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

Ex Input:
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The People's Liberation Army is the principal 
        instrument of repression within the People's Republic of China, 
        responsible for occupying Tibet since 1950, massacring hundreds 
        of students and demonstrators for democracy in Tiananmen Square 
        on June 4, 1989, and running the Laogai (``reform through 
        labor'') slave labor camps.
            (2) The People's Liberation Army is engaged in a massive 
        military buildup, which has involved a doubling since 1992 of 
        announced official figures for military spending by the 
        People's Republic of China.
            (3) The People's Liberation Army is engaging in a major 
        ballistic missile modernization program which could undermine 
        peace and stability in East Asia, including 2 new 
        intercontinental missile programs, 1 submarine-launched missile 
        program, a new class of compact but long-range cruise missiles, 
        and an upgrading of medium- and short-range ballistic missiles.
            (4) The People's Liberation Army is working to coproduce 
        the SU-27 fighter with Russia, and is in the process of 
        purchasing several substantial weapons systems from Russia, 
        including the 633 model of the Kilo-class submarine and the SS-
        N-22 Sunburn missile system specifically designed to 
        incapacitate United States aircraft carriers and Aegis 
        cruisers.
            (5) The People's Liberation Army has carried out acts of 
        aggression in the South China Sea, including the February 1995 
        seizure of the Mischief Reef in the Spratley Islands, which is 
        claimed by the Philippines.
            (6) In July 1995 and in March 1996, the People's Liberation 
        Army conducted missile tests to intimidate Taiwan when Taiwan 
        held historic free elections, and those tests effectively 
        blockaded Taiwan's 2 principal ports of Keelung and Kaohsiung.
            (7) The People's Liberation Army has contributed to the 
        proliferation of technologies relevant to the refinement of 
        weapons-grade nuclear material, including transferring ring 
        magnets to Pakistan.
            (8) The People's Liberation Army and associated defense 
        companies have provided ballistic missile components, cruise 
        missiles, and chemical weapons ingredients to Iran, a country 
        that the executive branch has repeatedly reported to Congress 
        is the greatest sponsor of terrorism in the world.
            (9) In May 1996, United States authorities caught the 
        People's Liberation Army enterprise Poly Technologies and the 
        civilian defense industrial company Norinco attempting to 
        smuggle 2,000 AK-47s into Oakland, California, and offering to 
        sell urban gangs shoulder-held missile launchers capable of 
        ``taking out a 747'' (which the affidavit of the United States 
        Customs Service of May 21, 1996, indicated that the 
        representative of Poly Technologies and Norinco claimed), and 
        Communist Chinese authorities punished only 4 low-level arms 
        merchants by sentencing them on May 17, 1997, to brief prison 
        terms.
            (10) The People's Liberation Army contributes to the 
        People's Republic of China's failure to meet the standards of 
        the 1995 Memorandum of Understanding with the United States on 
        intellectual property rights by running factories which pirate 
        videos, compact discs, and computer software that are products 
        of the United States.
            (11) The People's Liberation Army contributes to the 
        People's Republic of China's failing to meet the standards of 
        the February 1997 Memorandum of Understanding with the United 
        States on textiles by operating enterprises engaged in the 
        transshipment of textile products to the United States through 
        third countries.
            (12) The estimated $2 billion to $3 billion in annual 
        earnings of People's Liberation Army enterprises subsidize the 
        expansion and activities of the People's Liberation Army 
        described in this subsection.
            (13) The commercial activities of the People's Liberation 
        Army are frequently conducted on noncommercial terms, or for 
        noncommercial purposes such as military or foreign policy 
        considerations.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF AUTHORITIES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY 
              ECONOMIC POWERS ACT TO CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES.

    (a) Determination of Communist Chinese Military Companies.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), not 
        later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Attorney 
        General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Director 
        of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall compile a list of 
        persons who are Communist Chinese military companies and who 
        are operating directly or indirectly in the United States or 
        any of its territories and possessions, and shall publish the 
        list of such persons in the Federal Register. On an ongoing 
        basis, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
        Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the 
        Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall make 
        additions or deletions to the list based on the latest 
        information available.
            (2) Communist chinese military company.--For purposes of 
        making the determination required by paragraph (1), the term 
        ``Communist Chinese military company''--
                    (A) means a person that is--
                            (i) engaged in providing commercial 
                        services, manufacturing, producing, or 
                        exporting, and
                            (ii) owned or controlled by the People's 
                        Liberation Army, and
                    (B) includes, but is not limited to, any person 
                identified in the United States Defense Intelligence 
                Agency publication numbered VP-1920-271-90, dated 
                September 1990, or PC-1921-57-95, dated October 1995, 
                and any update of such reports for the purposes of this 
                Act.
    (b) Presidential Authority.--
            (1) Authority.--The President may exercise the authorities 
        set forth in section 203(a) of the International Emergency 
        Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(a)) with respect to any 
        commercial activity in the United States by a Communist Chinese 
        military company (except with respect to authorities relating 
        to importation), without regard to section 202 of that Act.
            (2) Penalties.--The penalties set forth in section 206 of 
        the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
        1705) shall apply to violations of any license, order, or 
        regulation issued under paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``People's Liberation Army'' 
means the land, naval, and air military services, the police, and the 
intelligence services of the Communist Government of the People's 
Republic of China, and any member of any such service or of such 
police.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 7, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

