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Question: -S-E-C-T-I-O-N -1-. -A-C-Q-U-I-S-I-T-I-O-N -O-F -R-O-O-S-E-V-E-L-T 
              -F-A-M-I-L-Y -L-A-N-D-S-.

    -(-a-) -I-n -G-e-n-e-r-a-l-.---
            -(-1-) -G-e-n-e-r-a-l -a-u-t-h-o-r-i-t-y-.----T-h-e 
        -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -o-f -t-h-e -I-n-t-e-r-i-o-r 
        -(-h-e-r-e-i-n-a-f-t-e-r -r-e-f-e-r-r-e-d -t-o -a-s -t-h-e 
        -`-`-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y-'-'-) -m-a-y -a-c-q-u-i-r-e-, -b-y 
        -p-u-r-c-h-a-s-e -w-i-t-h -d-o-n-a-t-e-d -o-r 
        -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e-d -f-u-n-d-s-, -d-o-n-a-t-i-o-n-, -o-r 
        -o-t-h-e-r-w-i-s-e-, -l-a-n-d-s -a-n-d -i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-s -i-n 
        -l-a-n-d -(-i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g -d-e-v-e-l-o-p-m-e-n-t 
        -r-i-g-h-t-s -a-n-d -e-a-s-e-m-e-n-t-s-) -i-n -t-h-e 
        -p-r-o-p-e-r-t-i-e-s -l-o-c-a-t-e-d -a-t -H-y-d-e -P-a-r-k-, 
        -N-e-w -Y-o-r-k-, -t-h-a-t -w-e-r-e -o-w-n-e-d -b-y 
        -F-r-a-n-k-l-i-n -D-. -R-o-o-s-e-v-e-l-t -o-r -h-i-s 
        -f-a-m-i-l-y -a-t -t-h-e -t-i-m-e -o-f -h-i-s -d-e-a-t-h-, -a-s 
        -d-e-p-i-c-t-e-d -o-n -t-h-e -m-a-p -e-n-t-i-t-l-e-d 
        -`-`-R-o-o-s-e-v-e-l-t -F-a-m-i-l-y -E-s-t-a-t-e-'-' -a-n-d 
        -d-a-t-e-d -N-o-v-e-m-b-e-r -1-9-, -1-9-9-3-.
            -(-2-) -L-i-m-i-t-a-t-i-o-n-s-.---
                    -(-A-) -R-e-s-i-d-e-n-t-i-a-l -p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y-.---
                -T-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -m-a-y -o-n-l-y 
                -a-c-q-u-i-r-e -t-h-o-s-e -r-e-s-i-d-e-n-t-i-a-l 
                -p-r-o-p-e-r-t-i-e-s -o-n -t-h-e -l-a-n-d-s -a-n-d 
                -i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-s -i-n -l-a-n-d -d-e-p-i-c-t-e-d -o-n 
                -t-h-e -m-a-p -r-e-f-e-r-r-e-d -t-o -i-n 
                -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-) -t-h-a-t -w-e-r-e 
                -o-w-n-e-d -o-r -o-c-c-u-p-i-e-d -b-y -F-r-a-n-k-l-i-n 
                -D-. -R-o-o-s-e-v-e-l-t -o-r -h-i-s -f-a-m-i-l-y-, 
                -i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g -h-i-s -p-a-r-e-n-t-s-, 
                -s-i-b-l-i-n-g-s-, -w-i-f-e-, -a-n-d -c-h-i-l-d-r-e-n-.
                    -(-B-) -S-t-a-t-e -l-a-n-d-s-.----L-a-n-d-s -a-n-d 
                -i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-s -i-n -l-a-n-d -d-e-p-i-c-t-e-d -o-n 
                -t-h-e -m-a-p -r-e-f-e-r-r-e-d -t-o -i-n 
