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H.R. 3509: Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2006

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H.R. 3509: Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2006

109th Congress · introduced 2005-07-28 · Law · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 431.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2005-07-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 431. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2006

Plain summary

Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2006 - Prohibits the filing of a civil action against a manufacturer or seller of a durable good (except a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or train that is used primarily to transport passengers for hire) more than 12 years after it was delivered to its first purchaser or lessee for: (1) damage to property allegedly caused by that good; or (2) damages for death or personal injury allegedly caused by that good if the claimant has received or is eligible to receive worker compensation and the injury does not involve a toxic harm (including, but not limited to, any asbestos-related harm). Declares that this Act: (1) shall not bar an action against a defendant who made an express warranty in writing as to the safety or life expectancy of a specific product for a period of more than 12 years (except that this Act shall apply at the expiration of such warranty); (2) does not affect the limitations period established by the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994; (3) does not supersede or modify any statute or common law that authorizes an action for civil damages, cost recovery, or any other form of relief for remediation of the environment; (4) does not affect regulatory enforcement actions brought by state or federal agencies; and (5) does not bar a civil action against a manufacturer or seller of a durable good who fraudulently concealed a defect in it.

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Official text

Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2006

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3509, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005 (2006-08-30); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3509, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005 (2006-08-30)

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Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr3509 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109