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

Example input: SECTION 1. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS ENTITIES PROVIDING USE OF FACILITIES
TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Business entity.--The term ''business entity'' means a
firm, corporation, association, partnership, consortium, joint
venture, or other form of enterprise.
(2) Facility.--The term ''facility'' means any real
property, including any building, improvement, or appurtenance.
(3) Gross negligence.--The term ''gross negligence'' means
voluntary and conscious conduct by a person with knowledge (at
the time of the conduct) that the conduct is likely to be
harmful to the health or well-being of another person.
(4) Intentional misconduct.--The term ''intentional
misconduct'' means conduct by a person with knowledge (at the
time of the conduct) that the conduct is harmful to the health
or well-being of another person.
(5) Nonprofit organization.--The term ''nonprofit
organization'' means--
(A) any organization described in section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from
tax under section 501(a) of such Code; or
(B) any not-for-profit organization organized and
conducted for public benefit and operated primarily for
charitable, civic, educational, religious, welfare, or
health purposes.
(6) State.--The term ''State'' means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern
Mariana Islands, any other territory or possession of the
United States, or any political subdivision of any such State,
territory, or possession.
(b) Limitation on Liability.--
(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (c), a business
entity shall not be subject to civil liability relating to any
injury or death occurring at a facility of the business entity
in connection with a use of such facility by a nonprofit
organization if--
(A) the use occurs outside of the scope of business
of the business entity;
(B) such injury or death occurs during a period
that such facility is used by the nonprofit
organization; and
(C) the business entity authorized the use of such
facility by the nonprofit organization.
(2) Application.--This subsection shall apply--
(A) with respect to civil liability under Federal
and State law; and
(B) regardless of whether a nonprofit organization
pays for the use of a facility.
(c) Exception for Liability.--Subsection (b) shall not apply to an
injury or death that results from an act or omission of a business
entity that constitutes gross negligence or intentional misconduct,
including any misconduct that--
(1) constitutes a crime of violence (as that term is
defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code) or act
of international terrorism (as that term is defined in section
2331 of title 18) for which the defendant has been convicted in
any court;
(2) constitutes a hate crime (as that term is used in the
Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534 note));
(3) involves a sexual offense, as defined by applicable
State law, for which the defendant has been convicted in any
court; or
(4) involves misconduct for which the defendant has been
found to have violated a Federal or State civil rights law.
(d) Superseding Provision.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection
(e), this Act preempts the laws of any State to the extent that
such laws are inconsistent with this Act, except that this Act
shall not preempt any State law that provides additional
protection from liability for a business entity for an injury
or death with respect to which conditions under subparagraphs
(A) through (C) of subsection (b)(1) apply.
(2) Limitation.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
supersede any Federal or State health or safety law.
(e) Election of State Regarding Nonapplicability.--This Act shall
not apply to any civil action in a State court against a business
entity in which all parties are citizens of the State if such State
enacts a statute--
(1) citing the authority of this subsection;
(2) declaring the election of such State that this Act
shall not apply to such civil action in the State; and
(3) containing no other provision.
Example output: Shields a business entity from civil liability relating to any injury or death occurring at a facility of that entity in connection with a use of such facility by a nonprofit organization if: (1) the use occurs outside the scope of business of the business entity; (2) such injury or death occurs during a period that such facility is used by such organization; and (3) the business entity authorized the use of such facility by the organization.
Makes this Act inapplicable to an injury or death that results from an act or omission of a business entity that constitutes gross negligence or intentional misconduct, including misconduct that: (1) constitutes a hate crime or a crime of violence or act of international terrorism for which the defendant has been convicted in any court; or (2) involves a sexual offense for which the defendant has been convicted in any court or misconduct for which the defendant has been found to have violated a Federal or State civil rights law.
Preempts State laws to the extent that such laws are inconsistent with this Act, except State law that provides additional protection from liability. Specifies that this Act shall not be construed to supersede any Federal or State health or safety law.