                -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-) -t-h-a-t -a-r-e -o-w-n-e-d 
                -b-y -t-h-e -S-t-a-t-e -o-f -N-e-w -Y-o-r-k-, -o-r -a 
                -p-o-l-i-t-i-c-a-l -s-u-b-d-i-v-i-s-i-o-n -o-f -t-h-e 
                -S-t-a-t-e-, -m-a-y -o-n-l-y -b-e -a-c-q-u-i-r-e-d -b-y 
                -d-o-n-a-t-i-o-n-.
            -(-3-) -P-r-i-o-r-i-t-y-.----I-n -a-c-q-u-i-r-i-n-g 
        -l-a-n-d-s -a-n-d -i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-s -i-n -l-a-n-d 
        -p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t -t-o -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-, -t-h-e 
        -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l-, -t-o -t-h-e -e-x-t-e-n-t 
        -p-o-s-s-i-b-l-e-, -g-i-v-e -p-r-i-o-r-i-t-y -t-o 
        -a-c-q-u-i-r-i-n-g -t-h-e -t-r-a-c-t -o-f -l-a-n-d-s 
        -c-o-m-m-o-n-l-y -k-n-o-w-n -a-s -t-h-e -`-`-O-p-e-n -P-a-r-k 
        -H-o-d-h-o-m-e -T-r-a-c-t-'-'-, -a-s -g-e-n-e-r-a-l-l-y 
        -d-e-p-i-c-t-e-d -o-n -t-h-e -m-a-p -r-e-f-e-r-r-e-d -t-o -i-n 
        -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-)-.
            -(-4-) -C-o-s-t-s-.----T-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -m-a-y 
        -p-a-y -t-h-e -c-o-s-t-s-, -i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g -t-i-t-l-e 
        -s-e-a-r-c-h -a-n-d -s-u-r-v-e-y-, -a-s-s-o-c-i-a-t-e-d 
        -w-i-t-h -t-h-e -a-c-q-u-i-s-i-t-i-o-n -o-f -l-a-n-d-s -a-n-d 
        -i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-s -i-n -l-a-n-d -p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t -t-o -t-h-i-s 
        -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-.
    -(-b-) -A-d-m-i-n-i-s-t-r-a-t-i-o-n-.----L-a-n-d-s -a-n-d 
-i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-s -i-n -l-a-n-d -a-c-q-u-i-r-e-d -b-y -t-h-e 
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t -t-o -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n 
-s-h-a-l-l -b-e -a-d-d-e-d -t-o-, -a-n-d -a-d-m-i-n-i-s-t-e-r-e-d -a-s 
-p-a-r-t -o-f-, -t-h-e -F-r-a-n-k-l-i-n -D-e-l-a-n-o -R-o-o-s-e-v-e-l-t 
-N-a-t-i-o-n-a-l -H-i-s-t-o-r-i-c -S-i-t-e -o-r -t-h-e -E-l-e-a-n-o-r 
-R-o-o-s-e-v-e-l-t -N-a-t-i-o-n-a-l -H-i-s-t-o-r-i-c -S-i-t-e-, -a-s 
-a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e-.
    -(-c-) -A-u-t-h-o-r-i-z-a-t-i-o-n -o-f 
-A-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-i-o-n-s-.----T-h-e-r-e -a-r-e -a-u-t-h-o-r-i-z-e-d 
-t-o -b-e -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e-d -s-u-c-h -s-u-m-s -a-s -a-r-e 
-n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y -t-o -c-a-r-r-y -o-u-t -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-.

