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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Senator Paul Simon Water for the 
Poor Enhancement Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 
        (Public Law 109-121)--
                    (A) makes access to safe water and sanitation for 
                developing countries a specific policy objective of 
                United States foreign assistance programs;
                    (B) requires the Secretary of State to--
                            (i) develop a strategy to elevate the role 
                        of water and sanitation policy; and
                            (ii) improve the effectiveness of United 
                        States assistance programs undertaken in 
                        support of that strategy;
                    (C) codifies Target 10 of the United Nations 
                Millennium Development Goals; and
                    (D) seeks to reduce the proportion of people who 
                are unable to reach or afford safe drinking water and 
                basic sanitation by 50 percent by 2015.
            (2) On December 20, 2006, the United Nations General 
        Assembly, in GA Resolution 61/192, declared 2008 as the 
        International Year of Sanitation, in recognition of the impact 
        of sanitation on public health, poverty reduction, economic and 
        social development, and the environment.
            (3) On August 1, 2008, Congress passed H. Con. Res. 318, 
        which--
                    (A) supports the goals and ideals of the 
                International Year of Sanitation; and
                    (B) recognizes the importance of sanitation on 
                public health, poverty reduction, economic and social 
                development, and the environment.
            (4) While progress is being made on safe water and 
        sanitation efforts--
                    (A) more than 884,000,000 people throughout the 
                world lack access to safe drinking water; and
                    (B) 2 of every 5 people in the world do not have 
                access to basic sanitation services.
            (5) The health consequences of unsafe drinking water and 
        poor sanitation are staggering, accounting for--
                    (A) nearly 10 percent of the global burden of 
                disease; and
                    (B) more than 2,000,000 deaths each year.
            (6) The effects of climate change are expected to produce 
        severe consequences for water availability and resource 
        management in the future, with 2,800,000,000 people in more 
        than 48 countries expected to face severe and chronic water 
        shortages by 2025.
            (7) The impact of water scarcity on conflict and 
        instability is evident in many parts of the world, including 
        the Darfur region of Sudan, where demand for water resources 
        has contributed to armed conflict between nomadic ethnic groups 
        and local farming communities.
            (8) In order to further the United States contribution to 
        safe water and sanitation efforts, it is necessary to--
                    (A) expand foreign assistance capacity to address 
                the challenges described in this section; and
                    (B) represent issues related to water and 
                sanitation at the highest levels of United States 
                foreign assistance deliberations, including 
                deliberations related to issues of global health, food 
                security, the environment, global warming, and maternal 
                and child mortality.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to enhance the capacity of the United 
States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for 
the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121).

SEC. 4. DEVELOPING UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CAPACITY.

    Section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151h) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Office of Water.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--To carry out the purposes of 
        subsection (a), the Administrator of the United States Agency 
        for International Development shall establish the Office of 
        Water.
            ``(2) Leadership.--The Office of Water shall be headed by 
        an Assistant Administrator for Safe Water and Sanitation, who 
        shall report directly to the Administrator.
            ``(3) Duties.--The Assistant Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) implement this section and the Senator Paul 
                Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-
                121); and
                    ``(B) place primary emphasis on providing safe, 
                affordable, and sustainable drinking water, sanitation, 
                and hygiene.
    ``(f) Bureau of International Water.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--To increase the capacity of the 
        Department of State to address international issues regarding 
        safe water, sanitation, and other international water programs, 
        the Secretary of State shall establish the Bureau for 
        International Water within the Office of the Under Secretary 
        for Democracy and Global Affairs (referred to in this 
        subsection as the `Bureau').
            ``(2) Duties.--The Bureau shall--
                    ``(A) oversee and coordinate the diplomatic policy 
                of the United States Government with respect to global 
                freshwater issues, including--
                            ``(i) access to safe drinking water and 
                        sanitation;
                            ``(ii) river basin and watershed 
                        management;
                            ``(iii) transboundary conflict;
                            ``(iv) agricultural and urban productivity 
                        of water resources;
                            ``(v) pollution mitigation; and
                            ``(vi) adaptation to hydrologic change due 
                        to climate variability; and
                    ``(B) ensure that international freshwater issues 
                are represented--
                            ``(i) within the United States Government; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) in key diplomatic, development, and 
                        scientific efforts with other nations and 
                        multilateral organizations.''.