Makes this Act inapplicable to any civil action in a State court against a business entity in which all parties are citizens of the State if such State, citing this Act's authority and containing no other provision, enacts a statute declaring the State's election that this Act shall not apply to such action in the State.
Example explanation: This Bill focuses on shielding business entities from civil liability relating to an injury or death depending on the conditions of injury, hence the generated summary is correct.
Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Family Services Improvement Act of
1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that--
(1) historically, Federal programs have addressed the
Nation's problems by providing categorical financial assistance
with detailed requirements relating to the use of funds;
(2) while the assistance described in paragraph (1) has
been directed at critical problems, some program requirements
may inadvertently impede the effective delivery of services,
and the Federal government should exercise leadership in
eliminating these impediments;
(3) the Nation's State, local, and tribal governments and
private, nonprofit organizations are dealing with increasingly
complex problems that require the coordinated delivery of many
kinds of services;
(4) the Nation's communities are diverse, and different
needs are present in different communities; and
(5) it is more important than ever for the Federal
Government to--
(A) review, coordinate, and rationalize rules,
regulations and policies governing the range of Federal
financial assistance programs;
(B) reduce the barriers between programs that
impede State, local, and tribal governments' ability to
deliver services in a coordinated and effective manner;
and
(C) promote more effective and efficient local
delivery of services.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) remove Federal impediments to coordination of service
delivery;
(2) enable more efficient use of Federal, State, and local
resources through program coordination and reduction of
regulation;
(3) facilitate cooperation among and coordination of
programs operated by State, local, and tribal governments and
private, nonprofit organizations; and
(4) place less emphasis in Federal service programs on
measuring resources and procedures and more emphasis on
accountability for achieving policy goals.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act--
(1) Eligible federal financial assistance program.--The
term ''eligible Federal financial assistance program''--
(A) means a Federal program under which financial
assistance is available, directly or indirectly, to a
State, local, or tribal government or a qualified
organization to carry out a specified program;
(B) does not include a Federal program under which
financial assistance is provided by the Federal
Government directly to a beneficiary of that financial
assistance, or to a State to provide financial or food
voucher assistance directly to a beneficiary (but may
include administrative costs for such a program if
administrative funding levels are set separately from
benefit funding by law or regulation);
(C) includes the services portion of a program that
provides both direct cash payments and services; and
(D) does not include a direct spending program (as
defined under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2
U.S.C. 900(c)(8)).
(2) Eligible state, local, or tribal government.--The term
''eligible State, local, or tribal government'' means a State,
local, or tribal government that is eligible to receive
financial assistance under one or more eligible Federal
financial assistance programs;
(3) Local government.--The term ''local government''
means--
(A) a subdivision of a State that is a unit of
general local government (as defined under section 6501
of title 31, United States Code);
(B) any combination of political subdivisions
described in subparagraph (A) recognized by the
Council; and
(C) local education agencies (as defined under
section 8801(18) of title 20, United States Code);
(4) Qualified organization.--The term ''qualified
organization'' means a private, nonprofit organization
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
(5) State.--The term ''State'' means each of the 50 States,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam,
and the Virgin Islands;
(6) Qualified consortium.--The term ''qualified
consortium'' means a group that--
(A) is composed of any combination of qualified
organizations, State agencies, or local agencies that
receive federally appropriated funds, and
(B) includes representatives from not less than
three organizations providing services in not less than
three of the following areas:
(i) Education.
(ii) Head Start.
(iii) Child care.
(iv) Family support and preservation.
(v) Maternal and child health.
(vi) Job training.
(vii) Housing.
(viii) Nutrition.
(ix) Juvenile justice.
(x) Drug abuse prevention and treatment;
and
(7) Tribal government.--The term ''tribal government''
means the governing entity of an Indian tribe as defined in the
Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C.
479a), and any amendments to such Act.

SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL COORDINATION COUNCIL.

(a) Designation and Membership.--The President shall designate a
Federal Coordination Council, in this Act referred to as ''Council'',
composed of the following:
(1) The Attorney General.
(2) The Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) The Secretary of Labor.
(4) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(5) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
(6) The Secretary of Education.
(7) The Director of National Drug Control Policy.
(8) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
(9) Any additional members appointed at the discretion of
the President.
(b) Chairperson.--The President shall designate a Chair of the
Council from among members of the Council.
(c) Duties.--The Council shall perform the following functions:
(1) Review regulations governing eligible Federal financial
assistance programs in the areas listed in section 4(1)(A) and
identify more efficient operation and coordination of such
programs.
(2) Coordinate and assist Federal agencies in eliminating,
revising, and coordinating regulations, including regulations
with respect to the blending of funds.
(3) Coordinate and assist Federal agencies in creating an
application to be used to apply for assistance from eligible
Federal financial assistance programs in the areas listed in
section 4(1)(A).
(4) Coordinate and assist Federal agencies in creating a
release form to be used by a client to authorize or prohibit
service providers, including schools, from sharing information
across eligible Federal financial assistance programs.
(5) Coordinate and assist agencies in creating a system
wherein an organization or consortium of organizations may use
one proposal to apply for funding from multiple eligible
Federal financial assistance programs.
(6) Evaluate current performance standards and evaluation
criteria for eligible Federal financial assistance programs,
and make specific recommendations to Federal agencies regarding
how to revise such standards and criteria in order to establish
specific and measurable performance and outcome measures by
which program success may be judged and future funding
decisions made.
(7) Ensure that Federal grants program criteria award
priority funding to qualified consortia.
(8) Establish interagency teams comprised of staff from the
agencies that administer the covered federal financial
assistance programs to provide training and technical
assistance to assist program coordination.
(9) Establish interagency teams to provide outcome-based,
cross-program evaluation of coordinated programs.
(10) Identify not less than ten qualified consortia to
participate in a demonstration program to determine the
benefits of the following accountability procedures:
(A) The qualified consortium shall select a set of
specific and measurable program goals.
(B) The qualified consortium shall develop a
flexibility and coordination plan to describe--
(i) how the consortium will attain these
goals;
(ii) how performance will be measured; and
(iii) how the consortium will identify
subgroups within the community, and collect and
maintain data to measure the impact of the plan
on individuals, the subgroups, and the
community.
(d) Reports.--
(1) Not later than one year after the designation of the
Council, the Council shall submit to the Congress a report
detailing any legislative encumbrances preventing the Council
from carrying out its duties.
(2) Not later than three years after the designation of the
Council, the Council shall submit to the Congress a report
detailing any regulations implemented as a result of findings
of the Council.

SEC. 6. INCENTIVES TO FORM CONSORTIA.

(a) Exemption from Requirements.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, members of a qualified consortium shall be exempted,
without any waiver application or approval, but subject to prior
notification to the agency administering the affected Federal
assistance programs, from meeting requirements or providing services
which are met or performed by another member of the consortium, so long
as the standards of the requirement or service are met by that other
member of the consortium.
(b) Retention of Certain Funds.--Any funds which each individual
program saves from the program coordination described in subsection (a)
may be retained by the consortium in a flexible account which shall be
administered in accordance with a memorandum of understanding agreed to
by each member of the consortium. Flexible account funds may be used to
expand, improve, or otherwise augment services provided by the
consortium, consistent with the intent of Federal programs managed by
consortium members, including data systems development and joint
professional development with staff from other consortium members.
(c) Permission to Set Aside Percentage of Funds.--Any agency or
organization that is a member of a consortium may at its discretion set
aside a maximum of 10 percent of its Federal funds in the flexible
account described in subsection (b).
(d) Audit of Federal Financial Assistance Programs.--The Federal
agencies with jurisdiction over Federal financial assistance programs
included in a consortium may designate a cognizant agency to audit
flexible fund expenditures.
(f) Enforcement of Requirements of Federal Financial Assistance
Programs.--The Federal agencies with jurisdiction over Federal
financial assistance programs included in a consortium may designate a
cognizant agency to enforce the authorization requirements of Federal
assistance programs.
A:
Family Services Improvement Act of 1997 - Directs the President to designate a Federal Coordination Council composed of various specified cabinet secretaries and other Federal agency heads to perform a variety of specified functions for the stated purposes of: (1) removing Federal impediments to coordination of service delivery; (2) enabling more efficient use of Federal, State, and local resources through program coordination and reduction of regulation; (3) facilitating cooperation among and coordination of programs operated by State, local, and tribal governments and private, nonprofit organizations; (4) identifying at least ten qualified consortia of such organizations and State or local agencies that receive federally appropriated funds, together with representatives of specified services, to participate in a demonstration program to determine the benefits of specified accountability procedures; and (5) placing less emphasis in Federal service programs on measuring resources and procedures and more emphasis on accountability for achieving policy goals.
Requires the Federal Coordination Council to submit to the Congress: (1) not later than one year after the designation of the Council, a report detailing any legislative encumbrances preventing the Council from carrying out its duties; and (2) not later than three years after the designation of the Council, a report detailing any regulations implemented as a result of the Council's findings.