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Free All Speech Act of 2014

To apply laws that restrict the political speech of American citizens to media corporations. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Free All Speech Act of 2014 2. Application of laws that restrict the political speech of American citizens to media corporations (a) In general Any law that restricts the political speech of American citizens shall apply with equal force to media corporations, such as the New York Times, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), and the CBS Television Network. (b) No application to American citizens if application to media corporations found unconstitutional To the extent that the application of a law to a media corporation under subsection (a) is found unconstitutional, such law shall have no force or effect with respect to American citizens.

Summary: Free All Speech Act of 2014 - Requires any law that restricts political speech of American citizens to apply with equal force to media corporations (such as the New York Times, the American Broadcasting Company [ABC], the National Broadcasting Company [NBC], and the CBS Television Network). Prohibits such a law from having any force or effect with respect to American citizens to the extent that its application to a media corporation is found unconstitutional.
Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2014

To amend title 18, United States Code, to require that the Director of the Bureau of Prisons ensure that each chief executive officer of a Federal penal or correctional institution provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the Federal penal or correctional institution for firearms carried by certain employees of the Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2014 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 ( Public Law 108–277 (2) the purpose of that Act is to allow certain law enforcement officers to protect themselves while off duty; (3) correctional officers of the Bureau of Prisons have been the targets of assaults and murders while off duty; and (4) while that Act allows certain law enforcement officers to protect themselves off duty, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons allows correctional officers of the Bureau of Prisons to securely store personal firearms at only 33 Federal penal and correctional institutions while at work. 3. Secure firearms storage (a) In general Chapter 303 4049. Secure firearms storage (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term employee (2) the terms firearm qualified law enforcement officer (b) Secure firearms storage The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that each chief executive officer of a Federal penal or correctional institution— (1) (A) provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the institution for employees to store firearms; or (B) allows employees to store firearms in a vehicle lockbox approved by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons; and (2) notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), allows employees to carry concealed firearms on the premises outside of the secure perimeter of the institution. . (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 4049. Secure firearms storage. .

Summary: Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that each chief executive officer of a federal penal or correctional institution: (1) provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the institution for qualified law enforcement officers employed by the Bureau to store firearms, or allows such officers to store firearms in a vehicle lockbox approved by the Director; and (2) allows such officers to carry concealed firearms on the premises outside of the secure perimeter of the institution.
Transparency in Cost of Veterans Care Act of 2014

To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs provides temporary care in the most cost effective manner when patients are relocated during medical facility construction and renovation projects, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparency in Cost of Veterans Care Act of 2014 2. Improved accounting of major medical facility construction projects (a) In general Section 8104(b) (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) Additional costs of providing hospital care or medical services resulting from temporary displacement of clinical space required by such construction, alteration, lease, or acquisition. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) In the case of a project that results in temporary displacement of clinical space, an analysis of any additional costs of providing hospital care or medical services resulting from such displacement, including additional costs associated with— (A) contracting with a non-Department facility in order to furnish hospital care or medical services; (B) beneficiary travel; and (C) the lease or purchase of a temporary or mobile medical facility. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to requests for funding of major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases submitted to Congress pursuant to section 8104(b) of such title on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Transparency in Cost of Veterans Care Act of 2014 - Requires the estimate included in the prospectus accompanying a request to Congress by the President or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) for funding for a major medical facility project or lease to identify the additional costs of providing hospital care or medical services resulting from the temporary displacement of clinical space required for the project, including the costs of: (1) contracting with a non-VA facility to furnish hospital care or medical services, (2) beneficiary travel, and (3) the lease or purchase of a temporary or mobile medical facility.
Employer Participation in Refinancing Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payment of interest on certain refinanced student loans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Employer Participation in Refinancing Act 2. Exclusion for employer payment of interest on certain refinanced student loans (a) In general Paragraph (1) of section 127(c) and (B) the payment by an employer, whether paid to the employee or to a lender, of any indebtedness of the employee under a qualified education refinance loan or any interest relating to such a loan, and . (b) Qualified education refinance loan Subsection (c) of section 127 (8) Qualified education refinance loan The term qualified education refinance loan . (c) Conforming amendment; denial of double benefit Paragraph (1) of section 221(e) , or for which an exclusion is allowable under section 127 to the taxpayer's employer by reason of the payment by such employer of any indebtedness on a qualified education loan of the taxpayer (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to expenses paid after December 31, 2014.