SEC. 5. SAFE WATER AND SANITATION STRATEGY.

    Section 6(e) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109-121) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) an assessment of the extent to which the United 
        States Government's efforts are reaching the goal described in 
        section 135(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
        U.S.C. 2152h(a)(2)); and
            ``(8) recommendations on what the United States Government 
        would need to do to help achieve the goal referred to in 
        paragraph (7) if the United States Government's efforts were 
        proportional to its share of the world's economy.''.

SEC. 6. DEVELOPING LOCAL CAPACITY.

    The Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109-121) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 9, 10, and 11 as sections 10, 
        11, and 12, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 8 the following:

``SEC. 9. WATER AND SANITATION MANAGERS TRAINING PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of State and the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
        Development shall establish, in every priority country, a 
        program to train local, in-country water and sanitation 
        managers, and other officials of countries that receive 
        assistance under section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
        1961 to promote the capacity of recipient governments to 
        provide affordable, equitable, and sustainable access to safe 
        drinking water and sanitation.
            ``(2) Coordination.--The program established under 
        subsection (a) shall be coordinated by the lead country water 
        manager designated in subsection (c)(2).
            ``(3) Expansion.--The Secretary and Administrator may 
        establish the program described in this section in additional 
        countries if the receipt of such training would be most 
        beneficial, with due consideration given to good governance.
    ``(b) Designation.--The United States Chief of Mission within each 
country receiving a `high priority' designation under section 6(f) 
shall--
            ``(1) designate safe drinking water and sanitation as a 
        strategic objective;
            ``(2) appoint an in-country water and sanitation manager 
        within the Mission to coordinate the in-country implementation 
        of this Act and section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
        1961 with local water managers, local government officials, the 
        Department of State, and the Office of Water of the United 
        States Agency for International Development; and
            ``(3) coordinate with the Development Credit Authority and 
        the Global Development Alliance to further the purposes of this 
        Act.''.

SEC. 7. GRANTS FOR LOW COST CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION TECHNOLOGIES.

    Section 135(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2152h(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) provide grants through the United States Agency for 
        International Development to foster the development of low cost 
        and sustainable technologies for providing clean water and 
        sanitation that are suitable for use in high priority 
        countries, particularly in places with limited resources and 
        infrastructure.''.

SEC. 8. UPDATED REPORT REGARDING WATER FOR PEACE AND SECURITY.

    Section 11(b) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 
2005, as redesignated by section 6, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``The report submitted under this subsection shall include 
an assessment of current and likely future political tensions over 
water sources and an assessment of the expected impacts of global 
climate change on water supplies in 10, 25, and 50 years.''.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2009 and 
each subsequent fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 10. CONSTRUCTION.

    This Act shall be implemented in a manner consistent with the 
Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121). 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed in such a way as to override or 
take precedence over the implementation of that Act.
[A]: Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish the Office of Water which shall: (1) implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005; and (2) place primary emphasis on providing safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Bureau for International Water within the Office of the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs which shall: (1) coordinate U.S. diplomatic policy regarding global freshwater issues; and (2) ensure that international freshwater issues are represented within the U.S. government.

Amends the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 to: (1) direct the Secretary and the Administrator to establish in every priority country a program to train local water and sanitation managers to promote government capacity to provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation; and (2) require that the water for peace and security report includes an assessment of current and likely future political tensions over water sources and an assessment of the future impacts of global climate change on water supplies.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize grants through USAID to develop technologies for providing clean water and sanitation in high priority countries with limited resources and infrastructure.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Volcano Early Warning and 
Monitoring System Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United 
        States Geological Survey.
            (2) System.--The term ``System'' means the National Volcano 
        Early Warning and Monitoring System established under section 
        3(a)(1).