SECTION 1. ACQUISITION OF LANDS.

    (a) In General.--(1) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') is authorized to acquire, by purchase 
with donated or appropriated funds, donation, or otherwise, lands and 
interests therein in the following properties located at Hyde Park, New 
York identified as lands critical for protection as depicted on the map 
entitled ``Roosevelt Family Estate'' and dated September 1994:
            (A) The ``Open Park Hodhome Tract'', consisting of 
        approximately 30 acres, which shall be the highest priority for 
        acquisition.
            (B) The ``Top Cottage Tract'', consisting of approximately 
        30 acres.
            (C) The ``Poughkeepsie Shopping Center, Inc. Tract'', 
        consisting of approximately 55 acres.
    (b) Administration.--Lands and interests therein acquired by the 
Secretary pursuant to this Act shall be added to, and administered by 
the Secretary as part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt National 
Historic Site or the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, as 
appropriate.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are hereby authorized 
to be appropriated not to exceed $3,000,000 to carry out this Act.

Answer: Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands and interests in specified properties located at Hyde Park, New York, identified as lands critical for protection on the Roosevelt Family Estate to be added to and administered by the Secretary as part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt National Historic Site or the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. Authorizes appropriations.


Question: 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.

Answer: 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.


Question: SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that it is inappropriate for the 
Department of Labor, as the principal enforcer of fiduciary standards 
in connection with employee pension benefit plans and employee welfare 
benefit plans (as defined in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 3 of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(1), 
(2))), to take any action to promote or otherwise encourage 
economically targeted investments.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGARDING ECONOMICALLY 
              TARGETED INVESTMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Interpretive Bulletin 94-1, issued by the 
Secretary of Labor on June 23, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 32606; 29 C.F.R. 
2509.94-1), is null and void and shall have no force or effect. The 
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) shall be interpreted and enforced without regard 
to such Interpretive Bulletin.
    (b) Restrictions on Department of Labor Regulations.--The Secretary 
of Labor may not issue any rule, regulation, or interpretive bulletin 
which promotes or otherwise encourages economically targeted 
investments as a specified class of investments.
    (c) Restrictions on Activities of the Department of Labor.--No 
officer or employee of the Department of Labor may travel, lecture, or 
otherwise expend resources available to such Department for the purpose 
of promoting, directly or indirectly, economically targeted 
investments.
    (d) Economically Targeted Investment Defined.--For purposes of this 
section, the term ``economically targeted investment'' has the meaning 
given such term in Interpretive Bulletin 94-1, as issued by the 
Secretary of Labor on June 23, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 32606; 29 C.F.R. 
2509.94-1).

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL AGENCIES AGAINST ESTABLISHING OR 
              MAINTAINING ANY CLEARINGHOUSE OR OTHER DATABASE RELATING 
              TO ECONOMICALLY TARGETED INVESTMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Part 5 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

 ``prohibition on federal agencies against establishing or maintaining 
 any clearinghouse or other database relating to economically targeted 
                              investments

    ``Sec. 516. (a) In General.--No agency or instrumentality of the 
Federal Government may establish or maintain, or contract with (or 
otherwise provide assistance to) any other party to establish or 
maintain, any clearinghouse, database, or other listing--
            ``(1) for the purpose of making available to employee 
        benefit plans information on economically targeted investments,
            ``(2) for the purpose of encouraging, or providing 
        assistance to, employee benefit plans or any other party 
        related to an employee benefit plan to undertake or evaluate 
        economically targeted investments, or
            ``(3) for the purpose of identifying economically targeted 
        investments with respect to which such agency or 
        instrumentality will withhold from undertaking enforcement 
        actions relating to employee benefit plans under any otherwise 
        applicable authority of such agency or instrumentality.
    ``(b) Economically Targeted Investment Defined.--For purposes of 
this section, the term `economically targeted investment' has the 
meaning given such term in Interpretive Bulletin 94-1, as issued by the 
Secretary on June 23, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 32606; 29 C.F.R. 2509.94-
1).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1 of such 
Act is amended by inserting at the end of the items relating to part 5 
of subtitle B of title I the following new item:

``Sec. 516. Prohibition on Federal agencies against establishing or 
                            maintaining any clearinghouse or other 
                            database relating to economically targeted 
                            investments.''.
SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS.

    The head of each agency and instrumentality of the Government of 
the United States shall immediately take such actions as are necessary 
and appropriate to terminate any contract or other arrangement entered 
into by such agency or instrumentality which is in violation of the 
requirements of the provisions of this Act or the amendments made 
thereby.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

    Nothing in this Act is intended to affect the ability of the 
Department of Labor to issue advisory opinions, information letters, 
technical releases, prohibited transactions, exemptions, or other 
pronouncements interpreting and applying ERISA's fiduciary 
responsibility rules to particular factual situations, or exempting 
specific transactions from the prohibited transaction provisions of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 
1106, 1108).

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The preceding provisions of this Act (and the amendments made 
thereby) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
            Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

Answer:
Expresses the sense of the Congress that it is inappropriate for the Department of Labor (DOL), as the principal enforcer of fiduciary standards in connection with employee pension benefit plans and employee welfare plans, as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), to take any action to promote or otherwise encourage economically targeted investments. Requires that ERISA provisions be interpreted and enforced without regard to a specified DOL interpretive bulletin regarding economically targeted investments, and makes such interpretive bulletin null and void. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from issuing any rule, regulation, or interpretive bulletin which promotes or otherwise encourages economically targeted investments as a specified class of investments. Prohibits DOL officers or employees from traveling, lecturing, or otherwise expending DOL resources to promote, directly or indirectly, economically targeted investments. Amends ERISA to prohibit Federal agencies or instrumentalities from establishing or maintaining any clearinghouse or other database relating to economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans. Directs Federal agencies and instrumentalities to immediately terminate contracts or other arrangements which violate this Act. Declares that nothing in this Act is intended to affect the ability of the DOL to issue advisory opinions, information letters, technical releases, prohibited transactions, exemptions, or other pronouncements interpreting and applying ERISA's fiduciary responsibility rules to particular factual situations, or exempting specific transactions from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA.