In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Ethics Commission Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established an independent ethics 
commission within the House of Representatives to be known as the 
Independent Ethics Committee (in this Act referred to as the 
``Commission'').
    (b) Membership and Terms of Office.--(1) The Commission shall 
consist of 9 commissioners, 4 appointed by the Speaker and 4 by the 
minority leader of the House, and one selected by the affirmative vote 
of two-thirds of the 8 appointed commissioners for a term of 5 years. 
No commissioner may serve for more than 5 years.
    (2) Commissioners shall be appointed for terms of 5 years, except 
that of the commissioners first appointed, 2 appointed by the Speaker 
and 2 by the minority leader shall be for 3-year terms and 2 appointed 
by the Speaker and 2 by the minority leader shall be for 4-year terms 
as designated by the Speaker and the minority leader at the time of 
appointment.
    (c) Qualifications.--Only former Federal judges shall be eligible 
for appointment to the Commission.
            (1) Disqualifications for appointments.--
                    (A) Lobbying.--No individual who has been a 
                lobbyist registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
                of 1995 or engages in, or is otherwise employed in, 
                lobbying of the Congress or who is an agent of a 
                foreign principal registered under the Foreign Agents 
                Registration Act within the 4-year period immediately 
                preceding appointment shall be eligible for appointment 
                to, or service on, the Commission.
                    (B) Incompatible office.--No member of the 
                Commission appointed under subsection (b) may be a 
                Member of the House of Representatives or Senator.
            (2) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled 
        in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (d) Compensation.--Members shall each be entitled to receive the 
daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay in effect for 
Level III of the Executive Schedule for each day (including travel 
time) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties 
vested in the Commission.
    (e) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall 
constitute a quorum.
    (f) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call a majority of 
its members.

SEC. 3. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Duties.--The Commission is authorized--
            (1) to receive, monitor, and oversee financial disclosure 
        and other reports filed by Members of the House and officers 
        and employees of the House under the Ethics in Government Act 
        of 1978, and reports filed by registered lobbyists under the 
        Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995;
            (2) to investigate any alleged violation, by a Member, 
        officer, or employee of the House of Representatives, of any 
        rule or other standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of 
        such Member, officer, or employee under House rules in the 
        performance of his duties or the discharge of his 
        responsibilities;
            (3) to present a case of probable ethics violations to the 
        Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (4) to make recommendations to the Committee on Standards 
        of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives that it 
        report to the appropriate Federal or State authorities any 
        substantial evidence of a violation by a Member, officer, or 
        employee of the House of Representatives of any law applicable 
        to the performance of his duties or the discharge of his 
        responsibilities, which may have been disclosed in an 
        investigation by the Office;
            (5) to provide information and informal guidance to 
        Members, officers and employees of the House of Representatives 
        regarding any rules and other standards of conduct applicable 
        to such individuals in their official capacities, and develop 
        and carry out periodic educational briefings for Members, 
        officers, and employees of the House of Representatives on 
        those laws, rules, regulations, or other standards; and
            (6) to give consideration to the request of any Member, 
        officer, or employee of the House of Representatives for a 
        formal advisory opinion or other formal ruling, subject to the 
        review of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the 
        House of Representatives, as applicable, with respect to the 
        general propriety of any current or proposed conduct of such 
        Member, officer, or employee and, with appropriate deletions to 
        assure the privacy of the individual concerned, to publish such 
        opinion for the guidance of other Members, officers, and 
        employees of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 4. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings and Evidence.--The Commission may for the purpose of 
carrying out this Act--
            (1) hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and 
        places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, administer 
        such oaths; and
            (2) subject to subsection (b), require, by subpoena or 
        otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and 
        the production of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memoranda, papers, and documents, as the Commission may 
        determine advisable.
    (b) Subpoenas.--A subpoena may be issued only with a majority of 
the Commission.
    (c) Obtaining Information.--Upon request of the Commission, the 
head of any agency or instrumentality of the Government shall furnish 
information deemed necessary by the Commission to enable it to carry 
out its duties.
    (d) Referrals to the Department of Justice.--Whenever the 
Commission has reason to believe that a violation of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 may have occurred, that matter may be referred 
to the Department of Justice for it to investigate.
    (e) General Audits.--The Commission shall have the authority to 
conduct general audits of filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995.

