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Veterans Education Outcomes Act

To require institutions of higher education to disseminate information with respect to the completion rates, employment rates, and retention rates of recipients of GI Bill funding. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Education Outcomes Act 2. Information dissemination with respect to recipients of GI Bill funding Section 485(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1092 (1) in paragraph (1)(Q)— (A) in clause (iii), by striking and (B) by adding and (C) by adding at the end the following: (v) are recipients of educational assistance provided under chapter 30 or 33 of title 38, United States Code, or chapter 1606 ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (8) The information disseminated under subparagraphs (E), (L), (R), (S), and (U) of paragraph (1) shall be disaggregated by the recipients of educational assistance provided under chapter 30 or 33 of title 38, United States Code, or chapter 1606 of title 10, United States Code, if the number of students in such subgroup is sufficient to yield statistically reliable information and reporting will not reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student. If such number is not sufficient for such purposes, then the institution shall note that the institution enrolled too few of such students to so disclose or report with confidence and confidentiality. .

Summary: Veterans Education Outcomes Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in title IV programs to inform prospective and enrolled students of the percentage of the IHE's full-time students who receive assistance under the All-Volunteer Force or Post 9/11 Educational Assistance programs or the program providing educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve. Requires those IHEs to disaggregate by the recipients of such assistance information, which they are required to provide to prospective and enrolled students, regarding: their costs of attendance, their completion or graduation rates, their graduates' placement in employment and type of employment, the types of graduate and professional education their graduating students pursue, and their retention rate for undergraduate students.
To prohibit the use of funds for the rule entitled "Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives" published by the Department of Homeland Security on January 3, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 535).

To prohibit the use of funds for the rule entitled Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives 1. Limitation on the Use of Funds for a Rule Regarding Provisional Waivers of Inadmissibility No Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule entitled Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives

Summary: Prohibits federal funds from being used to promulgate, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule entitled "Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives" (published on January 3, 2013) or any successor or substantially similar rule.
Bureau of Land Management Withdrawn Military Lands Efficiency and Savings Act

To permanently withdraw, reserve, and transfer Bureau of Land Management lands used for military purposes in Alaska, Nevada, and New Mexico to the appropriate Secretary of the military department concerned. 1. Elimination of termination date (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Bureau of Land Management Withdrawn Military Lands Efficiency and Savings Act (b) In general Section 3015(a) of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 ( Public Law 106–65 shall shall not terminate other than by an election and determination of the Secretary of the military department concerned or until such time as the Secretary of the Interior can permanently transfer administrative jurisdiction of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this Act to the Secretary of the military department concerned. (c) Conforming amendment Section 3016 of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 ( Public Law 106–65 December 12, 2014 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources December 12, 2014 The Committee on Armed Services

Summary: Bureau of Land Management Withdrawn Military Lands Efficiency and Savings Act - Amends the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to declare that the withdrawal and reservation of certain lands and interests concerning the Naval Air Station Fallon Ranges and the Nellis Air Force Range in Nevada, the Fort Greely East and West Training Ranges and the Yukon Training Range of Fort Wainright in Alaska, and the McGregor Range of Fort Bliss in New Mexico shall not terminate except by an election and a determination of the Secretary of the military department concerned or until the Secretary of the Interior can permanently transfer administrative jurisdiction of the withdrawn and reserved lands to that Secretary. (Currently the withdrawal and reservation of such lands must terminate, except in certain circumstances, 25 years after November 6, 2001.)
Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require, in counting the number of a species in a State for purposes of determining whether the species is an endangered or threatened species, inclusion of the number of the species on State and private lands as determined by the State, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014 2. Inclusion of number of a species on State and private lands in determinations under Endangered Species Act of 1973 (a) Requirement Section 4(b)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1353(b)(1) (C) In counting the number of a species in a State for purposes of determining under this section whether the species is an endangered species or threatened species, the Secretary shall count all of the species without regard to whether it is found on State, private, or tribal lands as determined by the State for purposes of recovery of the species and determination of listing status on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available. . (b) Application The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning on the first day of the year of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, in counting the number of a species in a state for the purposes of determining whether a species is an endangered or threatened species and whether a species has recovered, to count all of the species without regard to whether it is found on state, private, or tribal lands as determined by the state.
SECURE Water Amendments Act

