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Ex Input:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Numerous studies by the Office of the Inspector General 
        of the Department of the Interior, the General Accounting 
        Office, and independent auditors have criticized the absence of 
        independent oversight or other forms of internal control over 
        the Department's management of Indian trust assets and trust 
        funds.
            (2) Indian and tribal account holders have indicated that 
        they will have little or no confidence in the reform of the 
        trust management system if the reform is carried out by the 
        same entities that are responsible for the management of the 
        system on the date of enactment of this Act.
            (3) It would constitute an inherent conflict of interest or 
        at least the appearance of a conflict of interest if the entity 
        establishing internal controls for a trust management system 
        were to be appointed, supervised, and subject to removal by the 
        entity that such internal controls are written for.
            (4) Account holder confidence will be improved if the same 
        official is not simultaneously responsible for the immediate 
        supervision of the fiduciary and financial reporting activities 
        of both the trust fund accounting system and the trust asset 
        and accounting management system.
            (5) To the extent practicable, the reform of activities and 
        creation of internal controls as described in the Department of 
        the Interior's Trust Management Improvement Project, High Level 
        Implementation Plan dated July 1998, and any amendments or 
        modifications to that plan, should be carried out by private 
        contractors.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR DATA CLEANUP AND INTERNAL CONTROL.

    The American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating title IV as title V;
            (2) by redesignating section 401 as section 501; and
            (3) by inserting after title III, the following:

                  ``TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

``SEC. 401. SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR DATA CLEANUP AND INTERNAL CONTROL.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the 
Department of Interior the Office of Special Trustee for Data Cleanup 
and Internal Control. The Office shall be headed by the Special Trustee 
for Data Cleanup and Internal Control (referred to in this section as 
the `Special Trustee') who shall report directly to the Secretary.
    ``(b) Special Trustee.--
            ``(1) Appointment.--The Special Trustee shall be appointed 
        by the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior from 
        among individuals who possess demonstrated ability in the--
                    ``(A) development and implementation of internal 
                controls;
                    ``(B) development and implementation of trust 
                management procedures; and
                    ``(C) conversion or rehabilitation of trust 
                management systems.
            ``(2) Compensation.--The Special Trustee shall be paid at a 
        rate determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for the 
        position, but not less than the basic pay payable at Level III 
        of the Executive Schedule under Section 5313 of Title 5.
            ``(3) Term of office.--The Special Trustee shall serve for 
        a term of 2 years and may only be removed for good cause by the 
        Secretary.
    ``(c) Duties.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding title III, the Special 
        Trustee shall oversee the following subprojects as identified 
        in the Draft Trust Management Improvement Project Subproject 
        Task Updates, dated April 1999:
                    ``(A) Subproject #1, OST Data Cleanup.
                    ``(B) Subproject #5, Trust Funds Accounting System.
                    ``(C) Subproject #9, Policies and Procedures.
                    ``(D) Subproject #10, Training.
                    ``(E) Subproject #11, Internal Controls.
            ``(2) Oversight.--The Special Trustee shall oversee the 
        expenditure of funds appropriated by Congress for each of the 
        subprojects described in paragraph (1), including the approval 
        or modification of contracts, and make employment decisions for 
        each of the positions funded for each of such projects.
            ``(3) Contracting.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
        Special Trustee shall ensure that activities are carried out 
        under this subsection through contracts entered into with 
        private entities or through the retention of the temporary 
        services of trust management specialists.
    ``(d) Modification of Implementation Plan.--To the extent that the 
activities to be carried out under subsection (c) are altered or 
amended as a result of any modification made after the date of 
enactment of this Act to the Department of the Interior's Trust 
Management Improvement Project, High Level Implementation Plan (dated 
July 1998), the Special Trustee shall continue to be responsible for 
overseeing such activities.''.

Ex Output:
Requires that the Special Trustee ensure that activities are carried out under this Act through contracts entered into with private entities or through the retention of the temporary services of trust management specialists.
Declares that the Special Trustee shall continue to be responsible for overseeing such activities if they are altered or amended as a result of any modifications to the Department's Trust Management Improvement Project, High Level Implementation Plan (dated July 28, 1998).


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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 ``Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and 
Settlements Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. CONSENT DECREE AND SETTLEMENT REFORM.