SEC. 5. INVESTIGATIONS AND INTERACTION WITH THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON 
              STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.

    (a) Notification.--Whenever the Commission determines that there 
are sufficient grounds to conduct an investigation--
            (1) the Commission shall notify the Committee on Standards 
        of Official Conduct of this determination;
            (2) the applicable committee may overrule the determination 
        of the Commission if, within 10 legislative days--
                    (A) the committee by an affirmative, roll-call vote 
                of two-thirds of the full committee votes to overrule 
                the determination of the Commission;
                    (B) the committee issues a public report detailing 
                its reasoning for overruling the Commission;
                    (C) the vote of each member of the committee on 
                such roll-call vote is included in the report;
                    (D) dissenting members are allowed to issue their 
                own report detailing their reasons for disagreeing with 
                the majority vote; and
                    (E) if the committee votes to overrule the 
                determination of the Commission pursuant to 
                subparagraph (B), the Commission may publish and make 
                available to the general public a report detailing the 
                reasons that the Commission concluded there were 
                sufficient grounds to conduct an investigation.
    (b) Conducting Investigations.--(1) If the Commission determines 
that there are sufficient grounds to conduct an investigation and his 
determination is not overruled under subsection (a)(5), the Commission 
shall conduct an investigation to determine if probable cause exists 
that a violation occurred.
    (2) As part of an investigation, the Commission may--
            (A) administer oaths;
            (B) issue subpoenas;
            (C) compel the attendance of witnesses and the production 
        of papers, books, accounts, documents, and testimony; and
            (D) take the deposition of witnesses.
    (3) If a person disobeys or refuses to comply with a subpoena, or 
if a witness refuses to testify to a matter, he may be held in contempt 
of Congress.
    (c) Presentation of Case to House Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct.--(1) If the Commission determines, upon conclusion of 
an investigation, that probable cause exists that an ethics violation 
has occurred, the Commission shall notify the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct of the House of Representatives of this determination.
    (2) The committee may overrule the determination of the Commission 
if, within 10 legislative days--
            (A) the committee by an affirmative, roll-call vote of two-
        thirds of the full committee votes to overrule the 
        determination of the Commission;
            (B) the committee issues a public report detailing its 
        reasoning for overruling the Commission;
            (C) the vote of each member of the committee on such roll-
        call vote is included in the report; and
            (D) dissenting members are allowed to issue their own 
        report detailing their reasons for disagreeing with the 
        majority vote.
    (3) If the committee votes to overrule the determination of the 
Commission pursuant to paragraph (2), the Commission may publish and 
make available to the general public a report detailing the reasons 
that he concluded there were sufficient grounds to present such case to 
the committee.
    (4)(A) If the Commission determines there is probable cause that an 
ethics violation has occurred and the Commission's determination is not 
overruled, the Commission shall present the case and evidence to the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of 
Representatives to hear and make a determination pursuant to its rules.
    (B) The committee shall vote upon whether the individual who is the 
subject of the investigation has violated any rules or other standards 
of conduct applicable to that individual in his official capacity. Such 
votes shall be a roll-call vote of the full committee, a quorum being 
present. The committee shall issue a public report which shall include 
the vote of each member of the committee on such roll-call vote. 
Dissenting members may issue their own report detailing their own 
reasons for disagreeing with the majority vote.
    (d) Sanctions.--Whenever the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct of the House of Representatives finds that an ethics violation 
has occurred the Commission shall recommend appropriate sanctions to 
the committee and whether a matter should be referred to the Department 
of Justice for investigation.

SEC. 6. PROCEDURAL RULES.