Ex Output:
Directs the Secretary of Defense to list, and publish in the Federal Register, persons who are Communist Chinese military companies operating directly or indirectly in the United States or any of its territories and possessions.  Authorizes the President to exercise authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (except those relating to importation) to regulate, prohibit, or penalize certain transactions involving foreign currency, transfers of credit, or property with respect to any activities of such companies in the United States.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bankruptcy Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Who May Be a Debtor Under Chapter 13.--Section 109(e) of title 
11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``, unsecured debts of less than $100,000 
        and noncontingent, liquidated, secured debts of less than 
        $350,000'' and inserting ``debts of less than $1,000,000'', and
            (2) by striking ``, unsecured debts that aggregate less 
        than $100,000 and noncontingent, liquidated, secured debts of 
        less than $350,000'' and inserting ``debts of less than 
        $1,000,000''.
    (b) Automatic Stay.--The last sentence of section 362(e) of title 
11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``commenced'' and inserting ``concluded'', 
        and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following:
``unless the 30-day period is extended with the consent of the parties 
in interest or for a specific time that the court finds is required by 
compelling circumstances''.
    (c) Exemptions.--(1) Section 522(a) of title 11, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``and'' at the end,
            (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and
            (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) `household goods' means furnishings, appliances, 
        linens, china, cookery, kitchenware, and personal effects, but 
        does not include--
                    ``(A) works of art;
                    ``(B) electronic entertainment equipment other than 
                one television and one radio;
                    ``(C) jewelry (other than wedding and engagement 
                rings); and
                    ``(D) antiques purchased by the debtor; and''.
    (2) Section 522(d)(3) of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) by striking ``household furnishings,'', and
            (B) by striking ``appliances,''.
    (3) Section 522(f)(2) of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) by striking ``household furnishings,'', and
            (B) by striking ``appliances,''.
    (d) Exceptions to Discharge.--Section 523(a) of title 11, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(A) actual fraud, use of a credit card or other 
                access device to a revolving line of credit without the 
                intent to repay, or false pretenses or false 
                representations made or published with reckless 
                disregard for their truth or accuracy;''
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(iv) by striking ``intent to 
                deceive'' and inserting ``reckless disregard for its 
                truth or accuracy'', and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by striking ``$500'' and inserting 
                        ``$100'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``forty days'' and 
                        inserting ``60 days'', and
            (2) by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:
            ``(6) for injury to another entity or property of another 
        entity resulting from the debtor's reckless disregard of such 
        entity's right or property interests;''.
    (e) Effect of Discharge.--The third sentence of section 524(d) of 
title 11, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) by inserting ``and was not represented by an attorney 
during the course of negotiating such agreement'' after ``this 
section''.
    (f) Preferences.--Section 547(c)(3)(B) of title 11, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``10'' and inserting ``20''.
    (g) Contents of Plan.--Section 1322(b)(2) of title 11, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) modify the rights of the holders of secured claims, 
        but the plan may not modify a claim pursuant to section 506 of 
        a person holding a senior or a junior security interest in real 
        property that is the debtor's principal residence, except that 
        the plan may modify the claim of a person holding such a junior 
        security interest that was undersecured at the time the 
        interest attached to the extent that the interest remains 
        undersecured;''.
    (h) Contents of Plan.--(1) Section 1322(c) of title 11, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) The plan may not provide for payments over a period that is 
longer than 5 years.''.
    (2) Section 1325(b)(1)(B) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``three-year'' and inserting ``5-year''.
    (3) Section 1329(c) of title 11, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(c) A plan modified under this section may not provide for 
payments over a period that expires more than 5 years after the date 
that the first payment under the original confirmed plan was due.''.
    (i) Confirmation Hearing.--Section 1324 of title 11, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``After'' and inserting ``(a) Except as 
        provided in subsection (b) and after'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) If a creditor objects not later than 5 days after receiving 
notice of a hearing on confirmation of the plan, the hearing on 
confirmation of the plan may be held only after the expiration of the 
10-day period beginning on the date of the first meeting of creditors 
under section 341(a).''.
    (j) Payments.--Section 1326(c) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ``timely'' after ``payments''.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL COMPILATION OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION REGARDING 
              BANKRUPTCY CASES.