SEC. 3. NATIONAL VOLCANO EARLY WARNING AND MONITORING SYSTEM.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish within the 
        United States Geological Survey a system, to be known as the 
        ``National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System'', to 
        monitor, warn, and protect citizens of the United States from 
        undue and avoidable harm from volcanic activity.
            (2) Purposes.--The purposes of the System are--
                    (A) to organize, modernize, standardize, and 
                stabilize the monitoring systems of the volcano 
                observatories in the United States, which include the 
                Alaska Volcano Observatory, California Volcano 
                Observatory, Cascades Volcano Observatory, Hawaiian 
                Volcano Observatory, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, 
                and other volcano observatories established under 
                subsection (d); and
                    (B) to unify the monitoring systems of volcano 
                observatories in the United States into a single 
                interoperative system.
            (3) Objective.--The objective of the System is to monitor 
        all the volcanoes in the United States at a level commensurate 
        with the threat posed by the volcanoes by--
                    (A) upgrading existing networks on monitored 
                volcanoes;
                    (B) installing new networks on unmonitored 
                volcanoes; and
                    (C) employing geodetic and other components when 
                applicable.
    (b) System Components.--
            (1) In general.--The System shall include--
                    (A) a national volcano watch office that is 
                operational 24 hours a day and 7 days a week;
                    (B) a national volcano data center; and
                    (C) an external grants program to support research 
                in volcano monitoring science and technology.
            (2) Modernization activities.--Modernization activities 
        under the System shall include the comprehensive application of 
        emerging technologies, including digital broadband 
        seismometers, real-time continuous Global Positioning System 
        receivers, satellite and airborne radar interferometry, 
        acoustic pressure sensors, and spectrometry to measure gas 
        emissions.
    (c) Management.--
            (1) Management plan.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
                submit to Congress a 5-year management plan for 
                establishing and operating the System.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The management plan submitted 
                under subparagraph (A) shall include--
                            (i) annual cost estimates for modernization 
                        activities and operation of the System;
                            (ii) annual milestones, standards, and 
                        performance goals; and
                            (iii) recommendations for, and progress 
                        towards, establishing new, or enhancing 
                        existing, partnerships to leverage resources.
            (2) Advisory committee.--The Secretary shall establish an 
        advisory committee to assist the Secretary in implementing the 
        System, to be comprised of representatives of relevant agencies 
        and members of the scientific community, to be appointed by the 
        Secretary.
            (3) Partnerships.--The Secretary may enter into cooperative 
        agreements with institutions of higher education and State or 
        territorial agencies designating the institutions of higher 
        education and State or territorial agencies as volcano 
        observatory partners for the System.
            (4) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate the 
        activities under this Act with the heads of relevant Federal 
        agencies, including--
                    (A) the Secretary of Transportation;
                    (B) the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
                Administration;
                    (C) the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration; and
                    (D) the Director of the Federal Emergency 
                Management Administration.
    (d) Volcano Observatory in Pacific U.S. Territories.--
            (1) Feasibility study.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a 
        study to assess the feasibility of establishing volcano 
        observatories in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
        American Samoa to monitor volcanic activity across the western 
        and southern Pacific Ocean along the Ring of Fire, including 
        underwater volcanic activity in such region.
            (2) Consultation.--The Secretary shall consult with 
        appropriate territorial and local entities in conducting the 
        study.
            (3) Cooperative agreement.--If the study required by 
        paragraph (1) determines that such observatories are feasible, 
        then the Secretary, subject to the availability of 
        appropriations, may enter into cooperative agreements under 
        subsection (c)(3) with institutions of higher education or 
        territorial agencies to establish such volcano observatories as 
        part of the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring 
        System.
    (e) Annual Report.--In each of fiscal years 2018 through 2024, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes the 
activities carried out under this Act.