To reauthorize and update certain provisions of the Secure Water Act. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SECURE Water Amendments Act 2. Authorized activities; eligibility; authorization of appropriations (a) In general Section 9504 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 42 U.S.C. 10364 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)(H)— (i) in clause (i), by striking or (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting ; or (iii) by adding at the end the following: (iii) to plan for or address the impacts of drought. ; and (B) in paragraph (2)(A)— (i) by striking ; and ; or (ii) by striking (A) be located within the States (A) be located in— (i) the States ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (ii) the State of Hawaii; and ; and (2) in subsection (e), by striking There is $200,000,000 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2023 3. Authorization of appropriations for national water availability and use assessment program Section 9508(e)(2) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 42 U.S.C. 10368(e)(2) $12,500,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 such sums as are necessary for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023

Summary: SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to: (1) include "planning for or addressing the impact of drought" among the activities for which the Secretary may make grants and enter cooperative agreements for water management improvement, (2) include Hawaii among the states in which eligible grant and agreement applicants may be located, (3) authorize appropriations for such grants and agreements for FY2015-FY2023, and (4) authorize appropriations for national water availability and use assessment program grants for FY2014-FY2023.
Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act

To apply the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act 2. Application of FACA Section 1013 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ( 12 U.S.C. 5493 (h) Application of FACA Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), such Act shall apply to each advisory committee of the Bureau. .

Summary: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to make the Federal Advisory Committee Act applicable to each advisory committee of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a lease involving the South Central Agricultural Laboratory in Clay County, Nebraska, to facilitate the improvement of the laboratory to support cooperative State and Federal agricultural research.

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a lease involving the South Central Agricultural Laboratory in Clay County, Nebraska, to facilitate the improvement of the laboratory to support cooperative State and Federal agricultural research. 1. Lease authority, South Central Agricultural Laboratory, Clay County, Nebraska Subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States, the Secretary may lease the South Central Agricultural Laboratory, consisting of approximately 640 acres in Clay County, Nebraska, to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, which currently operates the laboratory pursuant to a revocable permit, in order to allow the Board of Regents to undertake capital improvements as necessary to maintain and conduct a cooperative State and Federal agricultural research program. The term of the lease may not exceed 20 years, but the Secretary may renew the lease for one or more additional 20-year periods.

Summary: Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to lease the South Central Agricultural Laboratory in Clay County, Nebraska, to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to allow the Board to undertake capital improvements in order to conduct a cooperative state and federal agricultural research program.
To direct the Secretary and the Attorney General to promptly take all steps necessary or appropriate to execute and implement the San Luis Rey settlement agreement, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary and the Attorney General to promptly take all steps necessary or appropriate to execute and implement the San Luis Rey settlement agreement, and for other purposes. 1. San Luis Rey Settlement Agreement Implementation The San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law No. 100–675) is amended by adding at the end the following: 112. Implementation of settlement Congress finds that the City of Escondido, California, the Vista Irrigation District, the San Luis Rey River Indian Water Authority, and the Bands have approved in principle a settlement agreement, dated April 23, 2012, that conforms to the requirements of this Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary and the Attorney General shall promptly take all steps necessary or appropriate to— (1) execute and implement that agreement on behalf of the United States, and (2) secure the entry of stipulated judgments or other final dispositions in the proceedings among these parties presently pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. .

Summary: Amends the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General to take all necessary or appropriate steps to: (1) execute and implement on behalf of the United States the settlement agreement approved in principle by the city of Escondido, California, the Vista Irrigation District, the San Luis Rey River Indian Water Authority, and the La Jolla, Rincon, San Pasqual, Pauma, and Pala Bands of Mission Indians (California), dated April 23, 2012; and (2) secure the entry of stipulated judgments or other final dispositions in the proceedings among these parties presently pending before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Commodity Delivery Relief Act

To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to provide relief for end users who use physical contracts with volumetric optionality. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Commodity Delivery Relief Act 2. Relief for end users who use physical contracts with volumetric optionality Section 1a(47)(B)(ii) of the Commodity Exchange Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1a(47)(B)(ii) (ii) any purchase or sale of a nonfinancial commodity or security for deferred shipment or delivery, so long as the transaction is intended to be physically settled, including any stand-alone or embedded option for which exercise results in a physical delivery obligation; .

Summary: Commodity Delivery Relief Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to revise the exclusion from the definition of "swap" of any sale of a nonfinancial commodity or security for deferred shipment or delivery, so long as the transaction is intended to be physically settled. Excludes from the meaning of "swap" also: (1) any purchase of a nonfinancial commodity or security for deferred shipment or delivery, so long as the transaction is intended to be physically settled; and (2) any stand-alone or embedded option for which exercise results in a physical delivery obligation.
To clarify that funding for the standard setting body designated pursuant to section 19(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester.