    Not later than June 30 of each year, the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts shall compile and make available to the public 
statistical information with respect to cases in which a discharge is 
entered under title 11 of the United States Code in the preceding 
calendar year. Such information shall include--
            (1) the liabilities and value of assets of the debtors in 
        such cases as of the order for relief,
            (2) the monthly income and living expenses of such debtors, 
        as estimated by such debtors,
            (3) the aggregate amount of debts discharged, and the 
        aggregate payments made to creditors, as of the date of 
        discharge, and
            (4) the time elapsed between the filing of such cases and 
        the date of the first payment to a creditor under a plan 
        confirmed in such cases.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act 
shall not apply with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the 
United States Code before the date of the enactment of this Act.

Ex Output:
Bankruptcy Amendments of 1993 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to raise to $1 million the ceiling on debts for eligibility to file as a chapter 13 debtor (bankrupt consumer repayment of debt under court supervision).  (Currently the ceiling is $100,000 for unsecured debts, or $350,000 for certain secured debts.)  Modifies the guidelines for:  (1) chapter 13 bankruptcies; (2) automatic stays; (3) exemptions; (4) discharges; and (5) preferences. 
Directs the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to compile and make available to the public statistical information regarding bankruptcy cases.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cease Haitian Deportations Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) On January 12, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the 
        Richter magnitude scale struck the country of Haiti.
            (2) According to the United States Geological Survey 
        (USGS)--
                    (A) the earthquake epicenter was located 
                approximately 15 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the 
                capital of Haiti; and
                    (B) the earthquake was followed by 59 aftershocks 
                of magnitude 4.5 or greater, the most severe measuring 
                6.0.
            (3) According to the Government of Haiti, more than 316,000 
        people died as a result of the earthquake, including 103 
        citizens of the United States and more than 100 United Nations 
        personnel.
            (4) According to the United Nations and the International 
        Organization for Migration--
                    (A) an estimated 3,000,000 people were directly 
                affected by the disaster, nearly one-third of the 
                country's population; and
                    (B) more than 2,100,000 people were displaced from 
                their homes to settlements.
            (5) Casualty numbers and infrastructure damage, including 
        to roads, ports, hospitals, and residential dwellings, place 
        the earthquake as the worst cataclysm to hit Haiti in over two 
        centuries and, proportionally, one of the world's worst natural 
        disasters in modern times.
            (6) The Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) conducted by 
        the Government of Haiti, the United Nations, the World Bank, 
        the Inter-American Development Bank, and other experts 
        estimates that damage and economic losses totaled 
        $7,804,000,000, approximately 120 percent of Haiti's gross 
        domestic product in 2009.
            (7) Haiti is the poorest, least developed country in the 
        Western Hemisphere with, prior to the earthquake--
                    (A) more than 70 percent of Haitians living on less 
                than $2 per day; and
                    (B) a ranking of 149 out of 182 countries on the 
                United Nations Human Development Index.
            (8) House Resolution 1021, which was passed on January 21, 
        2010, on a vote of 411 to 1 expressed--
                    (A) the House of Representatives' ``deepest 
                condolences and sympathy for the horrific loss of 
                life'' caused by the earthquake; and
                    (B) bipartisan support for Haiti's recovery and 
                reconstruction.
            (9) The initial emergency response of the men and women of 
        the United States Government, led by the United States Agency 
        for International Development and United States Southern 
        Command, was swift and resolute.
            (10) United States urban search and rescue (USAR) teams 
        were immediately activated after the earthquake and deployed 
        from Fairfax County, Virginia, Los Angeles County, California, 
        Miami-Dade, Florida, the City of Miami, Florida, and Virginia 
        Beach, Virginia, to assist the United States Agency for 
        International Development (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response 
        Team (DART), and New York City's first responders asked the 
        Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to activate a 
        New York City urban search and rescue shortly thereafter.
            (11) A month after the earthquake, the House of 
        Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 1059 which 
        expressed gratitude to these USAR units, and highlighted that 
        the 511 United States rescue workers comprised roughly one-
        third of the entire international USAR effort in Haiti, and 
        more than 130 people were rescued from under the rubble in 
        Haiti by these units.
            (12) Individuals, businesses, and philanthropic 
        organizations across the United States and throughout the 
        international community responded in support of Haiti and its 
        populace during this crisis, sometimes in innovative ways such 
        as fundraising through text messaging.
            (13) The Haitian diaspora in the United States, which was 
        integral to emergency relief efforts--
                    (A) has annually contributed significant monetary 
                support to Haiti through remittances; and
                    (B) continues to seek opportunities to partner with 
                the United States Agency for International Development 
                and other agencies to substantively contribute to the 
                reconstruction of Haiti.
            (14) Significant challenges still remain in Haiti as it 
        works to recover and rebuild.
            (15) According to the International Organization for 
        Migration, approximately 680,000 people remain in spontaneous 
        and organized camps in Haiti.
            (16) According to numerous nongovernmental organizations 
        and United States contractors, the pace of reconstruction has 
        lagged significantly behind the original emergency relief 
        phase.
            (17) The widespread irregularities that occurred in the 
        elections held in Haiti on November 28, 2010, led to outbursts 
        of violence which undermined the recovery efforts.
            (18) On October 21, 2010, an outbreak of cholera was 
        detected in the Lower Artibonite region.
            (19) Initial efforts to contain the epidemic were disrupted 
        by Hurricane Tomas and resulting widespread flooding, which led 
        to the spreading and entrenchment of the disease throughout the 
        country.
            (20) According to the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and 
        Population, as of March 28, 2011--
                    (A) approximately 4,766 people have died from 
                cholera; and
                    (B) approximately 270,991 have been infected from 
                the disease.
            (21) According to the Pan American Health Organization and 
        the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cholera could 
        spread to as many as 400,000 people within the first year of 
        the epidemic, potentially causing 7,600 deaths at the current 
        case fatality rate.
            (22) The United States has provided more than $62,523,017 
        worth of assistance to combat the cholera epidemic, including 
        by assisting with stockpiling health commodities, equipping 
        cholera treatments centers, providing public information, and 
        improving water and sanitation systems.
            (23) The efforts to combat the cholera epidemic have helped 
        to drive the mortality rate from cholera down from nearly 7 
        percent to 1.7 percent of all contracted cases as of February 
        25, 2011.
            (24) Throughout the series of crises, the people of Haiti 
        continue to demonstrate unwavering resilience, dignity, and 
        courage.
            (25) On March 20, 2011, presidential and parliamentary 
        elections were held in Haiti without major disruptions or 
        problems.
            (26) At the international donors conference ``Towards a New 
        Future for Haiti'' held on March 31, 2010, 59 donors pledged 
        over $5,000,000,000 to support Haiti.
            (27) The United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for 
        Haiti estimates that nearly $1,900,000,000 has been disbursed, 
        with an additional amount of approximately $2,000,000,000 
        committed.
            (28) Haiti will need the support of the international 
        community in order to confront the ongoing cholera epidemic and 
        to promote reconstruction and development.

