Part 1. Definition
In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
Part 2. 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.
Answer: 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.
Part 3. Exercise
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''NATO-Western Balkans Support Act of
2009''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The commitment of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) to mutual defense and the territorial
integrity of its members has advanced the democratic
transformation of Central and Eastern Europe and significantly
enhanced the security of Europe. Nowhere in Europe has the
search for sustainable peace been more challenging than in the
Western Balkans. NATO has the ability to encourage the
countries of the Western Balkans to embrace collective
security, consolidate their democratic gains, and extend their
commitment to integration in Euro-Atlantic institutions.
(2) NATO membership offers the ultimate protection against
perceived external threats and has demonstrated its role in
lowering regional tensions. Croatia's successful accession to
NATO has encouraged other states of the Western Balkans to
consider the possibility of their own membership more
seriously. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro are already
seriously engaged in the process of meeting NATO membership
criteria as active members of the Partnership for Peace and
Intensified Dialogue with NATO.
(3) In Western Balkan states like Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Montenegro, the process of NATO accession can provide focus
for ongoing efforts to improve the functionality and efficiency
of the armed forces and the state more broadly. In Bosnia and
Herzegovina, many reforms necessary to improve the
functionality of the state, such as resolution of the defense-
related property issue, are also necessary for NATO membership.
(4) The success of Serbia is central to the success of the
Western Balkans. The United States Government welcomes the
decision of the democratically elected Government of Serbia to
join the Partnership for Peace Program in 2006 and encourages
as strong a relationship as is possible between NATO and the
Government and people of Serbia. As Vice President Joseph Biden
said in Belgrade on May 20, 2009, ''The United States strongly
supports Serbian membership in the European Union and expanding
security cooperation between Serbia, the United States, and our
allies. We will use our influence, our energy, and our
resources to promote Serbia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations.''.
(5) In the NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of
Public Law 103-447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress declared
that ''full and active participants in the Partnership for
Peace in a position to further the principles of the North
Atlantic Treaty and to contribute to the security of the North
Atlantic area should be invited to become full NATO members in
accordance with Article 10 of such Treaty at an early date''.
(6) Under the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996 (as
enacted into law by section 101(c) of title I of division A of
Public Law 104-208; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress called for
the prompt admission of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic,
and Slovenia to NATO, and declared that ''in order to promote
economic stability and security in Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Moldova, and Ukraine . .
. the process of enlarging NATO to include emerging democracies
in Central and Eastern Europe should not be limited to
consideration of admitting Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic,
and Slovenia as full members of the NATO Alliance''.
(7) In the European Security Act of 1998 (title XXVII of
division G of Public Law 105-277; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note),
Congress declared that ''Poland, Hungary, and the Czech
Republic should not be the last emerging democracies in Central
and Eastern Europe invited to join NATO''.
(8) In the Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act
of 2002 (Public Law 107-187; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress
endorsed ''. . . the vision of further enlargement of the NATO
Alliance articulated by President George W. Bush on June 15,
2001, and by former President William J. Clinton on October 22,
1996.''.
(9) At the Madrid Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization in July 1997, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech
Republic were invited to join NATO, and the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization heads of state and government issued a
declaration stating, ''The alliance expects to extend further
invitations in coming years to nations willing and able to
assume the responsibilities and obligations of membership . . .
No European democratic country whose admission would fulfill
the objectives of the [North Atlantic] Treaty will be excluded
from consideration''.
(10) At the Washington, DC, Summit of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization in April 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization heads of state and government issued a communique
declaring, ''We pledge that NATO will continue to welcome new
members in a position to further the principles of the [North
Atlantic] Treaty and contribute to peace and security in the
