Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 905 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 905 : US Code - Notes

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, Sec. 5, 44 Stat. 1426; Pub. L. 92-576, Sec.
18(a), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1263; Pub. L. 98-426, Secs. 4(b),
5(a)(1), (b), Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1641.)
AMENDMENTS
1984 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-426, Sec. 4(b), inserted at end
"For purposes of this subsection, a contractor shall be deemed the
employer of a subcontractor's employees only if the subcontractor
fails to secure the payment of compensation as required by section
904 of this title."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-426, Sec. 5(a)(1), substituted "If such
person was employed to provide shipbuilding, repairing, or breaking
services and such person's employer was the owner, owner pro hac
vice, agent, operator, or charterer of the vessel, no such action
shall be permitted, in whole or in part or directly or indirectly,
against the injured person's employer (in any capacity, including
as the vessel's owner, owner pro hac vice, agent, operator, or
charterer) or against the employees of the employer" for "If such
person was employed by the vessel to provide ship building or
repair services, no such action shall be permitted if the injury
was caused by the negligence of persons engaged in providing ship
building or repair services to the vessel".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-426, Sec. 5(b), added subsec. (c).
1972 - Pub. L. 92-576 designated existing provisions as subsec.
(a), substituted "the chapter" for "this chapter", and added
subsec. (b).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 4(b) of Pub. L. 98-426 effective Sept. 28,
1984, and applicable both with respect to claims filed after Sept.
28, 1984, and to claims pending on that date, and amendment by
section 5(a)(1), (b) of Pub. L. 98-426 applicable with respect to
any injury after Sept. 28, 1984, see section 28(a), (c) of Pub. L.
98-426, set out as a note under section 901 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 92-576 effective 30 days after Oct. 27,
1972, see section 22 of Pub. L. 92-576, set out as a note under
section 902 of this title.