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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.
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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 ``Transparency and Honesty in Energy 
Regulations Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following--
            (1) As a tool to justify Federal actions by the Department 
        of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter 
        in this section referred to as the ``EPA'') addressing 
        greenhouse gas emissions, including those regulating or 
        prohibiting the exploration, mining, production, and use of 
        coal as well as other fossil fuels as energy sources, the 
        Social Cost of Carbon (hereinafter in this section referred to 
        as the ``SCC'') and the Social Cost of Methane (hereinafter in 
        this section referred to as the ``SCM'') in theory represent 
        the hypothetical cost of an incremental ton of carbon dioxide 
        (CO&lt;INF&gt;2&lt;/INF&gt;) or methane emissions in a given year.
            (2) Office of Management and Budget (hereinafter in this 
        section referred to as the ``OMB'') Circular A-4 guides Federal 
        agencies on the development of regulatory impact analysis 
        required under Executive Order 12866 as well as other 
        authorities, instructing agencies to include discount rates of 
        3 and 7 percent while also evaluating the cost and benefits 
        that accrue to citizens and residents of the United States.
            (3) First developed in 2009 by an interagency working 
        group, including the Department of Energy and the EPA, the SCC 
        estimates fail to comply with OMB Circular A-4 prescribed 
        discount rates of 3 and 7 percent.
            (4) While OMB Circular A-4 specifies that an evaluation of 
        the global effects, when undertaken, is to be reported 
        separately from domestic costs and benefits, the SCC instead 
        calculated the global benefits in lieu of and not in addition 
        to the domestic effects.
            (5) The use of the SCC estimates in Department of Energy 
        and EPA rulemakings prior to any opportunity for public notice 
        and comment violated not only scientific peer-review 
        requirements but also the President's commitment to transparent 
        and open government as outlined in his January 21, 2009, 
        memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies.
            (6) In July 2015, as part of a revision of the SCC in 
        response to over 150 substantive comments and in acknowledgment 
        of the faulty process by which the SCC estimates were 
        developed, the OMB requested the National Academies of Science, 
        Engineering and Medicine (hereinafter in this section referred 
        to as the ``NAS'') review and make recommendations for the 
        improvement of the SCC estimates.
            (7) Shortly after the commencement of the NAS review, the 
        EPA, without appropriate peer review and an opportunity for 
        public notice and comment, utilized the EPA-developed SCM 
        estimates in justifying the costs and benefits of the September 
        2015 proposed and recently finalized rules under the Clean Air 
        Act for methane emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed 
        sources in the oil and gas sector.
            (8) Continued use by the Department of Energy and the EPA 
        of the SCC and the SCM ignores sound science in order to 
        eliminate the exploration, mining, production, and use of our 
        abundant domestic sources of fossil fuel energy.
            (9) The Department of Energy and EPA regulations, which are 
        costing American families billions of dollars per year, are 
        being justified in large part by SCC and SCM estimates.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERING THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON AND THE 
              SOCIAL COST OF METHANE.

    The Secretary of Energy, when acting under any authority, and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, when acting under 
the authority of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), may not 
consider the social cost of carbon or the social cost of methane as 
part of any cost benefit analysis required under law or under Executive 
Order 12866 or 13563, in any rulemaking, in the issuance of any 
guidance, or in taking any other agency action, or as a justification 
for any rulemaking, guidance document, or agency action, unless a 
Federal law is enacted, after the date of enactment of this Act, 
explicitly authorizing such consideration.

SEC. 4. REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE EPA.

    Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
coordination and consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the 
Secretary of the Interior, and the Council on Environmental Quality 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on 
the Environment and Public Works and on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate, detailing the number of proposed and final rulemakings, 
guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use the 
social cost of carbon or the social cost of methane, including as part 
of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 and 
other relevant authorities.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``social cost of carbon'' means--
                    (A) the social cost of carbon as described in--
                            (i) the document entitled ``Technical 
                        Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for 
                        Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive 
                        Order 12866'' published by the Interagency 
                        Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United 
                        States Government, in February 2010; or
                            (ii) the document entitled ``Technical 
                        Support Document: Technical Update of the 
                        Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact 
                        Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'' 
                        published by the Interagency Working Group on 
                        Social Cost of Carbon, United States 
                        Government, in May 2013, and revised in 
                        November 2013 and July 2015, or any other 
                        successor or substantially related document; or
                    (B) any other estimate of the monetized damages 
                associated with an incremental increase in carbon 
                dioxide emissions in a given year.
            (2) The term ``social cost of methane'' means the estimate 
        of the social cost of methane--
                    (A) as described in--
                            (i) the proposed rule entitled ``Oil and 
                        Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New 
                        and Modified Sources'' published by the 
                        Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal 
                        Register on September 18, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
                        56593);
                            (ii) the final rule entitled ``Oil and 
                        Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, 
                        Reconstructed, and Modified Sources'' published 
                        by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 
                        Federal Register on June 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 
                        35824); or
                            (iii) the ``Regulatory Impact Analysis of 
                        the Final Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission 
                        Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified 
                        Sources'' prepared by the Environmental 
                        Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, 
                        in May 2016, and identified by docket ID number 
                        EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7630; or
                    (B) any other successor or substantially related 
                estimate.
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Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from considering the social cost of carbon or methane as part of any cost benefit analysis, unless a federal law is enacted authorizing such consideration. The EPA must report on the number of proposed and final rulemakings, guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use either of those social costs, including as part of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 and other relevant authorities.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Perkins Modernization Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    Section 2 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``, or high demand 
        occupations in current or emerging professions'' and inserting 
        ``employment in current or emerging in-demand industry sectors 
        or occupations'';
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) aligning the skills, certifications, and credentials 
        of secondary and postsecondary students who enroll in career 
        and technical education programs with the skills, 
        certifications, and credentials needed by employers in the 
        labor markets served by the educational institutions; and
            ``(9) ensuring that the selection of skills, 
        certifications, and credentials acquired by career and 
        technical education students is guided by timely labor market 
        information.''.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(35) In-demand industry sector or occupation.--The term 
        `in-demand industry sector or occupation' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
        Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).''.