Euro-Atlantic area . . . The three new members will not be the
last . . . No European democratic country whose admission would
fulfill the objectives of the Treaty will be excluded from
consideration, regardless of its geographic location''.
(11) On June 15, 2001, in a speech in Warsaw, Poland,
President George W. Bush stated, ''All of Europe's new
democracies, from the Baltic to the Black Sea and all that lie
between, should have the same chance for security and freedom--
and the same chance to join the institutions of Europe--as
Europe's old democracies have . . . I believe in NATO
membership for all of Europe's democracies that seek it and are
ready to share the responsibilities that NATO brings . . .''.
(12) On October 22, 1996, in a speech in Detroit, Michigan,
former President William J. Clinton stated, ''NATO's doors will
not close behind its first new members . . . NATO should remain
open to all of Europe's emerging democracies who are ready to
shoulder the responsibilities of membership . . . No nation
will be automatically excluded . . . No country outside NATO
will have a veto . . . A gray zone of insecurity must not
reemerge in Europe.''.
(13) At the Prague Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization in November 2002, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia were invited to join
NATO in the second round of enlargement of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization since the end of the Cold War, and the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state and
government issued a declaration stating, ''NATO's door will
remain open to European democracies willing and able to assume
the responsibilities and obligations of membership, in
accordance with Article 10 of the Washington Treaty.''.
(14) At the Istanbul Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization in June 2004, the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization heads of state and government issued a communique
reaffirming that NATO's door remains open to new members,
declaring, ''We celebrate the success of NATO's Open Door
Policy, and reaffirm today that our seven new members will not
be the last. The door to membership remains open.''.
(15) At the Riga Summit of the NATO Alliance November 2006,
NATO heads of state and government affirmed in their
declaration that ''Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and
Serbia can offer valuable contributions to regional stability
and security'' and that NATO should ''encourage further
positive developments in the region on its path towards Euro-
Atlantic integration''. It was at Riga that Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia were offered membership in
the Partnership for Peace and Euro-Atlantic Partnership
Council.
(16) At the Bucharest Summit of the NATO Alliance in April
2008, the NATO heads of state and government issued a
declaration stating that in the Balkans, ''Euro-Atlantic
integration, based on democratic values and regional
cooperation, remains necessary for lasting peace and
stability.'' The Declaration also noted that ''we have decided
to invite Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to begin an
Intensified Dialogue on the full range of political, military,
financial, and security issues relating to their aspirations to
membership''.
(17) At the Strasbourg/Kehl NATO Summit, the heads of state
and government participating in the meeting of the North
Atlantic Council on April 4, 2009, reiterated that ''[i]n
accordance with Article 10 of the Washington Treaty, NATO's
door will remain open to all European democracies which share
the values of our Alliance, which are willing and able to
assume the responsibilities and obligations of membership, and
whose inclusion can contribute to common security and
stability''.
(18) The Summit Declaration also acknowledged the progress
of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina on ''cooperation
with NATO, including through implementation of its current
IPAP, and the country's expressed intention to apply for MAP at
an appropriate time.'' The declaration also urged ''Bosnia and
Herzegovina's political leaders to take further genuine steps
to strengthen state-level institutions and reinvigorate the
reform process to advance the country's Euro-Atlantic
aspirations.''.
(19) With respect to Montenegro, the NATO heads of state
and government declared at the 2009 Strasbourg/Kehl NATO
Summit, ''We welcome Montenegro's successful and active
implementation of its current Individual Partnership Action
Plan (IPAP) with NATO. We are encouraged by the reforms it has
made in a number of areas that are essential to its Euro-
Atlantic integration and also by its contributions to
cooperation and security in the region. We are looking forward
to Montenegro's further determined efforts in this regard. The
Council in permanent session is keeping Montenegro's progress
under active review and will respond early to its request to
participate in the Membership Action Plan (MAP), on its own
merits.''.
(20) Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro deserve
recognition for their cooperation with the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Although
Serbia has not yet completely fulfilled its ICTY obligations,
the continued support of the Government of Serbia for the
process until its conclusion is the best way to ensure the
peace and to prepare the way to full participation of Serbia in
European institutions.