SEC. 4. FUNDING.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this Act $15,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2018 through 2024.
    (b) Effect on Other Sources of Federal Funding.--Amounts made 
available under this section shall supplement, and not supplant, 
Federal funds made available for other United States Geological Survey 
hazards activities and programs.
[A]: National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to establish the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System to monitor, issue warnings of, and protect U.S. citizens from undue and avoidable harm from, volcanic activity.  The purposes of the system are to: (1) organize, modernize, standardize, and stabilize the monitoring systems of U.S. volcano observatories; and (2) unify such systems into a single interoperative system. The objective of the system is to monitor all U.S. volcanoes at a level commensurate with the threat posed by the volcanoes by: (1) upgrading existing networks on monitored volcanoes, (2) installing new networks on unmonitored volcanoes, and (3) employing geodetic and other components when applicable. The system shall include: (1) a national volcano watch office that is operational 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, (2) a national volcano data center, (3) an external grants program to support research in volcano monitoring science and technology, and (4) modernization activities including the comprehensive application of emerging technologies. The USGS must: (1) submit to Congress a five-year management plan for establishing and operating the system, and (2) establish an advisory committee to assist in implementing the system.  The USGS may enter into cooperative agreements designating institutions of higher education and state or territorial agencies as volcano observatory partners for the system. The USGS must conduct a study to assess the feasibility of establishing volcano observatories in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa to monitor volcanic activity across the western and southern Pacific Ocean along the Ring of Fire. If determined to be feasible, the USGS may enter into cooperative agreements with institutions of higher education or territorial agencies to establish such observatories as part of the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act 
of 1996''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 101 of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``In this title--'' and inserting ``In this 
        title:'';
            (2) in paragraph (51B)--
                    (A) by inserting ``family farms or'' after ``other 
                than''; and
                    (B) by striking all after ``thereto'' and inserting 
                a semicolon;
            (3) by reordering the paragraphs so that the terms defined 
        in the section are in alphabetical order and redesignating the 
        paragraphs accordingly;
            (4) in paragraph (37)(B) (defining insured depository 
        institution), as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section, 
        by striking ``paragraphs (21B) and (33)(A)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraphs (23) and (35)(A)'';
            (5) in each paragraph, by inserting a heading, the text of 
        which is comprised of the term defined in the paragraph;
            (6) by inserting ``The term'' after each paragraph heading; 
        and
            (7) by striking the semicolon at the end of each paragraph 
        and ``; and'' at the end of paragraphs (35) and (38) and 
        inserting a period.

SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT OF DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

    Section 104 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``522(f)(3),'' after ``522(d),'' each place it appears.

SEC. 4. COMPENSATION TO OFFICERS.

    Section 330(a) of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, or the debtor's 
        attorney'' after ``1103''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``(3)(A) In'' and 
        inserting ``(3) In''.

SEC. 5. EFFECT OF CONVERSION.

    Section 348(f)(2) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``of the estate'' after ``property'' the first place it 
appears.

SEC. 6. EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES.

    Section 365 of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by adding ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the end 
                and inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (4);
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking paragraphs (5) through 
        (9); and
            (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``; except that'' and 
        all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting 
        a period.

SEC. 7. ALLOWANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Section 503(b)(4) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of'' before 
``paragraph (3)''.

SEC. 8. PRIORITIES.

    Section 507(a)(7) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``unsecured'' after ``allowed''.

SEC. 9. EXEMPTIONS.

    Section 522 of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f)(1)(A)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``; or'' at the end; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (2) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ``subsection (f)(2)'' 
        and inserting ``subsection (f)(1)(B)''.

SEC. 10. EXCEPTIONS TO DISCHARGE.

    Section 523(a)(3) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``or (6)'' each place it appears and inserting ``(6), or 
(15)'';

SEC. 11. PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.

    Section 525(c) of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``student'' before 
        ``grant'' the second place it appears; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the program operated 
        under part B, D, or E of'' and inserting ``any program operated 
        under''.

SEC. 12. PROPERTY OF THE ESTATE.

    Section 541(b)(4)(B)(ii) of title 11, United States Code (as added 
by section 208(b) of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994), is amended by 
inserting ``365 or'' before ``542''.

SEC. 13. LIMITATIONS ON AVOIDING POWERS.

    Subsection (g) of section 546 of title 11, United States Code, as 
added by section 222(a) of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 
4129), is redesignated as subsection (h).

SEC. 14. LIABILITY OF TRANSFEREE OF AVOIDED TRANSFER.

    (a) In General.--Section 550(c) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``avoided under section 
        547(b)'' and inserting ``avoidable under section 547''; and
            (2) in the matter following paragraph (2), by striking 
        ``recover under subsection (a) from a transferee that is not an 
        insider'' and inserting ``avoid under section 547 such 
        transfer, to the extent that such transfer was made for the 
        benefit of a transferee that was not an insider at the time of 
        such transfer, or recover under subsection (a) from a 
        transferee that was not an insider at the time of such 
        transfer''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 547(b) of title 11, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ``or in section 550(c) of this 
title'' after ``subsection (c) of this section''.

SEC. 15. SETOFF.

    Section 553(b)(1) is amended by striking ``362(b)(14)'' and 
inserting ``362(b)(17)''.

SEC. 16. DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY OF THE ESTATE.

    Section 726(b) is amended by striking ``1009,''.

SEC. 17. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    Section 901(a) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``1123(d),'' after ``1123(b),''.

