.S.C. App. 761 et seq.), popularly known as the `Death on 
        the High Seas Act', shall, with respect to any injury or death 
        arising out of any covered aviation incident, affect any 
        remedy--
                    ``(A) under common law; or
                    ``(B) under State law.
            ``(2) Additional remedies.--Any remedy provided for under 
        this part or the Act referred to in paragraph (1) for an injury 
        or death arising out of any covered aviation incident shall be 
        in addition to any of the remedies described in subparagraphs 
        (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Covered aviation incident defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term `covered aviation incident' means an 
        aviation disaster occurring on or after January 1, 1995.''.
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