SEC. 3. DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.

Congress--
(1) supports the commitment to further enlargement of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization to include Bosnia and
Herzegovina and Montenegro, as European democracies, that are
able and willing to meet the responsibilities of membership, as
expressed by NATO in its Madrid Summit Declaration of 1997, its
Washington, DC, Summit Communique of 1999, its Prague Summit
Declaration of 2002, its Istanbul Summit Communique of 2004,
its Riga Summit Declaration of 2006, its Bucharest Summit
Declaration of 2008, and its Strasbourg/Kehl Declaration of
2009;
(2) encourages United States allies in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization to utilize the opportunity of the ongoing
Strategic Concept review to reinvigorate and transform NATO's
approach to its commitment to the peace, stability, and
democratic success of the Western Balkans;
(3) endorses cooperation with representatives of the
Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to determine a realistic
timetable and plan, constructed in conjunction with other NATO
allies, for Bosnia and Herzegovina to meet the criteria for
NATO membership, with the goal of improving the functionality
of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina through the
achievement of the commonly accepted political, military,
economic, and social standards;
(4) declares that United States support for Bosnia and
Herzegovina's membership should be contingent upon thorough
achievement of these exacting requirements, and that NATO
membership criteria must not be compromised;
(5) calls for the timely admission of Bosnia and
Herzegovina and Montenegro contingent upon their continued
implementation of democratic, defense, and economic reform, and
their willingness and ability to meet the responsibilities of
membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a
clear expression of national intent to do so; and
(6) reaffirms the need for engagement with the
democratically elected government of Serbia and amelioration of
past bilateral tensions with greater interaction between the
people of the United States and Serbia, including support by
the United States Government for the process of including
Serbia in trans-Atlantic institutions as the Government of
Serbia fulfills the necessary criteria.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the existing position of political advisor within the
NATO Mission in Sarajevo should be filled by an ambassadorial-
level United States diplomat as ''senior civilian
representative'' to the NATO Mission in Sarajevo;
(2) this senior civilian representative should have primary
responsibility for defense and security sector reform and NATO/
Partnership for Peace integration;
(3) the position requires coordination with international
organizations and national authorities in Bosnia and
Herzegovina;
(4) it is important that this effort have civilian
leadership and the senior civilian representative should work
in conjunction with the senior military representative and lead
the political-military staff;
(5) the substantial credibility in Bosnia and Herzegovina
enjoyed by the United States should be harnessed to facilitate
the fulfillment by the Government of Bosnia and Herzogovina of
NATO membership criteria; and
(6) the Secretary of State should provide a regular
briefing, not less than annually, to the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate on the progress of the efforts required
under this Act.

SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND MONTENEGRO AS
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE NATO
PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994.

(a) Designation.--
(1) Bosnia and herzegovina.--Bosnia and Herzegovina is
designated as eligible to receive assistance under the program
established under section 203(a) of the NATO Participation Act
of 1994 (title II of Public Law 103-447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note),
and shall be deemed to have been so designated pursuant to
section 203(d)(1) of such Act.
(2) Montenegro.--Montenegro is designated as eligible to
receive assistance under the program established under section
203(a) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994, and shall be
deemed to have been so designated pursuant to section 203(d)(1)
of such Act.
(b) Rule of Construction.--The designation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina and Montenegro pursuant to subsection (a) as eligible to
receive assistance under the program established under section 203(a)
of the NATO Participation Act of 1994--
(1) is in addition to the designation of Poland, Hungary,
the Czech Republic, and Slovenia pursuant to section 606 of the
NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996 (as enacted into law
by section 101(c) of title I of division A of Public Law 104-
208; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), the designation of Romania, Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria pursuant to section 2703(b) of
the European Security Act of 1998 (title XXVII of division G of
Public Law 105-277; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), the designation of
Slovakia pursuant to section 4(a) of the Gerald B. H. Solomon
Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-187; 22
U.S.C. 1928 note), and the designation of the Republic of
Albania, the Republic of Croatia, Georgia, the Republic of
Macedonia (FYROM), and Ukraine pursuant to section 4(a) of the
NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-17; 22
U.S.C. 1928 note) as eligible to receive assistance under the
program established under section 203(a) of the NATO
Participation Act of 1994; and
(2) shall not preclude the designation by the president of
other countries pursuant to section 203(d)(2) of the NATO
Participation Act of 1994 as eligible to receive assistance
under the program established under section 203(a) of such Act.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTRIES DESIGNATED
UNDER THE NATO PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994.

Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 2010 under section 23
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), such sums as may be
necessary are authorized to be appropriated for assistance to Bosnia
and Herzegovina and Montenegro.
Answer:
NATO-Western Balkans Support Act of 2009 - States that Congress supports the commitment to further enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to include Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the existing position of political advisor within the NATO Mission in Sarajevo should be filled by an ambassadorial-level U.S. diplomat as senior civilian representative to the NATO Mission in Sarajevo.

Deems Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994.

States that such designation: (1) is in addition to the designation of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia pursuant to the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996, the designation of Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria pursuant to the European Security Act of 1998, and the designation of Slovakia pursuant to the Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002, and the designation of the Republic of Albania, the Republic of Croatia, Georgia, the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), and Ukraine pursuant to the NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007 as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994; and (2) shall not preclude the designation by the President of other countries as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994.

Authorizes FY2010 appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act for assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.