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

Now, solve this: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Oceans Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act:
(1) Commission.--The term ''Commission'' means the
Commission on Ocean Policy established under section 4.
(2) Coastal state.--The term ''coastal State'' means a
State in, or bordering on, the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic
Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, or one or more of
the Great Lakes.
(3) Marine environment.--The term ''marine environment''
includes--
(A) the oceans, including coastal and offshore
waters and nearshore saltwater estuaries;
(B) the continental shelf; and
(C) the Great Lakes.
(4) Ocean and coastal activities.--The term ''ocean and
coastal activities'' includes activities consisting of,
affecting, or otherwise related to oceanography, fisheries, or
the management or use of any ocean and coastal resource. The
term does not include military operations and training.
(5) Ocean and coastal resource.--The term ''ocean and
coastal resource'' means any living or nonliving natural,
historic, or cultural resource or mineral found in the marine
environment.
(6) State.--The term ''State'' means any State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other
territory or possession of the United States.

SEC. 3. EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES.

(a) National Ocean and Coastal Policy.--The Congress and the
President, after receiving and considering the report of the Commission
under section 4, shall develop and propose a coordinated,
comprehensive, and long-range national policy for the responsible use
and stewardship of ocean and coastal resources for the benefit of the
United States, including a plan to meet the resource monitoring and
assessment facilities and equipment requirements of Federal ocean and
coastal programs.
(b) Biennial Report.--Beginning in January 1999, the President
shall transmit to the Congress biennially a report that shall include a
detailed listing of all existing Federal programs relating to ocean and
coastal activities, including a description of each program, the
current funding for the program, and a projection of the funding level
for the program for each of the following 5 fiscal years.
(c) Budget Coordination.--Each agency or department involved in
ocean and coastal activities shall include with its annual request for
appropriations a report that identifies significant elements of the
proposed agency or department budget relating to ocean and coastal
activities.
(d) Cooperation and Consultation.--In carrying out responsibilities
under this Act, the President--
(1) may use such staff, interagency, and advisory
arrangements as the President finds necessary and appropriate;
and
(2) shall consult with State and local governments and non-
Federal organizations and individuals involved in ocean and
coastal activities.

SEC. 4. COMMISSION ON OCEAN POLICY.

