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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. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:
(1) California's rapid population growth and the lack of
understanding about the environmental impacts of this growth
have caused a number of serious present and potential barriers
to future economic development of California.
(2) California has great environmental complexity and
diversity and a great variety of human interventions in its
ecosystem.
(3) Future environmental policies for California must be
informed by careful cost-benefit analysis that considers the
serious risks, and the benefits, of environmental policy.
(4) The California Urban Environmental Research and
Education Center promotes coordination of and collaboration on
environmentally sound economic development in California and
ensures that continued sustainable economic development can
occur.
(5) Due to the closing of many military facilities and
installations in California, such Center can provide important
assistance to the process of converting defense resources to
non-defense uses.
(6) The Center is in a position to develop model incentives
and remove market barriers so as to motivate greater private
sector involvement and investment in the solution of
environmental problems.

SEC. 2. CENTER.

(a) Support.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency shall continue to support the development and expansion of the
California Urban Environmental Research and Education Center.
(b) Cooperative Agreement.--
(1) Authority.--If the California State University, Hayward
consents and provides the matching funds required by paragraph
(2), the Administrator shall enter into a series of cooperative
agreements with the California State University, Hayward to
provide continuing support for the Center. The California State
University, Hayward shall work in close cooperation with the
other universities of the California State University system
(including the California State Universities at Sacramento, San
Jose, San Francisco, and Sonoma) in the research and policy
analysis performed under any such cooperative agreement.
(2) Matching funds.--In any cooperative agreement described
in paragraph (1), the California State University, Hayward,
shall guarantee matching funds or in-kind resources equal to 20
percent of the funds received by the Center from the
Administrator. The Center and the California State University,
Hayward shall, to the maximum extent practicable, solicit
additional funds or in-kind contributions from State, local,
and private sector sources to increase the ability of the
Center to conduct applied research and education projects under
this Act.
(3) Membership.--A university in the California State
University system or a university in California which is not a
university in the California State University system may become
a member of the Center under such guidelines and conditions as
are reasonable and mutually agreeable to the Center and the
university.
(c) Governing Board.--
(1) Initial appointments.--For the two-year period
beginning on the date of the establishment of the Center, the
Center shall have a Governing Board composed of the following:
(A) The Executive Director of the Center.
(B) One member appointed by the President of the
California State University, Hayward.
(C) One member appointed by the President of the
California State University, Sacramento.
(D) One member appointed by the President of the
California State University, San Jose.
(E) One member appointed by the President of the
California State University, San Francisco.
(F) One member appointed by the President of the
California State University, Sonoma.
(2) Subsequent appointments.--After the two-year period
referred to in paragraph (1), the composition of the Governing
Board shall be determined by the sitting members of the
Governing Board, in consultation with the Presidents of each
university of the California State University system, except as
provided in subsection (d)(1).
(3) Chair.--The Executive Director shall serve as chair of
the Governing Board for the first five years after the
establishment of the Center. Subsequently, the Governing Board
shall elect a chair from among its members.
(4) Duties.--It shall be the duty of the Governing Board--
(A) to establish criteria for membership in the
Center;
(B) to establish criteria and requirements for the
contribution of matching funds or in kind contributions
by member universities and those applying for
membership in the Center;
(C) to establish guidelines for fair representation
on the Governing Board of universities that are not
universities of the California State University system;
(D) to establish how scholarships, fellowships, and
grants will be awarded by the Center;
(E) to advise the Executive Director of the Center
on matters pertaining to the management of the Center's
internal projects and administration, with respect to
the management of grants; and
(F) to perform such other duties, with respect to
the management of grants, as the Governing Board
considers necessary to carry out the functions of the
Center under this Act.
(d) Executive Director; Staff.--
(1) Executive director.--The Center shall have an Executive
Director who shall be appointed for a five-year term. The
President of the California State University, Hayward shall
make the initial appointment of an Executive Director for a
five-year term beginning on the date of the establishment of
the Center, and shall make an appointment for the second five-
year term. The Governing Board shall appoint each Executive
Director appointed after the initial two appointments.
(2) Budget.--The Executive Director shall annually submit
to the Governing Board a budget which includes projected staff
requirements and other projected expenses. The Governing Board
shall review and advise on the budget each year.
(e) Principal Office.--(1) The principal office of the Center shall
be located in northern California.
(2) Before the end of the two-year period beginning on the date of
the establishment of the Center, the Governing Board shall consider the
establishment of a second office and conference facility to be located
in southern California, convenient to member universities.

SEC. 3. FUNCTIONS.

(a) In General.--The overall objective of the Center shall be to
promote and foster sustainable economic development throughout the
State of California, using the resources and skills of its universities
and colleges whenever possible. The Center shall achieve such objective
by engaging in the following functions:
(1) To develop an ongoing program of applied environmental
research, education, and outreach that can be used by the
Federal Government, State and local governments, and the
private sector to ensure that future government policies to
encourage economic development in California are grounded on
sound, sustainable environmental and economic principles.
(2) To foster public-private partnerships to find solutions
to the environmental problems of California and ways of
removing market barriers to private sector development.
(3) To bring together researchers from the member
universities and colleges of the Center to focus on the most
important environmental problems of California related to
sustainable economic development, with the aim of analysis and
synthesis of policy implications and dissemination of policy
oriented research findings to managers in the public and
private sectors.
(4) To support the following activities:
(A) The coordination and funding of research
activities of universities for collaborative collection
and evaluation of data on California's geology,
hydrology, soils, biology, weather and climate, natural
hazards, demography, infrastructure, resource use,
land-use patterns, land-ownership patterns, business
development, environmental equity, and regulatory
zones.
(B) The analysis of public policy implications of
economic development programs that affect the ecology
of California.
(C) The conduct of seminars and other educational
programs for policy makers in the Federal Government,
State and local governments, and the private sector on
the implications of the findings and conclusions
derived from the Center's activities. The Center shall
use electronic technology, such as computer networks
and video conferencing, to convey the cumulative
findings and conclusions derived from the Center's
activities and to foster an exchange of ideas.
(D) The conduct, not more than once each year, of a
national conference on ecology and sustainable economic
development for business and labor leaders to foster an
exchange of ideas and information.
(E) The provision of ready access to the Center's
collective expertise for policy makers in the Federal
Government and State and local governments, and for
representatives of private- and public-sector
organizations, through meetings, publications, special
reports, video, electronic mail, computer networks, and
other means to share up-to-date information on research
findings and policy development for sustainable
economic development.
(F) The minimization of duplication and waste in
applied research and demonstration programs within the
areas of the Center's expertise.
(G) The development of educational programs,
curricula, and instructional materials for colleges,
universities, and other educational institutions to
impart the knowledge and skills required to implement
environmentally sustainable economic development, for
the purpose of equipping students for jobs in the
public and private sectors.
(H) The development of bachelors and masters degree
programs for individuals who have lost or may lose
employment as a result of cutbacks in defense spending
to prepare such individuals for employment as
environmental professionals, and the development of
certification programs in environmental sciences and
studies for such individuals.
(I) The preparation of minority students for
environmental professions, including the development of
an enriched curriculum in the environmental sciences at
the baccalaureate and post-graduate levels for
underrepresented minority students to prepare such
students for careers in various environmental areas,
such as environmental health and the clean-up of
military installations and facilities.
(J) The development and administration of a
repository of information on key environmental and
related economic development issues that can be readily
accessed by private- and public-sector entities,
including imposition, if necessary, of a fee for users
of the repository to cover the cost of its operation.
(5) To work closely with other university research centers
for which funds have been provided by the Environmental
Protection Agency to help establish a National Environmental
Outreach Program to assist the Federal Government, State and
local governments, and the private sector in programs and
projects designed to promote environmentally sound economic
development.
(6) To work closely with Federally-funded research centers,
such as the Lawrence-Livermore National Research Laboratory, to
foster the transfer and application of environmental technology
to the private sector.
(7) To help incubate or expand small, environmentally
related businesses where market barriers exist to such
incubation or expansion.
(8) To assist small businesses in meeting environmental
regulations by providing short courses and conferences and to
develop methods and models by which small businesses may
finance ''green'' investment where private-sector funds are
otherwise not generally available.
(9) To work closely, as requested, with public-sector
officials, private-sector businesses, and individuals seeking
alternative uses for military installations and facilities that
have been or are about to be closed to assist in planning the
environmental aspects of the conversion and clean-up of the
installations and facilities, and to help with the economic
development aspects of the closing of the installations and
facilities.
(10) During its first year, to develop a plan, in
conjunction with other universities to extend the activities of
the Center throughout the State within 3 years. The plan shall
pay particular attention to the need for environmentally sound
conversion and economic use of military installations and
facilities throughout the State.
(b) Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants.--
(1) Scholarships.--The Center may provide for the award of
undergraduate scholarships for individuals studying in
environmental fields at universities that are members of the
Center. Individuals who have lost or may lose employment as a
result of the closing of a military installation or facility in
the State of California shall have preference over other
individuals in the award of scholarships under this paragraph.
(2) Fellowships.--The Center may provide for the award of
graduate assistantships and fellowships at the Center to
encourage study in fields related to sustainable economic
development. Preference shall be given to those who have been
or are about to be laid off as a result of military base
closings in California.
(3) Research grants.--The Center may award research grants
to faculty at universities and colleges, both public and
private, to encourage research critical to the achievement of
the functions described in subsection (a).