SEC. 18. PAYMENTS.

    Section 1226(b)(2) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1202(c) of this title'' and inserting 
        ``586(b) of title 28''; and
            (2) by striking ``1202(d) of this title'' and inserting 
        ``586(e)(1)(B) of title 28''.

SEC. 19. DISCHARGE.

    Section 1228 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``1222(b)(10)'' each place it appears and inserting 
``1222(b)(9)''.

SEC. 20. CONTENTS OF PLAN.

    Section 1322 of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``(c)'' and inserting 
        ``(d)''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking the comma after 
        ``default'' the second place it appears.

SEC. 21. DISCHARGE.

    Section 1328(a) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
striking all after ``except any debt--'' and inserting the following:
            ``(1) provided for under section 1322(b)(5) of this title;
            ``(2) of the kind specified in paragraph (5), (8), or (9) 
        of section 523(a) of this title; or
            ``(3) for restitution, or a criminal fine, included in a 
        sentence on the debtor's conviction of a crime.''.

SEC. 22. BANKRUPTCY REVIEW COMMISSION.

    Section 604 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4147) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (g); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g).

SEC. 23. APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE.

    Section 1104(b) of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2)(A) If an eligible, disinterested trustee is elected at a 
meeting of creditors under paragraph (1), the United States trustee 
shall file a report certifying that election. Upon the filing of a 
report under the preceding sentence--
            ``(i) the trustee elected under paragraph (1) shall be 
        considered to have been selected and appointed for purposes of 
        this section; and
            ``(ii) the service of any trustee appointed under 
        subsection (d) shall terminate.
    ``(B) In the case of any dispute arising out of an election under 
subparagraph (A), the court shall resolve the dispute.''.

SEC. 24. EXTENSIONS.

    Section 302(d)(3) of the Bankruptcy, Judges, United States 
Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986 (28 U.S.C. 581 note) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), in the matter following clause 
        (ii), by striking ``October 1, 2002'' and inserting ``October 
        1, 2012''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (F)--
                    (A) in clause (i)--
                            (i) in subclause (II), by striking 
                        ``October 1, 2002'' and inserting ``October 1, 
                        2012''; and
                            (ii) in the matter following subclause 
                        (II), by striking ``October 1, 2003'' and 
                        inserting ``October 1, 2013''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), in the matter following 
                subclause (II), by striking ``October 1, 2003'' and 
                inserting ``October 1, 2013''.

SEC. 25. KNOWING DISREGARD OF BANKRUPTCY LAW OR RULE.

    Section 156(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``case under this title'' and inserting ``case under title 
11''.

SEC. 26. BANKRUPTCY CASES AND PROCEEDINGS.

    Section 1334(d) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``made under this subsection'' and 
        inserting ``made under subsection (c)''; and
            (2) by striking ``This subsection'' and inserting 
        ``Subsection (c)''.

SEC. 27. ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT.

    Section 362(b)(1) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting before the semicolon the following: ``(including the criminal 
enforcement of a judicial order requiring the payment of child 
support)''.

SEC. 28. LIMITATION.

    Section 522 of title 11, United States Code, as amended by section 
9, is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting ``subject to 
        subsection (n),'' before ``any property''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(n) As a result of electing under subsection (b)(2)(A) to exempt 
property under State or local law, a debtor may not exempt an aggregate 
interest of more than $500,000 in value in--
            ``(1) real or personal property that the debtor or a 
        dependent of the debtor uses as a residence;
            ``(2) a cooperative that owns property that the debtor or a 
        dependent of the debtor uses as a residence; or
            ``(3) a burial plot for the debtor or a dependent of the 
        debtor.''.

SEC. 29. STANDING TRUSTEES.