Summary: Employer Participation in Refinancing Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income for the payment of an employer, either to an employee or a lender, of any indebtedness of an employee under a qualified education refinance loan or any interest relating to such a loan.  Defines "qualified education refinance loan" as any indebtedness used solely to refinance a qualified education loan with respect to which the lender offers the borrower protection in the event of unemployment or financial hardship.
West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act 2. Special resource study (a) Study The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a special resource study of the historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church, located at 775 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, SW., Atlanta, Georgia. (b) Contents In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) evaluate the national significance of the site; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the area as a unit of the National Park System; (3) consider other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation of the site by Federal, State, or local governmental entities, or private and nonprofit organizations; (4) consult with interested Federal, State, or local governmental entities, private and nonprofit organizations or any other interested individuals; and (5) identify cost estimates for any Federal acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance associated with the alternatives. (c) Applicable Law The study required under subsection (a) shall be conducted in accordance with section 8 of Public Law 91–383 ( 16 U.S.C. 1a–5 National Park Service General Authorities Act (d) Report Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are first made available for the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing the results of the study and any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary.

Summary: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church located at 775 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, to evaluate the national significance of the Church and to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System.
Family Coverage Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that working families have access to affordable health insurance coverage. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family Coverage Act 2. Sense of Congress Notwithstanding the amendments made by section 3, it is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Treasury, within their respective jurisdictions, have the administrative authority necessary to apply the affordability provision in section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in such a manner as to expand access to affordable health insurance coverage for working families without further legislation. 3. Clarification regarding determination of affordability of employer-sponsored minimum essential coverage (a) In general Clause (i) of section 36B(c)(2)(C) (i) Coverage must be affordable (I) In general Except as provided in clause (iii), an individual shall not be treated as eligible for minimum essential coverage if such coverage consists of an eligible employer-sponsored plan (as defined in section 5000A(f)(2)) and the required contribution with respect to the plan exceeds 9.5 percent of the applicable taxpayer's household income. (II) Required contribution with respect to employee In the case of the employee eligible to enroll in the plan, the required contribution for purposes of subclause (I) is the employee's required contribution (within the meaning of section 5000A(e)(1)(B)(i)) with respect to the plan. (III) Required contribution with respect to family members In the case of an individual who is eligible to enroll in the plan by reason of a relationship the individual bears to the employee, the required contribution for purposes of subclause (I) is the employee's required contribution (within the meaning of section 5000A(e)(1)(B)(i), determined by substituting family self-only . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Clause (ii) of section 36B(c)(2)(C) This clause shall also apply to an individual who is eligible to enroll in the plan by reason of a relationship the individual bears to the employee. (2) Clause (iii) of section 36B(c)(2)(C) of such Code is amended by striking the last sentence of clause (i) clause (i)(III) (3) Clause (iv) of section 36B(c)(2)(C) of such Code is amended by striking clause (i)(II) clause (i)(I) (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.

Summary: Family Coverage Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury have the administrative authority, within their respective jurisdictions, to apply the affordability provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act so as to expand access to affordable health insurance coverage for working families without further legislation. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the affordability requirement for the tax credit for health care premium assistance to provide that an employee is eligible for premium assistance if his or her required contribution to an employer-sponsored health care plan does not exceed 9.5% of family household income.
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act

To amend section 5542 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act 2. Treatment of hours worked under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement Section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of any determination relating to eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay under this section. (2) For purposes of this subsection— (A) the term qualified trade-of-time arrangement (B) the term firefighter (i) a firefighter, as defined in section 8331(21); and (ii) a firefighter, as defined in section 8401(14). .

Summary: Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act - Requires disregard of any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement for purposes of any determination relating to federal eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay.
Truth in Obamacare Accounting Act

To require the Congressional Budget Office to annually report changes in direct spending and revenue associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Truth in Obamacare Accounting Act 2. Congressional Budget Office reporting on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The Congressional Budget Office shall include in each annual report on the budget and economic outlook, and each revision of such a report, prepared under section 202(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 602(e) Public Law 111–148 Public Law 111–152

Summary: Truth in Obamacare Accounting Act - Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide regular estimates of the net effect that enactment and implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 had on direct spending, revenue, and the deficit. Requires CBO to include the estimates in each annual and revised report on the budget and economic outlook prepared pursuant to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to clarify the use of credentials by enrolled agents.