SEC. 4. ACCOUNTABILITY.

    Section 113(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2323(b)(2)(B)(iv)) is 
amended by striking ``, or high demand occupations or professions'' and 
inserting ``employment in in-demand industry sectors or occupations''.

SEC. 5. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    Section 114(d) of the of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2324(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii)(II), by inserting ``in in-
        demand industry sectors or occupations'' after ``critical)''; 
        and
            (2) in paragraph (4)(A)(i)(V), by striking ``occupations in 
        high skill, high wage, or high demand business and industry'' 
        and inserting ``high skill, high wage employment in in-demand 
        industry sectors or occupations''.

SEC. 6. OCCUPATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION.

    Section 118(c) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2328) is amended--
            (1) in paragraphs (1) and (3), by striking ``, or high 
        demand occupations'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``employment in in-demand industry sectors or occupations''; 
        and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``, or high demand 
        occupations in current or emerging professions'' and inserting 
        ``employment in in-demand industry sectors or occupations,''.

SEC. 7. STATE PLAN.

    Section 122(c) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2342(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting ``and 
                careers in in-demand industry sectors or occupations'' 
                after ``in postsecondary education'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``entry into 
                high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations in 
                current or emerging occupations'' and inserting ``for 
                employment in in-demand industry sectors or 
                occupations''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (I)(iii), by striking 
                ``employment in high skill, high wage, or high demand 
                occupations'' and inserting ``high skill, high wage 
                employment in in-demand industry sectors or 
                occupations'';
            (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``or into high skill, 
        high wage employment in in-demand industry sectors or 
        occupations'' after ``higher education'';
            (3) in paragraph (9)(C), by striking ``, or high demand 
        occupations'' and inserting ``employment in in-demand industry 
        sectors or occupations''; and
            (4) in paragraph (18), by striking ``, or high demand 
        occupations'' and inserting ``employment in in-demand industry 
        sectors or occupations''.

SEC. 8. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES.

    Section 124 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 
Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2344) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``, or high 
                demand occupations'' and inserting ``employment in in-
                demand industry sectors or occupations'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting ``, 
                equipment,'' after ``internships'';
                    (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ``occupations'' 
                and inserting ``employment in in-demand industry 
                sectors or occupations'';
                    (D) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9) as 
                paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively;
                    (E) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated), by 
                striking ``, or high demand'' and inserting 
                ``employment in in-demand industry sectors or''; and
                    (F) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) analyzing labor market information collected by State 
        agencies, Federal agencies, workforce investment boards, or 
        other third-party organizations engaged in labor market 
        research in order to ensure that programs of study in career 
        and technical education align with labor market needs;''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, 
                        and encouraging secondary students to pursue 
                        dual enrollment coursework as well as industry 
                        licenses, certificates, and other postsecondary 
                        credentials'' after ``degree''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``occupations'' and inserting ``employment in 
                        in-demand industry sectors or occupations''; 
                        and
                    (B) in paragraph (9), by striking ``, or high 
                demand occupations'' and inserting ``employment in in-
                demand industry sectors or occupations''.

SEC. 9. LOCAL PLAN FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

    Section 134(b)(8)(C) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2354(b)(8)(C)) is amended by striking 
``, or high demand'' and inserting ``employment in in-demand industry 
sectors or''.

SEC. 10. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.

    Section 135 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 
Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2355) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(9), by striking ``, or high demand'' 
        and inserting ``employment in in-demand industry sectors or''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (c)(12) by striking ``, or high demand'' 
        and inserting ``employment in in-demand industry sectors or''.
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Perkins Modernization Act of 2015 This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise its purposes, which are to develop more fully the academic and career and technical skills of secondary education students and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in career and technical education programs (as under current law), by:   preparing those students for employment in current or emerging in-demand industry sectors or occupations;  aligning the skills, certifications, and credentials of the students with those needed by employers in the labor markets served by educational institutions; and  ensuring that the selection of skills, certifications, and credentials acquired by such students is guided by timely labor market information.   An &quot;in-demand industry sector or occupation&quot; is:   an industry sector that has a substantial current or potential impact on the state, regional, or local economy, and that contributes to the growth or stability of other supporting businesses, or the growth of other industry sectors; or  an occupation that currently has or is projected to have a number of positions in an industry sector so as to have a significant impact on the state, regional, or local economy.