    (a) Application.--The provisions of this section apply in the case 
of--
            (1) a consent decree or settlement agreement in an action 
        to compel agency action alleged to be unlawfully withheld or 
        unreasonably delayed that pertains to a regulatory action that 
        affects the rights of private parties other than the plaintiff 
        or the rights of State, local or Tribal government entities--
                    (A) brought under chapter 7 of title 5, United 
                States Code; or
                    (B) brought under any other statute authorizing 
                such an action; and
            (2) any other consent decree or settlement agreement that 
        requires agency action that pertains to a regulatory action 
        that affects the rights of private parties other than the 
        plaintiff or the rights of State, local or Tribal government 
        entities.
    (b) In General.--In the case of an action to be resolved by a 
consent decree or a settlement agreement described in paragraph (1), 
the following shall apply:
            (1) The complaint in the action, the consent decree or 
        settlement agreement, the statutory basis for the consent 
        decree or settlement agreement and its terms, and any award of 
        attorneys' fees or costs shall be published, including 
        electronically, in a readily accessible manner.
            (2) Until the conclusion of an opportunity for affected 
        parties to intervene in the action, a party may not file with 
        the court a motion for a consent decree or to dismiss the case 
        pursuant to a settlement agreement.
            (3) In considering a motion to intervene by any party that 
        would be affected by the agency action in dispute, the court 
        shall presume, subject to rebuttal, that the interests of that 
        party would not be represented adequately by the current 
        parties to the action. In considering a motion to intervene 
        filed by a State, local or Tribal government entity, the court 
        shall take due account of whether the movant--
                    (A) administers jointly with the defendant agency 
                the statutory provisions that give rise to the 
                regulatory duty alleged in the complaint; or
                    (B) administers State, local or Tribal regulatory 
                authority that would be preempted by the defendant 
                agency's discharge of the regulatory duty alleged in 
                the complaint.
            (4) If the court grants a motion to intervene in the 
        action, the court shall include the plaintiff, the defendant 
        agency, and the intervenors in settlement discussions. 
        Settlement efforts conducted shall be pursuant to a court's 
        mediation or alternative dispute resolution program, or by a 
        district judge, magistrate judge, or special master, as 
        determined by the assigned judge.
            (5) The defendant agency shall publish in the Federal 
        Register and by electronic means any proposed consent decree or 
        settlement agreement for no fewer than 60 days of public 
        comment before filing it with the court, including a statement 
        of the statutory basis for the proposed consent decree or 
        settlement agreement and its terms, allowing comment on any 
        issue related to the matters alleged in the complaint or 
        addressed or affected by the consent decree or settlement 
        agreement.
            (6) The defendant agency shall--
                    (A) respond to public comments received under 
                paragraph (5); and
                    (B) when moving that the court enter the consent 
                decree or for dismissal pursuant to the settlement 
                agreement--
                            (i) inform the court of the statutory basis 
                        for the proposed consent decree or settlement 
                        agreement and its terms;
                            (ii) submit to the court a summary of the 
                        public comments and agency responses;
                            (iii) certify the administrative record of 
                        the notice and comment proceeding to the court; 
                        and
                            (iv) make that record fully accessible to 
                        the court.
            (7) The court shall include in the judicial record the 
        administrative record certified by the agency under paragraph 
        (6).
            (8) If the consent decree or settlement agreement requires 
        an agency action by a date certain, the agency shall, when 
        moving for entry of the consent decree or dismissal based on 
        the settlement agreement--
                    (A) inform the court of any uncompleted mandatory 
                duties to take regulatory action that the decree or 
                agreement does not address;
                    (B) how the decree or agreement, if approved, would 
                affect the discharge of those duties; and
                    (C) why the decree's or agreement's effects on the 
                order in which the agency discharges its mandatory 
                duties is in the public interest.
            (9) The court shall presume, subject to rebuttal, that it 
        is proper to allow amicus participation by any party who filed 
        public comments on the consent decree or settlement agreement 
        during the court's consideration of a motion to enter the 
        decree or dismiss the case on the basis of the agreement.
            (10) The court shall ensure that the proposed consent 
        decree or settlement agreement allows sufficient time and 
        procedure for the agency to comply with chapter 5 of title 5, 
        United States Code, and other applicable statutes that govern 
        rule making and, unless contrary to the public interest, the 
        provisions of any executive orders that govern rule making.
            (11) The defendant agency may, at its discretion, hold a 
        public hearing pursuant to notice in the Federal Register and 
        by electronic means, on whether to enter into the consent 
        decree or settlement agreement. If such a hearing is held, 
        then, in accordance with paragraph (6), a summary of the 
        proceedings and certification of the hearing record shall be 
        provided to the court, access to the hearing record shall be 
        given to the court, and the full hearing record shall be 
        included in the judicial record.
            (12) The Attorney General, in cases litigated by the 
        Department of Justice, or the head of the defendant Federal 
        agency, in cases litigated independently by that agency, shall 
        certify to the court his or her approval of any proposed 
        consent decree or settlement agreement that contains any of the 
        following terms--
                    (A) in the case of a consent decree, terms that--
                            (i) convert into mandatory duties the 
                        otherwise discretionary authorities of an 
                        agency to propose, promulgate, revise or amend 
                        regulations;
                            (ii) commit the agency to expend funds that 
                        Congress has not appropriated and that have not 
                        been budgeted for the action in question, or 
                        commit an agency to seek a particular 
                        appropriation or budget authorization;
                            (iii) divest the agency of discretion 
                        committed to it by Congress or the 
                        Constitution, whether such discretionary power 
                        was granted to respond to changing 
                        circumstances, to make policy or managerial 
                        choices, or to protect the rights of third 
                        parties; or
                            (iv) otherwise afford relief that the court 
                        could not enter on its own authority upon a 
                        final judgment in the litigation; or
                    (B) in the case of a settlement agreement, terms 
                that--
                            (i) interfere with the agency's authority 
                        to revise, amend, or issue rules through the 
                        procedures set forth in chapter 5 of title 5, 
                        United States Code, or any other statute or 
                        executive order prescribing rule making 
                        procedures for rule makings that are the 
                        subject of the settlement agreement;
                            (ii) commit the agency to expend funds that 
                        Congress has not appropriated and that have not 
                        been budgeted for the action in question; or
                            (iii) provide a remedy for the agency's 
                        failure to comply with the terms of the 
                        settlement agreement other than the revival of 
                        the action resolved by the settlement 
                        agreement, if the agreement commits the agency 
                        to exercise its discretion in a particular way 
                        and such discretionary power was committed to 
                        the agency by Congress or the Constitution to 
                        respond to changing circumstances, to make 
                        policy or managerial choices, or to protect the 
                        rights of third parties.
    (c) Annual Reports.--Each agency shall submit an annual report to 
Congress on the number, identity, and content of complaints, consent 
decrees, and settlement agreements described in paragraph (1) for that 
year, the statutory basis for each consent decree or settlement 
agreement and its terms, and any awards of attorneys fees or costs in 
actions resolved by such decrees or agreements.

SEC. 3. MOTIONS TO MODIFY CONSENT DECREES.

    When a defendant agency moves the court to modify a previously 
entered consent decree described under section 2 and the basis of the 
motion is that the terms of the decree are no longer fully in the 
public interest due to the agency's obligations to fulfill other duties 
or due to changed facts and circumstances, the court shall review the 
motion and the consent decree de novo.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The provisions of this Act apply to any covered consent decree or 
settlement agreement proposed to a court after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

Ex Output:

Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) States that the provisions of this Act shall apply to: (1) a consent decree or settlement agreement in an action to compel agency action alleged to be unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed that pertains to a regulatory action that affects the rights of private parties other than the plaintiff or the rights of state, local, or tribal governments brought under judicial review provisions of the U.S. Code or under any other statute authorizing such an action; and (2) any other consent decree or settlement agreement that requires agency action that pertains to a regulatory action that affects the rights of private parties other than the plaintiff or the rights of state, local, or tribal governments.

Sets forth requirements with respect to actions to be resolved by a consent decree or settlement agreement under this Act, including requiring: (1) publication in a readily accessible manner (including electronically) of the complaint, the consent decree or settlement agreement, the statutory basis for the decree or agreement and its terms, and any award of attorneys' fees or costs; (2) an opportunity for affected parties to intervene in an action prior to the entry of a consent decree or settlement agreement; (3) referral to a mediation or alternative dispute resolution program after a motion to intervene is granted; (4) an opportunity for public comment on a proposed consent decree or settlement agreement before it is filed with a court; and (5) approval by the Attorney General of any proposed consent decree or settlement agreement in cases litigated by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Requires each agency to submit an annual report to Congress on the number, identity, and content of complaints, consent decrees, and settlement agreements for that year, including the statutory basis for each decree or agreement and its terms, and any awards of attorneys fees or costs in actions resolved by decrees or agreements.

(Sec. 3) Requires a court to grant de novo review to any motion filed by an agency to modify a previously-entered consent decree if the basis of such motion is that the terms of the decree are no longer fully in the public interest due to the agency's obligations to fulfill other duties or due to changed facts and circumstances.

(Sec. 4) Makes the provisions of this Act applicable to any covered consent decree or settlement agreement proposed to a court after the enactment of this Act.