To amend title 31, United States Code, to clarify the use of credentials by enrolled agents. 1. Clarification of enrolled agent credentials Section 330 (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively, and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: (b) Any enrolled agents properly licensed to practice as required under rules promulgated under subsection (a) shall be allowed to use the credentials or designation of enrolled agent EA E.A. .

Summary: Permits any enrolled agent properly licensed to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to use the credentials or designation of "enrolled agent," "EA," or "E.A."
Social Security Overpayments Fairness Act of 2014

To reinstate the 10-year statute of limitations period applicable to collection of amounts paid to Social Security beneficiaries by administrative offset, and prevent recovery of overpayments from individuals under 18 years of age. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Overpayments Fairness Act of 2014 2. Statute of limitation on recovery by administrative offset for amounts paid to Social Security beneficiaries (a) In general Paragraph (2) of section 3716(e) (2) This section does not apply— (A) to a claim under this subchapter relating to any payments made to an individual under title II or title XVI of the Social Security Act that has been outstanding for more than 10 years; or (B) when a statute explicitly prohibits using administrative offset or setoff to collect the claim or type of claim involved. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any debt outstanding on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Elimination of recovery of overpayments made to or on behalf of a minor (a) In general Section 204(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 404(a) (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in the case of any payment under this title or title XVI of more than the correct amount that is made to or on behalf of an individual who has not attained 18 years of age at the time of such payment, such individual shall not be liable for the repayment of the amount of such payment in excess of the correct amount. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Cross-program recovery of overpayments Subsection (a) of the undesignated section following section 1146 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–17) is amended by striking Subject to subsection (b) Subject to section 204(a)(3) and subsection (b) (2) Overpayment of disability benefits Section 1631(b)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1383(b)(1)(A) Whenever Subject to section 204(a)(3), whenever (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to payments made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Social Security Overpayments Fairness Act of 2014 - Reinstates the 10-year statute of limitations period applicable to the collection of amounts paid to Social Security beneficiaries by administrative offset. (This former statute of limitations was repealed effective May 22, 2008.) Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disabillity Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to overpayments under OASDI or SSA title XVI (Supplementary Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) (SSI), to prevent the recovery of any such overpayments made to or on behalf of individuals under age 18 by shielding such individuals from liability for the repayment of such amounts.
American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014

To provide student loan forgiveness for American Indian educators teaching in local educational agencies with a high percentage of American Indian students. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014 2. Student loan forgiveness for American Indian educators teaching in local educational agencies with a high percentage of American Indian students (a) Part B loans Section 428J(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1078–10(c) (4) American Indian teachers in local educational agencies with a high percentage of American Indian students Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph (1) and the requirements under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1), the aggregate amount that the Secretary shall repay under this section shall be not more than $17,500 in the case of a borrower who— (A) has been employed as a full-time teacher for 5 consecutive complete school years as a teacher in a local educational agency described in section 7112(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or in a school overseen by the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department; and (B) is a member of an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b . (b) Part D loans Section 460(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087j(c) (4) American Indian teachers in local educational agencies with a high percentage of American Indian students Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph (1) and the requirements under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1), the aggregate amount that the Secretary shall cancel under this section shall be not more than $17,500 in the case of a borrower who— (A) has been employed as a full-time teacher for 5 consecutive complete school years as a teacher in a local educational agency described in section 7112(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or in a school overseen by the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department; and (B) is a member of an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b .

Summary: American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide up to $17,500 of loan forgiveness to borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan program or the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program who: (1) are a member of an Indian tribe, and (2) have been employed as a full-time teacher for five consecutive complete school years in an Indian school or in a local educational agency that serves at least 10 Indian students or whose schools have an enrollment of students at least 25% of which are Indians.
Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain educational institutions from the employer health insurance mandate. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare’s Obligatory Levies 2. Certain educational institutions exempt from employer health insurance mandate (a) In general Section 4980H(c)(2) (F) Exception for certain educational institutions The term applicable large employer (i) any elementary school or secondary school (as such terms are defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), (ii) any local educational agency or State educational agency (as such terms are defined in section 9101 of such Act), and (iii) any institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.

Summary: Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude any elementary or secondary school, state or local educational agency, and institution of higher education from the definition of "applicable large employer" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide health care coverage for employees.