(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--There is hereby established the Commission
on Ocean Policy.
(2) Membership.--(A) The Commission shall be composed of 16
members appointed by the President from among individuals who
are knowledgeable in ocean and coastal activities, including
individuals representing State and local governments, ocean-
related industries, academic and technical institutions, and
public interest organizations involved with scientific,
regulatory, economic, and environmental ocean and coastal
activities. The membership of the Commission shall be balanced
geographically to the extent consistent with maintaining the
highest level of expertise on the Commission.
(B) Of the members of the Commission appointed under this
paragraph--
(i) 4 shall be appointed from a list of 8
individuals who shall be recommended by the majority
leader of the Senate in consultation with the Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation;
(ii) 4 shall be appointed from a list of 8
individuals who shall be recommended by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives in consultation with the
Chairmen of the Committee on Resources, Transportation
and Infrastructure, and Science;
(iii) 2 shall be appointed from a list of 4
individuals who shall be recommended by the minority
leader of the Senate in consultation with the ranking
member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation; and
(iv) 2 shall be appointed from a list of 4
individuals who shall be recommended by the by the
minority leader of the House of Representatives in
consultation with the ranking members of the Committees
on Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and
Science.
(C) The members of the Commission shall be appointed for
the life of the Commission by not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) First meeting.--The Commission shall hold its first
meeting within 30 days after it is established.
(4) Chairman.--The Commission shall elect one of its
members as Chair.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--The Commission shall submit to the
Congress and the President, by not later than 18 months after
the date of the establishment of the Commission, a final report
of its findings and recommendations regarding United States
ocean policy.
(2) Public and state review.--Before submitting the final
report to the Congress, the Commission shall--
(A) publish in the Federal Register a notice that
the draft report is available for public review; and
(B) provide a copy of the draft report to the
Governor of each coastal State, the Committees on
Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and
Science of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate.
(3) Final report contents, generally.--Subject to paragraph
(4), the final report of the Commission shall include
recommendations for the responsible use and stewardship of
ocean and coastal resources, including the following:
(A) Recommendations for any modifications to United
States laws and regulations, and the administrative
structure of the Executive agencies, that are necessary
to improve the understanding, management, and
conservation and use of, and access to, ocean and
coastal resources.
(B) An assessment of the condition and adequacy of
existing and planned facilities associated with ocean
and coastal activities, including human resources,
vessels, computers, satellites, and other appropriate
platforms and technologies, and recommendations for
investments and improvements in those facilities.
(C) A review of existing and planned ocean and
coastal activities of Federal entities, and
recommendations for changes in such activities
necessary to reduce duplication of Federal efforts.
(D) A review of the cumulative effect of Federal
laws and regulations on United States ocean policy, an
examination of those laws and regulations for
inconsistencies and contradictions that might adversely
affect the conduct of ocean and coastal activities, and
recommendations for resolving any such inconsistencies.
In particular, this portion of the report shall include
an examination of the relationship between the
fisheries development and fisheries conservation
responsibilities of the National Marine Fisheries
Service.
(E) A review of the known and anticipated supply of
and demand for ocean and coastal resources of the
United States.
(F) A review of the relationship between Federal,
State, and local governments and the private sector in
planning and carrying out ocean and coastal activities,
and recommendations for enhancing the role of State and
local governments.
(G) A review of opportunities for the development
of or investment in new products, technologies, or
markets related to ocean and coastal activities.
(H) A review of previous and ongoing State efforts
and Federal efforts to enhance the effectiveness and
integration of ocean activities, including those
occurring offshore and in nearshore saltwater
estuaries.
(4) State comments.--The Commission shall include in the
final report comments received from the Governor of any coastal
State regarding recommendations in the draft report that apply
to areas within the boundaries of that coastal State.
(5) Consideration of factors.--In making its assessments
and reviews and developing its recommendations, the Commission
shall give full and balanced consideration to environmental,
technical, economic, and other relevant factors, with an equal
opportunity for all parties to present a fair and reasonable
case for unbiased consideration by the Commission. All
recommendations should consider effects on private property. To
the greatest extent possible, no recommendations shall have a
negative impact on local economies that are dependent on ocean
and coastal resources. Any data used by the Commission in
making its recommendations for regulations shall be peer
reviewed.
(6) Limitation on recommendations.--The Commission shall
not make any specific recommendations with respect to lands and
waters within the boundary of any State located north of 51
degrees North latitude, or with respect to lands and waters
within the State of Idaho.
(c) Duties of the Chair.--In carrying out the provisions of this
section, the Chair of the Commission shall be responsible for--
(1) the assignment of duties and responsibilities among
staff personnel and their continuing supervision; and
(2) the use and expenditures of funds available to the
Commission.
(d) Compensation.--Members of the Commission shall, subject to the
availability of appropriations, when engaged in the actual performance
of duties of the Commission, receive reimbursement of travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized for persons
