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A bill to authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, and for other purposes. 1. CERP, Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida (a) Authorization The project for environmental restoration, CERP, Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, is authorized to be carried out by the Secretary of the Army substantially in accordance with the plans, and subject to the conditions, recommended in a final report of the Chief of Engineers if a favorable report of the Chief of Engineers is completed not later than December 30, 2015. (b) Total cost The project authorized pursuant to subsection (a) is authorized to be carried out by the Secretary of the Army at a total cost of $1,900,000,000, with an estimated Federal cost of $950,875,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $949,125,000.

Summary: Authorizes funding for environmental restoration activities of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) in Florida as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan if the Army Corps of Engineers gives approval by December 30, 2015.
Transparency in Education Act

To require the Secretary of Education to complete a data analysis on the impact of the proposed rule on gainful employment prior to issuing a final rule on gainful employment. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparency in Education Act 2. Data analysis requirement for final rule on gainful employment (a) In general The Secretary of Education shall not issue a final rule or otherwise implement the proposed rule published by the Department of Education in the notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on March 25, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 16426 et seq.), or any other proposed rule that amends parts 600 or 668 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to gainful employment programs, until 90 days after— (1) the Secretary of Education publishes a complete data analysis— (A) on the impact of such proposed rule (including the debt-to-earnings and programmatic cohort default rate measures) on all postsecondary education programs and students at all categories of institutions of higher education that participate in a program under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), including the impact on— (i) students who receive Federal Pell Grants under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a (ii) minority students; (iii) students over age 24; (iv) students who are veterans; (v) independent students; and (vi) dependent students; and (B) in a format similar to the Gainful Employment 2012 Informational Rate Calculations published by the Department of Education; and (2) the Comptroller General of the United States issues a report that reviews such data analysis for data accuracy and completeness. (b) Definitions For purposes of this section: (1) Independent student The term independent student (2) Institution of higher education The term institution of higher education (3) Veteran The term veteran

Summary: Transparency in Education Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Education from issuing a final rule or implementing a proposed rule affecting the determination as to whether a postsecondary career education program provides training that leads to gainful employment in a recognized occupation, which is required if it is to participate in a program under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), until 90 days after: the Secretary publishes a complete data analysis on the impact of such proposed rule on all postsecondary education programs and students at all categories of institutions of higher education that participate in a program under title IV of the HEA, that analysis is published in a format similar to the Gainful Employment 2012 Informational Rate Calculations published by the Department of Education, and the Comptroller General (GAO) issues a report that reviews such data analysis for accuracy and completeness.
A bill to establish a statute of limitations for certain actions of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes.

To establish a statute of limitations for certain actions of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes. 1. Statute of limitations for Commission actions (a) In general Section 21 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78u) is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Statute of limitations (1) Civil monetary penalties (A) In general An action or proceeding brought or instituted by the Commission under any provision of the securities laws for a civil monetary penalty may be brought not later than 10 years after the violation. (B) Exclusion The period of limitations in subparagraph (A) does not run during any time when an alleged violator is absent from the United States or has no reasonably ascertainable place of abode or work within the United States. (2) Definition For purposes of this subsection, the term civil monetary penalty (A) section 20(d) of the Securities Act of 1933 ( 15 U.S.C. 77t(d) (B) section 21(d)(3), 21A(a), subsections (a) through (d) of section 21B, section 32(b), 32(c)(1)(B), or 32(c)(2)(B) of this title ( 15 U.S.C. 78u(d)(3) 15 U.S.C. 78ff(b) 15 U.S.C. 78ff(c)(1)(B) (C) section 9(d) or 42(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–9(d) (D) section 203(i) or 209(e) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80b–3(i) . (b) Conforming amendment Section 21A(d) of the Securities Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78u–1(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (5).

Summary: Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish a 10-year statute of limitations governing an action or proceeding by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a civil monetary penalty. Tolls this statute of limitations any time an alleged violator is either absent from the United States or has no reasonably ascertainable place of abode or work within it.
Student Loan Tax Relief Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from income for student loan forgiveness for students in certain income-based or income-contingent repayment programs who have completed payment obligations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Loan Tax Relief Act 2. Certain student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income-based (a) In general Paragraph (1) of section 108(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking any student loan if any student loan if— (A) such discharge was pursuant to a provision of such loan under which all or part of the indebtedness of the individual would be discharged if the individual worked for a certain period of time in certain professions for any of a broad class of employers, or (B) such discharge was pursuant to section 455(e) or section 493C(b)(7) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (relating to income contingent and income-based repayment). . (b) Effective Date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to discharges of loans after December 31, 2014. 3. Student loans discharged on account of death or disability (a) In general Paragraph (1) of section 108(f) or , or (C) such discharge was on account of the death or total and permanent disability of the student. . (b) Effective Date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to discharges of loans after December 31, 2014.