    (a) Majority Approval.--No report or recommendation relating to the 
official conduct of a Member, officer, or employee of the House of 
Representatives shall be made by the Commission, and no investigation 
of such conduct shall be undertaken by the Commission, unless approved 
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Commission.
    (b) Investigations.--Except in the case of an investigation 
undertaken by the Commission on its own initiative, the Commission may 
undertake an investigation relating to the official conduct of an 
individual Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives 
only--
            (1) upon receipt of a complaint, in writing and under oath, 
        made by or submitted to a Member of the House of 
        Representatives and transmitted to the Commission by such 
        Member, or
            (2) upon receipt of a complaint from the chairman of the 
        Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of 
        Representatives, in writing and under oath, made by that 
        committee.
    (c) Prohibition of Certain Investigations.--No investigation shall 
be undertaken by the Commission of any alleged violation of a law, 
rule, regulation, or standard of conduct not in effect at the time of 
the alleged violation.
    (d) Disclosure.--No information or testimony received, or the 
contents of a complaint or the fact of its filing, shall be publicly 
disclosed by any member of the Commission or staff of the Commission 
unless specifically authorized in each instance by a vote of the 
Commission.

SEC. 7. STAFF OF COMMISSION.

    The Commission may appoint and fix the compensation of such staff 
as the Commission considers necessary to perform its duties. The 
Commission shall be appointed jointly by the Speaker and minority 
leader and shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay 
payable for Level III of the Executive Schedule.

SEC. 8. AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE TO CHANGE THE DUTIES OF 
              THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.

    (a) House Rules Amendments.--Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended as follows:
            (1) In paragraph (a), strike subparagraphs (1), (2), and 
        (3), and redesignate subparagraphs (4), (5), and (6), as 
        subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively.
            (2)(A) Paragraph (b)(1) is amended by striking ``(A)'', by 
        striking ``a resolution, report, recommendation, or'' and 
        inserting ``an'', and by striking ``, or, except as provided in 
        subparagraph (2), undertake an investigation'', and by striking 
        subdivision (B).
            (B) Paragraph (b) is further amended by striking 
        subparagraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) and by redesignating 
        subparagraphs (6) and (7) as subparagraphs (2) and (3), 
        respectively.
            (3) Strike paragraphs (j) (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), and 
        (q).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 803 of the Ethics Reform Act of 
1989 (2 U.S.C. 29d) is amended by striking subsections (c) and (d).

SEC. 9. ACTION ON COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Printing of Reports in Congressional Record.--Upon receipt by 
the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of 
Representatives of any report of the Commission, the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives shall have the report printed in the 
Congressional Record.
    (b) House Consideration of Independent Ethics Commission 
Recommendations.--Within 14 calendar days after a report referred to in 
subsection (a) is printed in the Congressional Record, that portion of 
the report recommending action by the House of Representatives 
respecting any alleged violation, by a Member, officer, or employee of 
the House of Representatives, of any law, rule, regulation, or other 
standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of such Member, officer, 
or employee in the performance of his duties or the discharge of his 
responsibilities shall be introduced (by request) in the House by the 
Speaker of the House, for himself and the minority leader of the House 
in the form of a resolution. This resolution shall constitute a 
question of privilege under rule IX of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. Any Member favoring the resolution may call it up as a 
question of privilege but only on the third day after the calendar date 
upon which such Member announces to the House his intention to do so.

SEC. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect upon the date of its enactment, except 
that sections 3, 4, and 8 shall not take effect immediately prior to 
noon January 3, 2009.
Example Output: Independent Ethics Commission Act of 2007 - Establishes within the House of Representatives an Independent Ethics Commission composed only of former federal judges.

