105th CONGRESS
          1st Session
          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.
                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                     January 7, 1997
          Mr. EHLERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
              Committee on the Judiciary
                                         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.