To clarify that funding for the standard setting body designated pursuant to section 19(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester. 1. Clarification Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a (1) the standard setting body designated pursuant to section 19(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77s(b)); (2) the Securities Investor Protection Corporation; or (3) the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

Summary: Makes any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) inapplicable to funding of: the standard setting body designated by the Security Exchange Commission (SEC) (which establishes accounting principles "generally accepted" for securities laws), the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Increasing American Jobs Through More Exports Act

To authorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States to use 3 percent of its profits for administrative expenses. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Increasing American Jobs Through More Exports Act 2. Authority of the Export-Import Bank to use 3 percent of its profits for administrative expenses Section 3 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 ( 12 U.S.C. 635a (k) Authority To use portion of bank surplus for administrative expenses (1) Authority (A) In general Subject to paragraph (2), in addition to any other amounts that the Bank may use to cover administrative expenses of the Bank, the Bank may use not more than 3 percent of the surplus (as defined in subsection (j)(2), without regard to subparagraph (B)(ii) of such subsection) of the Bank, for each fiscal year in the 5-year period beginning with the date of the enactment of this paragraph, to cover administrative expenses of the Bank. (B) Use for regional offices Of the amount of the surplus which may be used as provided in subparagraph (A), the Bank shall use at least 1/3 (2) Subject to appropriations The authority provided by paragraph (1) may be exercised only to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. .

Summary: Increasing American Jobs Through More Exports Act - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to authorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, subject to appropriations, to use up to 3% of the Bank's surplus, for each of the 5 fiscal years following enactment of this Act, to cover its administrative expenses. Requires the Bank to use at least one-third of that 3% of surplus to expand or establish Bank regional offices.
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in The Dalles, Oregon, as the "Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans' Clinic".

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in The Dalles, Oregon, as the Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans’ Clinic 1. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, The Dalles, Oregon The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located at 704 Veterans Drive, The Dalles, Oregon, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans’ Clinic

Summary: Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinic located at 704 Veterans Drive, The Dalles, Oregon, as the "Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans' Clinic."
To amend the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act to provide a permanent appropriation of funds for the payment of death gratuities for survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services in event of any future period of lapsed appropriations.

To amend the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act to provide a permanent appropriation of funds for the payment of death gratuities for survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services in event of any future period of lapsed appropriations. 1. Permanent appropriation of funds for payment of death gratuities for survivors of members of the uniformed services in event of a period of lapsed appropriations (a) Appropriation The Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (also known as the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act; Public Law 113–44 (1) in the matter preceding section 101— (A) by striking of the Department of Defense (B) by inserting after fiscal year 2014 and, as provided in section 101(c), subsequent fiscal years whenever there is a period of lapsed appropriations (2) in section 101, by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) (1) During any subsequent period of lapsed appropriations during a fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided for the most recent fiscal year for which an Act making appropriations for the uniformed services (as defined in section 101(5) (2) In paragraph (1) and section 103, the term period of lapsed appropriations . (b) Duration Section 103 of the Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (also known as the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act; Public Law 113–44 103. Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to section 101(c) of this joint resolution shall be available whenever there is a period of lapsed appropriations for the duration of the period of lapsed appropriations. .

Summary: Amends the Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (also known as the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act) to appropriate funds for fiscal years after FY2014 during any period of lapsed appropriations for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits for survivors of deceased servicemembers.
School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to report on the cost differences between providing school meals and supplements in each of the territories of the United States and the 50 States and the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013 2. Report Not later than April 1, 2014, the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on— (1) the cost differences between— (A) providing meals and supplements under the Richard B. Russell National School Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. 42 U.S.C. 1773 (B) the average cost of providing meals and supplements under such provisions of law in the 50 States and the District of Columbia; and (2) the relation of the cost differences determined under paragraph (1) to the national average payment rates for meals and supplements prescribed under sections 4, 11, 13, and 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1753

Summary: School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress on the cost differences between: (1) providing meals and supplements under the school lunch and breakfast programs in Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, respectively; and (2) the average cost of providing those meals and supplements in the states and District of Columbia. Requires that report to show the relation of those cost differences to the national average payment rates for meals and supplements under the school lunch and breakfast programs.
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes. 1. Maintenance or replacement of facilities and structures at Smith Gulch Section 3(a)(24)(D) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(24)(D) (i) motorized landscaping equipment, such as lawnmowers and weed trimmers; (ii) chainsaws; (iii) gasoline-powered electrical generators and associated electrical transmission facilities; (iv) hydroelectric generators and associated electrical transmission facilities; (v) gasoline-powered water pumps for fire suppression; (vi) transition from propane to electrical lighting; (vii) solar energy systems; and (viii) 6-volt or 12-volt battery banks for power storage. . July 17, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to the Salmon River in Idaho, to authorize or continue to authorize maintenance or replacement of the facilities and structures listed in this Act for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch.