HR 234 RFS

          104th CONGRESS

          2d Session

                           IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                                      June 5, 1996

          Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                                         AN ACT

          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 1996'.

          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.

          Passed the House of Representatives June 4, 1996.

          Attest:

          ROBIN H. CARLE,

          Clerk.