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Q: 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.
A: 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.
Rationale: 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 ''Deepwater Port Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. DECLARATIONS OF PURPOSE AND POLICY.

(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) update and improve the Deepwater Port Act of 1974;
(2) assure that the regulation of deepwater ports is not
more burdensome or stringent than necessary in comparison to
the regulation of other modes of importing or transporting oil;
(3) recognize that deepwater ports are generally subject to
effective competition from alternative transportation modes and
eliminate, for as long as a port remains subject to effective
competition, unnecessary Federal regulatory oversight or
involvement in the ports' business and economic decisions; and
(4) promote innovation, flexibility, and efficiency in the
management and operation of deepwater ports by removing or
reducing any duplicative, unnecessary, or overly burdensome
Federal regulations or license provisions.
(b) Policy.--Section 2(a) of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33
U.S.C. 1501(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ''and'' at the end of paragraph (3);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by inserting at the end the following:
''(5) promote the construction and operation of deepwater
ports as a safe and effective means of importing oil into the
United States and transporting oil from the outer continental
shelf while minimizing tanker traffic and the risks attendant
thereto; and
''(6) promote oil production on the outer continental shelf
by affording an economic and safe means of transportation of
outer continental shelf oil to the United States mainland.''.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

(a) Antitrust Laws.--Section 3 of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974
(33 U.S.C. 1502) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (3); and
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (19) as
paragraphs (3) through (18), respectively.
(b) Deepwater Port.--The first sentence of section 3(9) of such
Act, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking ''such
structures,'' and all that follows through ''section 23.'' and
inserting the following: ''structures, located beyond the territorial
sea and off the coast of the United States and which are used or
intended for use as a port or terminal for the transportation, storage,
and further handling of oil for transportation to any State, except as
otherwise provided in section 23, and for other uses not inconsistent
with the purposes of this Act, including transportation of oil from the
United States outer continental shelf.''.

SEC. 4. LICENSES.

(a) Elimination of Utilization Restrictions.--Section 4(a) of the
Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1503(a)) is amended by striking
all that follows the second sentence.
(b) Elimination of Precondition to Licensing.--Section 4(c) of such
Act is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (7); and
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) as
paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively.
(c) Conditions Prescribed by Secretary.--Section 4(e)(1) of such
Act is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting the
following: ''In issuing a license for the ownership, construction, and
operation of a deepwater port, the Secretary shall prescribe those
conditions which the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the
provisions and requirements of this Act or which are otherwise required
by any Federal department or agency pursuant to the terms of this Act.
To the extent practicable, conditions required to carry out the
provisions and requirements of this Act shall be addressed in license
conditions rather than by regulation and, to the extent practicable,
the license shall allow a deepwater port's operating procedures to be
stated in an operations manual approved by the Coast Guard rather than
in detailed and specific license conditions or regulations; except that
basic standards and conditions shall be addressed in regulations.''.
(d) Elimination of Restriction Relating to Applications.--Section
4(e)(2) of such Act is amended by striking ''application'' and
inserting ''license''.
(e) Findings Required for Transfers.--Section 4(f) of such Act is
amended to read as follows:
''(f) Amendments, Transfers, and Reinstatements.--The Secretary may
amend, transfer, or reinstate a license issued under this Act if the
Secretary finds that the amendment, transfer, or reinstatement is
consistent with the requirements of this Act.''.

SEC. 5. INFORMATIONAL FILINGS.

Section 5(c) of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1504(c))
is amended by adding the following:
''(3) Upon written request of any person subject to this
subsection, the Secretary may make a determination in writing to exempt
such person from any of the informational filing provisions enumerated
in this subsection or the regulations implementing this section if the
Secretary determines that such information is not necessary to
facilitate the Secretary's determinations under section 4 of this Act
and that such exemption will not limit public review and evaluation of
the deepwater port project.''.

SEC. 6. ANTITRUST REVIEW.

Section 7 of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1506) is
repealed.

SEC. 7. OPERATION.

(a) As Common Carrier.--Section 8(a) of the Deepwater Port Act of
1974 (33 U.S.C. 1507(a)) is amended by inserting after ''subtitle IV of
title 49, United States Code,'' the following: ''and shall accept,
transport, or convey without discrimination all oil delivered to the
deepwater port with respect to which its license is issued,''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 8(b) of such Act is amended by
striking the first sentence and the first 3 words of the second
sentence and inserting the following: ''A licensee is not
discriminating under this section and''.

SEC. 8. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY.

Section 10(a) of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1509(a))
is amended--
(1) by inserting after ''international law'' the following:
''and the provision of adequate opportunities for public
involvement'';
(2) by striking ''shall prescribe by regulation and enforce
procedures with respect to any deepwater port, including, but
not limited to,'' and inserting the following: ''shall
prescribe and enforce procedures, either by regulation (for
basic standards and conditions) or by the licensee's operations
manual, with respect to''; and
(3) by redesignating clauses (A), (B), and (C) as clauses
(1), (2), and (3), respectively.

Passed the House of Representatives September 18, 1996.

Attest:

ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.
A:
Deepwater Port Modernization Act - Amends the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 to revise the term "deepwater port" to include a fixed or floating manmade structure (other than a vessel) located beyond the territorial sea and off the U.S. coast which is used as a port or terminal for the transportation of oil from the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
Eliminates: (1) certain utilization and transfer restrictions on deepwater ports; and (2) a certain antitrust precondition with respect to the licensing of such ports.
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to exempt an applicant for a deepwater port license from certain informational filing requirements, provided such exemption will not limit public review of the deepwater port project.
Repeals the restriction on the issuance of a deepwater port license requiring that the Secretary first receive opinions from the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission as to whether such action would adversely affect competition, restrain trade, promote monopolization, or otherwise contravene the antitrust laws.
Requires a deepwater port, among other things, to accept, transport, or convey without discrimination all oil delivered to it.
Directs the Secretary to prescribe and enforce procedures with respect to the environment and navigational safety as they relate to deepwater ports either by regulation (for basic standards and conditions), or by the licensee's operations manual.