employed intermittently in the Government service under section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code.
(e) Staff.--
(1) Executive director.--The Chair of the Commission may,
with the consent of the Commission and without regard to the
civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an
executive director who is knowledgeable in administrative
management and ocean and coastal policy and such other
additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the
Commission to perform its duties.
(2) Compensation.--The executive director shall, subject to
the availability of appropriations, be compensated at a rate
not to exceed the rate payable for Level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. The
Chairman may fix the compensation of other personnel without
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to
classification of positions and General Schedule pay rates,
except that the rate of pay for such personnel may not exceed
the rate payable for GS-15, step 7, of the General Schedule
under section 5332 of such title.
(3) Detailees.--Upon a request of the Chair of the
Commission made after consulting with the head of any Federal
agencies responsible for managing ocean and coastal resources,
the head of any such Federal agency may detail appropriate
personnel of the agency to the Commission to assist the
Commission in carrying out its functions under this Act.
Federal Government employees detailed to the Commission shall
serve without reimbursement from the Commission, and shall
retain the rights, status, and privileges of his or her regular
employment without interruption.
(4) Experts and consultants.--To the extent that funds are
available, and subject to such rules as may be prescribed by
the Commission, the executive director of the Commission may
procure the temporary and intermittent services of experts and
consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, but at rates not to exceed the daily rate payable
for GS-15, step 7, of the General Schedule under section 5332
of title 5, United States Code.
(f) Administration.--
(1) Meetings.--All meetings of the Commission shall be open
to the public, except that a meeting or any portion of it may
be closed to the public if it concerns matters or information
described in section 552b(c) of title 5, United States Code.
Interested persons shall be permitted to appear at open
meetings and present written statements or oral statements at
the discretion of the Commission on the subject matter of the
meeting. The Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to
any person appearing before it.
(2) Notice of meetings.--All open meetings of the
Commission shall be preceded by timely public notice, including
notice in the Federal Register, of the time, place, and subject
of the meeting.
(3) Minutes and other records.--(A) Minutes of each meeting
shall be kept and shall contain a record of the people present,
a description of the discussion that occurred, and copies of
all statements filed. Subject to restrictions set forth in
section 552 of title 5, United States Code, the minutes and
records of all meetings and other documents that were made
available to or prepared for the Commission shall be available
for public inspection and copying at a single location in the
offices of the Commission.
(B) The Commission shall have at least one meeting in each
of the following 6 geographic regions of the United States:
(i) The Northeast.
(ii) The Southeast.
(iii) The Southwest.
(iv) The Northwest.
(v) The Great Lakes States.
(vi) The Gulf of Mexico States.
(g) Cooperation With Other Federal Entities.--
(1) Other federal agencies and departments.--The Commission
may secure directly from any Federal agency or department any
information it considers necessary to carry out its functions
under this Act. Each such agency or department may cooperate
with the Commission and, to the extent permitted by law,
furnish such information to the Commission, upon the request of
the Chair of the Commission.
(2) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails
in the same manner and under the same conditions as departments
and agencies of the United States.
(3) Acquisitions.--The Commission may enter into contracts
with Federal and State agencies, private firms, institutions,
and individuals to assist the Commission in carrying out its
duties. The Commission may purchase and contract without regard
to section 18 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
(41 U.S.C. 416) and section 8 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 637), pertaining to competition and publication
requirements, and may arrange for printing without regard to
the provisions of title 44, United States Code. The contracting
authority of the Commission under this Act is effective only to
the extent that appropriations are available for contracting
purposes.
(h) Termination.--The Commission shall cease to exist 30 days after
the date on which it submits its final report.
(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to support the activities of the Commission $2,000,000 for
fiscal year 1999 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000. Any sums
appropriated may remain available without fiscal year limitation until
the Commission ceases to exist.

Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 1998.

Attest:

Clerk.
Solution:
Oceans Act of 1998 - Requires that the Congress and the President, after considering the Commission report under this Act, develop a coordinated, comprehensive, and long-range national policy for the use and stewardship of ocean and coastal resources for the benefit of the United States, including a plan to meet the resource monitoring and assessment facilities and equipment requirements of Federal ocean and coastal programs. Mandates a biennial report by the President to the Congress listing all existing Federal programs relating to ocean and coastal activities. Requires each agency or department involved in ocean and coastal activities to include with its annual appropriations request a report identifying elements of its budget relating to ocean and coastal activities.
Establishes the Commission on Ocean Policy and requires it to report to the Congress and the President regarding U.S. ocean policy. Requires opening the draft report for public comment before submitting the final report. Prohibits Commission recommendations regarding lands and waters within: (1) the boundary of any State north of 51 degrees North latitude; or (2) the State of Idaho. Terminates the Commission after submission of its final report. Authorizes appropriations.