Example Input: SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW FASHION MODEL NONIMMIGRANT 
              CLASSIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) New classification.--Section 101(a)(15)(P) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(P)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in clause (iii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (iv), by striking ``clause (i), (ii), 
                or (iii)'' and inserting ``clause (i), (ii), (iii), or 
                (iv)'';
                    (C) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); and
                    (D) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
                    ``(iv) is a fashion model who is of distinguished 
                merit and ability and who is seeking to enter the 
                United States temporarily to perform fashion modeling 
                services that involve events or productions which have 
                a distinguished reputation or that are performed for an 
                organization or establishment that has a distinguished 
                reputation for, or a record of, utilizing prominent 
                modeling talent; or''.
            (2) Authorized period of stay.--Section 214(a)(2)(B) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(2)(B)) is 
        amended in the second sentence--
                    (A) by inserting ``or fashion models'' after 
                ``athletes''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or fashion model'' after 
                ``athlete''.
            (3) Numerical limitation.--Section 214(c)(4) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(4)) is 
        amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(I)(i) The total number of aliens who may be issued visas or 
otherwise provided nonimmigrant status during any fiscal year under 
section 101(a)(15)(P)(iv) may not exceed 1,000.
    ``(ii) The numerical limitation established by clause (i) shall 
only apply to principal aliens and not to the spouses or children of 
such aliens.
    ``(iii) An alien who has already been counted toward the limitation 
established by clause (i) shall not be counted again during the same 
period of stay or authorized extension under subsection (a)(2)(B), 
irrespective of whether there is a change in petitioner under 
subparagraph (C).''.
            (4) Consultation.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 214(c)(4)(D) of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                1184(c)(4)(D)) is amended by striking ``clause (i) or 
                (iii)'' and inserting ``clause (i), (iii), or (iv)''.
                    (B) Advisory opinion.--Section 214(c)(6)(A)(iii) of 
                the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                1184(c)(6)(A)(iii)) is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``section 101(a)(15)(P)(i) 
                        or 101(a)(15)(P)(iii),'' and inserting ``clause 
                        (i), (iii), or (iv) of section 
                        101(a)(15)(P),''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``of athletics or 
                        entertainment''.
                    (C) Expedited procedures.--Section 214(c)(6)(E)(i) 
                of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                1184(c)(6)(E)(i)) is amended by striking ``artists or 
                entertainers'' and inserting ``artists, entertainers, 
                or fashion models''.
    (b) Elimination of H-1B Classification for Fashion Models.--Section 
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or as a fashion model''; and
            (2) by striking ``or, in the case of a fashion model, is of 
        distinguished merit and ability''.
    (c) Effective Date and Implementation.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Regulations, guidelines, and precedents.--The 
        regulations, guidelines and precedents in effect on the date of 
        the enactment of this Act for the adjudication of petitions for 
        fashion models under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)), shall be applied to petitions for 
        fashion models under section 101(a)(15)(P)(iv) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(P)(iv)), 
        as added by this Act, except to the extent modified by the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security through final regulations (not 
        through interim regulations) promulgated in accordance with 
        subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United 
        States Code (commonly known as the ``Administrative Procedure 
        Act'').
            (3) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
        construed as preventing an alien who is a fashion model from 
        obtaining nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(O)(i) of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1101(a)(15)(O)(i)) if such alien is otherwise qualified for 
        such status.
            (4) Treatment of pending petitions.--Petitions filed on 
        behalf of fashion models under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) that are pending on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act shall be treated as if they had been 
        filed under section 101(a)(15)(P)(iv) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(P)(iv)), as added by this 
        Act.
Example Output: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the current nonimmigrant (H-1B) visa category for fashion models with a new (P-4) visa category.

Defines such category as a fashion model who is of distinguished merit and ability and who is seeking to enter the United States temporarily to perform fashion modeling services that involve events or productions which have a distinguished reputation or that are performed for an organization or establishment that has a distinguished reputation for, or a record of, utilizing prominent modeling talent.

Provides that such entrants may not: (1) exceed 1,000 in any fiscal year, not including accompanying spouses or children; and (2) stay in the United States for more than 10 years (initial five-year period with one five-year extension).

Makes an employer petition for such alien models eligible for expedited consultation procedures.