Summary: Student Loan Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income income imputed from a discharge of student loan indebtedness based on repayments which are income contingent or income based or a discharge due to the death or total disability of the student.
STARS Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the treatment of seasonal positions for purposes of the employer shared responsibility requirement. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2014 STARS Act 2. Simplification of seasonal rules for purposes of employer shared responsibility requirement (a) Full-Time employee exception for determining assessable payment (1) In general Paragraph (4) of section 4980H(c) of such Code is amended by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph: (B) Exception for seasonal employees Such term shall not include any seasonal employee. . (2) Seasonal employee defined Subsection (c) of section 4980H of such Code is amended by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: (5) Seasonal employee The term seasonal employee . (b) Applicable large employer determination exception Subparagraph (B) of section 4980H(c)(2) of such Code is amended to read as follows: (B) Exception for seasonal employees For purposes of subparagraph (A), seasonal employees shall not be taken into account. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in section 1513 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Summary: Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2014 or the STARS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt seasonal employees from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage. Defines "seasonal employee" as an employee who is employed in a position for which the customary annual employment is not more than six months and which requires performing labor or services that are ordinarily performed at certain seasons or periods of the year.
A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer at the National Laboratories.

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer at the National Laboratories. 1. Report on entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer at the National Laboratories (as the term is defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)). (b) Basis of report The report under subsection (a) shall be based on an evaluation of quantitative performance metrics, including— (1) the number of licenses granted to small businesses; (2) the number of start-up businesses created; (3) the number of cooperative research and development agreements and collaborations involving small businesses and the total number of businesses involved in those agreements and collaborations; (4) the period of time required for execution of a license; and (5) the number of jobs created.

Summary: Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer at the National Laboratories. Requires such report to be based on an evaluation of quantitative performance metrics, including: the number of licenses granted to small businesses, the numbers of start-up businesses created, the number of cooperative research and development agreements and collaborations involving small businesses and the total number of businesses involved in those agreements and collaborations, the period of time required for the execution of a license, and the number of jobs created.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term redskins.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term redskins. 1. Special rule relating to professional sports leagues (a) In general Section 501 (1) by redesignating subsection (s) as subsection (t), and (2) by inserting after subsection (r) the following new subsection: (s) Special rule relating to professional sports leagues No professional sports league shall be treated as described in subsection (c)(6) if such professional sports league promotes, or allows a member club or franchise connected with such professional sports league to promote, the use of the term redskins . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth a special rule to deny tax-exempt status to a professional sports league that promotes, or allows a member club or franchise to promote, the use of the term "redskin" in connection with any team or club connected with such league.
A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.

To streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes. 1. Compliance with BLM permitting (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law but subject to any State requirements, a Bureau of Land Management drilling permit shall not be required under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 ( 30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. (1) less than 50 percent of the minerals within the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit are minerals owned by the Federal Government; and (2) the Federal Government does not own or lease the surface estate within the boundaries of the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit. (b) Effect Nothing in this Act affects the right of the Federal Government to receive royalties due to the Federal Government from the production of the Federal minerals within the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit.

Summary: States that a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) drilling permit shall not be required under either the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 or the Code of Federal Regulations for an action occurring within an oil and gas drilling or spacing unit, if: (1) less than 50% of the minerals within the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit are federally owned, and (2) the federal government neither owns nor leases the surface estate within the unit's boundaries. Retains the right of the federal government to receive royalties from the production of federal minerals within the unit.
Pay What You Owe Before You Go Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code to include in income the unrepatriated earnings of groups that include an inverted corporation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pay What You Owe Before You Go Act 2. Recapture of unrepatriated earnings of groups including an inverted corporation (a) In general Section 7874 (g) Recapture of tax on unrepatriated earnings (1) In general The subpart F income of any applicable controlled foreign corporation for its last taxable year ending before the acquisition date shall be increased by the accumulated deferred foreign income of the corporation. (2) Applicable controlled foreign corporation For purposes of this subsection— (A) In general The term applicable controlled foreign corporation (i) a covered entity was a United States shareholder at any time during the 5-year period ending on the acquisition date, or (ii) a member of the same expanded affiliated group as a covered entity was a United States shareholder at any time during the 5-year period ending on the acquisition date. (B) Covered entity The term covered entity (i) is treated as a surrogate foreign corporation under subsection (a)(2)(B), determined— (I) by substituting September 18, 2014 March 4, 2003 (II) by substituting more than 50 percent at least 60 percent (III) by disregarding clause (iii) thereof, and (ii) is not treated as a domestic corporation by reason of subsection (b). (3) Accumulated deferred foreign income For purposes of this section— (A) In general The term accumulated deferred foreign income (i) the undistributed earnings of the controlled foreign corporation, over (ii) the undistributed U.S. earnings of such controlled foreign corporation. (B) Undistributed earnings The term undistributed earnings (i) as of the close of the taxable year described in paragraph (1), (ii) without diminution by reason of distributions made during such taxable year, and (iii) without regard to this subsection. For purposes of this chapter, any determination with respect to the treatment of distributions described in clause (ii) shall be made after the application of this subsection to the earnings and profits described in the matter preceding clause (i). (C) Undistributed U.S. earnings The term undistributed U.S. earnings post-1986 undistributed U.S. earnings (i) as of the close of the taxable year described in paragraph (1), and (ii) without regard to post-1986 (4) Acquisition date For purposes of this section, the term acquisition date . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to taxable years ending after September 18, 2014.

