[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1901 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1901


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 1997

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
To clarify that the protections of the Federal Tort Claims Act apply to 
    the members and personnel of the National Gambling Impact Study 
                              Commission.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS PROVISIONS.

    Section 6 of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission Act (18 
U.S.C. 1955 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Applicability of Federal Tort Claims Provisions.--For 
purposes of sections 1346(b) and 2401(b) and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, the Commission is a `Federal agency' and each of 
the members and personnel of the Commission is an `employee of the 
Government'.''.

SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION.

    The amendment made by section 1 shall not be construed to imply 
that any commission is not a ``Federal agency'' or that any of the 
members or personnel of a commission is not an ``employee of the 
Government'' for purposes of sections 1346(b) and 2401(b) and chapter 
171 of title 28, United States Code.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1 shall be effective as of August 3, 
1996.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

                              By Julie Perrier,

                                                Assistant to the Clerk.