States that applicable H-1B regulations, guidelines, and precedents in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act for the adjudication of fashion model petitions shall be applied to P-4 petitions, except to the extent modified by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civilian Service Recognition Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Many Americans are unaware that there are thousands of 
        civilian Federal employees serving the Nation in the dangerous 
        theaters of war in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and elsewhere, in 
        the Global War on Terror.
            (2) These employees voluntarily risk their lives to serve 
        the Nation overseas and support the cause of freedom.
            (3) The patriotism of these employees does not begin or end 
        in a uniform, but flows from the shining example of many of the 
        Nation's founding fathers, who, while not serving in the 
        military, sacrificed everything for the sake of liberty.
            (4) In light of the new and unconventional warfare that 
        characterizes the Global War on Terror, it is no surprise that 
        thousands of these employees endure danger and injury, and 
        tragically death, while serving beside the Nation's troops.
            (5) These brave employees serve the Nation openly and 
        clandestinely, contributing to the cause of freedom and 
        democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan and preserving the security 
        of the United States.
            (6) The dedication and service of these employees exemplify 
        the giving nature of the United States, as well as the resolve 
        of the Nation, to spread democracy, freedom, and peace 
        throughout the world.
            (7) These valiant employees, who have lived and died beside 
        the Nation's troops in war zones in the support of freedom, 
        should be honored with a presentation of a flag from a Nation 
        grateful for their service.

SEC. 3. FLAG CEREMONY FOR CIVILIAN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO DIE IN COMBAT 
              ZONES.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the requirements of this section, the 
head of an executive agency shall furnish, upon receipt of a request 
under subsection (b), a flag of the United States to drape the casket 
of an individual who--
            (1) was an employee of the agency engaged in the 
        performance of one or more functions in support of military 
        operations;
            (2) was located or stationed in a combat zone while so 
        engaged in the course of the individual's employment; and
            (3) died while physically present in the combat zone during 
        the period in which the individual was so engaged.
    (b) Request for Flags.--The head of an executive agency shall 
furnish a flag for a deceased individual under subsection (a) upon the 
request of--
            (1) the deceased individual's next of kin; or
            (2) a close friend or associate of the deceased individual 
        if no request is made for the flag by the next of kin.
    (c) Presentation of Flag.--After the burial of an individual 
described in subsection (a), the head of an executive agency shall 
present a flag furnished under subsection (a) to an individual making a 
request under subsection (b).
    (d) Manner of Ceremony.--A flag shall be furnished and presented 
under this section in the same manner as a flag furnished and presented 
on behalf of a member of the Armed Services dying in active duty.
    (e) Limitation on Flags Provided.--If a flag furnished under 
subsection (a) is given to an individual described in subsection 
(b)(2), no flag shall be given to any other person on account of the 
death of such individual.
    (f) Classified Information.--The head of an executive agency may 
disclose information necessary to show that the deceased individual is 
an individual described in subsection (a) to the extent that such 
information is not classified and to the extent that such disclosure 
does not endanger the national security of the United States.

SEC. 4. EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATION OF FLAG CEREMONY BENEFIT.

    The head of an executive agency shall notify employees of the 
agency who are located or stationed in a combat zone for purposes of 
the performance of one or more functions in support of military 
operations of the flag ceremony benefit provided for under section 3.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Combat zone.--The term ``combat zone'' means an area in 
        which a member of the uniformed service on duty in such area 
        may qualify for special pay under section 310 of title 37, 
        United States Code.
            (2) Employee.--The term ``employee'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, and 
        includes employees of and donors of volunteer services to 
        temporary organizations under section 3161 of such title.
            (3) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given the term ``Executive agency'' in section 501 
        of title 5, United States Code.
Example Output:
Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2006 - Requires executive agencies to furnish a U.S. flag to drape the casket of a civilian federal employee who dies in a combat zone, upon request of the deceased's next of kin or a close associate of the deceased.

Requires notification of federal civilian employees who are located or stationed in a combat zone to perform one or more functions in support of military operations of the flag ceremony benefit provided for under this Act.