H.R. 1737 · 108th Congress
Asbestos Victims' Compensation Act of 2003
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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
7 cosponsors · 7 D
6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Asbestos Victims' Compensation Act of 2003 - Declares physical impairment of the asbestos-exposed person to be an essential element of an asbestos claim. States that cancer satisfies that requirement.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 10, 2003
Requires civil actions involving an asbestos claim to include the filing of a doctor-signed narrative medical report and diagnosis which: (1) delineates an employment and exposure history; (2) delineates a medical and smoking history; (3) certifies that 15 years have elapsed from first exposure to diagnosis; (4) certifies a certain level of opacity or pleural thickening on a chest x-ray or pathological evidence of a certain grade of asbestosis; (5) certifies a certain level of asbestos-related pulmonary impairment; and (6) contains other reports and statements as required.
Sets forth required technical standards as well as rules governing consolidation, venue, removal, and the statute of limitations.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Asbestos Victims' Compensation Act of 2003
Latest action (Apr 10, 2003): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Law · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 10, 2003
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.