    (a) Section 330 of title 11 of the United States Code is amended by 
adding to the end thereof the following:
    ``(e) Upon the request of a trustee appointed under section 586(b) 
of title 28, and after all available administrative remedies have been 
exhausted, the district court in the district in which the trustee 
resides shall have the exclusive authority, notwithstanding section 
326(b) of this title, to review the determination of the actual, 
necessary expenses of the standing trustee. In reviewing the 
determination, the district court shall accord substantial deference to 
the determination made by the Attorney General, and may reverse the 
determination only if the Attorney General has abused his or her 
discretion.''.
    (b) Section 324 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
adding to the end thereof the following:
    ``(c)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of section 586 of title 28, 
in the event the United States Trustee ceases assigning cases to a 
trustee appointed under section 586(b) of title 28, the trustee, after 
exhausting all available administrative remedies, may seek judicial 
review of the decision in the district court in the district in which 
the trustee resides. The district court shall accord substantial 
deference to the determination made by the United States Trustee, and 
may reverse the determination only if the United States Trustee has 
abused his or her discretion.
    ``(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district 
court may order interim relief under this paragraph only if the court 
concludes, viewing all facts most favorably to the United States 
Trustee, that there was no basis for the United States Trustee's 
decision to cease assigning cases to the trustee. The denial of a 
request for interim relief shall be final and shall not be subject to 
further review.''.

SEC. 30. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) of this 
section, the amendments made by this Act shall apply to all cases 
pending on the date of enactment of this Act or commenced on or after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Exception.--The amendment made by section 2(2)(B) of this Act 
shall apply to all cases commenced on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

            Passed the Senate August 2, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.
[A]:
Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 1996 - Makes technical corrections to Federal bankruptcy, criminal, and judiciary law. Redefines single asset real estate to exclude family farms and remove the $4 million ceiling on the amount of noncontingent, liquidated secured debts on such property. 
(Sec. 3) Requires triennial adjustment of the $5,000 minimum threshold value of certain implements, professional books, tools of the trade, farm animals, and crops with respect to which a debtor in certain States may not avoid the fixing of a nonpossessory, nonpurchase-money security interest lien. 
(Sec. 4) Allows a bankruptcy court to award reasonable compensation to a debtor's attorney. 
(Sec. 6) Repeals certain guidelines governing executory contracts and unexpired leases of aircraft terminals and aircraft gates, including the proscription against their assignment by the trustee in bankruptcy. 
(Sec. 14) Modifies guidelines relating to the liability of transferees of avoided transfers to prohibit the trustee in bankruptcy from avoiding a transfer made between 90 days and one year before the filing of the relief petition, if the transfer at the time was made for the benefit of a non-insider transferee. 
(Sec. 15) Revises set-off recovery rules to exclude from recovery by a trustee setoffs by swap participants. 
(Sec. 22) Repeals a provision for temporary continuation on the Bankruptcy Review Commission of certain members who have been or become employees or officers of a government. 
(Sec. 23) Requires the U.S. trustee to file a report certifying the election of an eligible, disinterested trustee at a meeting of creditors.  Declares that upon such filing:  (1) the trustee elected shall be considered to have been selected and appointed; and (2) the service shall terminate of any trustee previously appointed to fill the term of specified ineligible or incapacitated trustees. 
(Sec. 24) Amends the Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986 to extend until October 1, 2012, and October 1, 2013, respectively, the period during which specified portions of such Act regarding U.S. Trustees in bankruptcy and fees payable to them shall not apply to the judicial districts of Alabama and North Carolina (nor to cases pending in them). 
(Sec. 27) Amends Federal bankruptcy law to provide that the filing of certain bankruptcy petitions (including certain petitions under the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970) does not operate as an automatic stay of a criminal enforcement of a judicial order requiring the payment of child support. 
(Sec. 28) Allows a debtor to exempt from his or her estate under State or local law an aggregate interest of no more than $500,000 in: (1) real or personal property used as a residence by either the debtor or a dependent; (2) a cooperative that owns property used as a residence by the debtor or a dependent; or (3) a burial plot for the debtor or a dependent. 
(Sec. 29) Confers exclusive authority upon the district court in the district in which a standing trustee in bankruptcy resides to review the Attorney General's determination of the trustee's actual, necessary expenses.  Requires such court to accord substantial deference to such determination.  Authorizes the court to reverse it only for abuse of discretion by the Attorney General. 
Provides that if the U.S. Trustee ceases assigning cases to a trustee, such trustee may seek judicial review of the decision in the district court in the district in which the trustee resides after exhausting all administrative remedies.  Requires such court to accord substantial deference to the U.S. Trustee's determination.  Authorizes the court to reverse it only for abuse of discretion by such Trustee. 
Authorizes the district court to order interim relief only if the court concludes, viewing all facts most favorably to the U.S. Trustee, that there was no basis for the Trustee's decision to cease assigning cases to the complainant trustee.  Declares the denial of a request for interim relief is final and not subject to further review.