[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 30 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 30

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable a 
debt for death or injury caused by the debtor's operation of watercraft 
                     or aircraft while intoxicated.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. Ehlers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable a 
debt for death or injury caused by the debtor's operation of watercraft 
                     or aircraft while intoxicated.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Boating and Aviation Operation 
Safety Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 523(a)(9) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``, watercraft, or aircraft'' after ``motor vehicle''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendment made by section 2 shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by section 2 
shall not apply with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the 
United States Code before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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