Hammers' Law

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2922 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2922 To provide authorization for nonpecuniary damages in an action resulting from a cruise ship voyage occurring on the high seas. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2025 Mr. Bacon (for himself, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Matsui, and Ms. Scanlon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide authorization for nonpecuniary damages in an action resulting from a cruise ship voyage occurring on the high seas. 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 ``Hammers' Law''. SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS IN CERTAIN CASES. (a) In General.--Section 30307 of title 46, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in the section heading, by striking ``Commercial aviation accidents'' and inserting ``Limitations in certain cases''; (2) by s…