SEC. 4. REPORT.

The Center shall annually submit to the Administrator a report on
the activities of the Center and on any changing budget needs. The
Center shall include in the first report submitted under this
subsection a statement of any additional funds that may be required to
extend the activities of the Center throughout the State.

SEC. 5. GIFTS AND DONATIONS.

The Center may receive funds and other property donated,
bequeathed, or devised to the Center with or without a condition of
restriction, for the purpose of furthering the activities of the
Center. All funds donated, bequeathed, or devised to the Center shall
be retained in a separate account. Each annual report submitted
pursuant to section 4 shall include an accounting of the funds and
property donated, bequeathed, or devised to the Center during the year
covered by the annual report.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ''Administrator'' means the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) The term ''Center'' means the California Urban
Environmental Research and Education Center established
pursuant to section 2.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator for provision to the Center to carry out this Act
$4,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and such sums as may be necessary for
each of fiscal years 1999 through 2002.
(b) Availability.--Funds appropriated pursuant to the authority of
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
(c) Matching Funds.--In addition to amounts provided as described
in section 2(b)(2), the Center shall make a good faith effort to match
the amount of funds appropriated pursuant to this section with funding
from State and local governments and the private sector.
A:
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into a series of cooperative agreements with the California State University, Hayward, to provide continuing support for the California Urban Environmental Research and Education Center if the University consents and provides matching funds or in-kind resources equal to 20 percent of funds provided by the Administrator.
States requirements regarding university membership in the Center, the Governing Board, and the Center's principal office.
Declares the overall objective of the Center to be to promote sustainable economic development throughout California by engaging in specified functions, including: (1) developing an ongoing program of applied environmental research, education, and outreach; (2) fostering public-private partnerships to find solutions to environmental problems of California; (3) bringing together university and college researchers to focus on California's most important environmental problems; (4) supporting specified activities related to data evaluation, economic development analysis, the development and conduct of educational programs and conferences, providing ready access to the Center's expertise, the minimization of duplication and waste in research and demonstration programs, and the development and administration of an environmental and economic development information repository; (5) working closely with EPA- and other federally-funded research centers; (6) assisting environmentally-related and other small businesses; and (7) assisting in military base conversion.
Authorizes the Center to provide undergraduate scholarships for individuals studying in environmental fields, assistantships and fellowships for graduate students to encourage study in fields related to sustainable economic development, and research grants to college and university faculty.
Authorizes appropriations.