Summary: Pay What You Owe Before You Go Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the recapture in subpart F income (i.e., income of a controlled foreign corporation earned outside the United States which is not tax deferred) the accumulated deferred foreign income of such corporation (i.e., the undistributed earnings of the controlled foreign corporation over its undistributed U.S. earnings) for its last taxable year.
Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2014

To amend title 31, United States Code, to adjust for inflation the amount that is exempt from administrative offsets by the Department of Education for defaulted student loans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2014 2. Adjustment for inflation (a) In general Section 3716(c)(3)(A) (1) in clause (ii), by striking An amount Except as provided in clause (iii), an amount (2) by inserting after the matter following clause (ii)(II) the following: (iii) For a claim that may be collected under this section by the Department of Education relating to a defaulted student loan under part B, D, or E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall— (1) take effect as if included in the enactment of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–134 (2) only apply with respect to a claim described in section 3716(c)(3)(A)(iii)

Summary: Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2014 - Exempts an inflation-adjusted $9,000 each year of an individual's benefits under the Social Security Act from being used by the Department of Education to offset the amount the individual owes on a defaulted student loan under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2014

To prohibit the sale or distribution of certain cosmetics containing synthetic plastic microbeads. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2014 2. Prohibition against sale or distribution of certain cosmetics containing synthetic plastic microbeads (a) In general Section 601 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 361 (f) If it is a cosmetic identified by the Secretary under section 2(c)(2) of the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2014 . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2018. (c) Rulemaking Not later than January 1, 2017, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall promulgate a final rule that, for purposes of subsection (f) of section 601 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as added by subsection (a))— (1) defines the term synthetic plastic microbead (2) identifies the cosmetics to which such subsection (f) shall apply.

Summary: Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the distribution of a cosmetic that contains synthetic plastic microbeads beginning on January 1, 2018.
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014

To require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to calculate a carbon score for each bill or resolution. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Carbon score The term carbon score (A) from the enactment and implementation of a bill or resolution; and (B) if the amounts authorized to be appropriated, or otherwise made available, in the bill or resolution were fully appropriated. (2) Director The term Director (3) Greenhouse gas The term greenhouse gas 42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1) (4) Net greenhouse gas emissions The term net greenhouse gas emissions 3. Carbon score (a) In general In carrying out section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 653 (b) Net greenhouse gas emissions baseline In calculating the carbon score under subsection (a), the Director shall base any calculation of the increase or decrease of the level of greenhouse gas emissions on a comparison with the level of greenhouse gas emissions occurring under current law. (c) Scope of calculated emissions In calculating the carbon score under subsection (a), the Director shall consider all likely changes in net greenhouse gas emissions, including— (1) any changes to net greenhouse gas emissions that would directly result from activities required to carry out the bill or resolution; and (2) any changes to net greenhouse gas emissions that would— (A) indirectly result from activities required to carry out the bill or resolution; and (B) not otherwise have occurred. (d) Established best practices In calculating the carbon score under subsection (a), the Director shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use established best practices for estimating emissions, such as— (1) lifecycle analysis; and (2) internationally recognized methodologies (such as guidelines from the International Panel on Climate Change). (e) Timeline The Director shall calculate the carbon score under subsection (a) on the same timeline as the Director carries out the analysis under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 653 4. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director such sums as are necessary to develop the expertise and capacity required to carry out the analyses required under section 3.

Summary: Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate a carbon score for legislation. Requires the score to include projected net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from enactment and implementation of a bill or resolution and the appropriation of any amounts authorized in the legislation. Directs CBO to include the carbon score when carrying out provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requiring a cost estimate for each bill or resolution reported by any congressional committee except the appropriations committees.