SEC. 3. CESSATION OF REMOVALS TO HAITI.

    Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no alien may be 
removed to Haiti until the report described in section 4 is issued.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    (a) Report Required.--The President, in consultation with the heads 
of all relevant agencies, including the Department of State, the United 
States Agency for International Development, the Department of Defense, 
the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention shall transmit to the Congress a report 
on the status of post-earthquake humanitarian, reconstruction, and 
development efforts in Haiti, including efforts to prevent the spread 
of cholera and treat persons infected with the disease.
    (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
a description, analysis, and evaluation of the--
            (1) overall progress of relief, recovery, and 
        reconstruction in Haiti, including--
                    (A) programs and projects of the United States 
                Government;
                    (B) programs and projects to protect vulnerable 
                populations, such as internally displaced persons, 
                children, women and girls, and persons with 
                disabilities; and
                    (C) projects to improve water, sanitation, and 
                health, and plans for improvements in these areas in 
                the long-term;
            (2) extent to which United States and international efforts 
        are in line with the priorities of the Government of Haiti and 
        are actively engaging and working through Haitian ministries 
        and local authorities;
            (3) coordination among United States Government agencies, 
        and coordination between the United States Government and 
        United Nations agencies, international financial institutions, 
        and other bilateral donors;
            (4) mechanisms for communicating the progress of recovery 
        and reconstruction efforts to Haitian citizens, as well as 
        recommendations on how these can be improved;
            (5) mechanisms through which Haitian civil society, 
        including vulnerable populations, is actively participating in 
        all major stages of recovery and reconstruction efforts, and 
        recommendations on how these can be improved;
            (6) mechanisms through which the Haitian diaspora is 
        involved in recovery and reconstruction efforts; and
            (7) suitability of Haiti to receive aliens who are removed, 
        excluded, or deported from the United States pursuant to United 
        States law, and steps Haiti is taking to strengthen its 
        capacity in this regard.
    (c) Use of Previously Appropriated Funds.--Funding for the report 
required under subsection (a) shall derive from existing discretionary 
funds of the departments and agencies specified in such subsection.

Ex Output:

Cease Haitian Deportations Act - Prohibits the removal of aliens to Haiti until the President reports to Congress on the status of post-earthquake humanitarian, reconstruction, and development efforts in Haiti, including efforts to prevent the spread of cholera and treat persons infected with the disease.