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Medicare Protection Act

To protect the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to reconciliation involving changes to the Medicare program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Protection Act 2. Sense of the Senate It is the sense of the Senate that— (1) the eligibility age under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) should not be increased; and (2) the Medicare program should not be privatized or turned into a voucher system. 3. Reconciliation involving changes to the Medicare program Section 313(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(b)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking and (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (G) a provision shall be considered extraneous if it eliminates or reduces guaranteed benefits for individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) or restricts eligibility for such program. .

Summary: Medicare Protection Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the eligibility age under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act should not be increased, and (2) the Medicare program should not be privatized or turned into a voucher system. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, with respect to extraneous matter in reconciliation legislation, to require a provision to be considered extraneous if it eliminates or reduces guaranteed benefits for individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under Medicare or restricts the eligibility for such program. (Thus subjects such a provision to a point of order and stricken from the bill.)
Yellowstone Community Education Fairness Act

To ratify and approve certain payments to school districts serving Yellowstone National Park. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Yellowstone Community Education Fairness Act 2. Ratification of payments to school districts serving Yellowstone National Park All payments made to school districts under the first section of the Act of June 4, 1948 (62 Stat. 338, chapter 417; 16 U.S.C. 40a), during the period beginning in fiscal year 1976 and ending on the date of enactment of this Act are ratified and approved, notwithstanding the payments made under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to the units of general local government.

Summary: Yellowstone Community Education Fairness Act - Ratifies and approves all payments made to the school districts serving Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming between the beginning of FY1976 and the enactment of this Act as reimbursement for educational facilities furnished by those districts to certain students who are dependents of persons engaged in the administration, operation, and maintenance of the Park and living at or near it.
A bill to amend the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act to clarify how the Act applies to condominiums.

To amend the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act to clarify how the Act applies to condominiums. 1. Exemption for residential condominium units (a) Exemption Section 1403 of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1702 (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (7)(C), by striking or (B) in paragraph (8)(G), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or (C) by adding at the end the following: (9) the sale or lease of a condominium unit that is not exempt under subsection (a). ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (d) For purposes of subsection (b), the term condominium unit (1) the owner of such unit will have sole ownership of the unit and an undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to the unit; and (2) the unit will be an improved lot. . 2. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Amends the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act to exempt from certain registration and disclosure requirements the sale or lease of a condominium unit not already exempt from coverage under such Act.
General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2014

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2014 2. Medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue or revise medical certification regulations to ensure that an individual may operate as pilot in command of a covered aircraft without regard to any medical certification or proof of health requirement otherwise applicable under Federal law if— (1) the individual possesses a valid State driver’s license and complies with any medical requirement associated with that license; (2) the individual is transporting not more than 5 passengers; (3) the individual is operating under visual flight rules; and (4) the relevant flight, including each portion thereof, is not carried out— (A) for compensation, including that no passenger or property on the flight is being carried for compensation; (B) at an altitude that is more than 14,000 feet above mean sea level; (C) outside the United States, unless authorized by the country in which the flight is conducted; or (D) at a speed exceeding 250 knots. (b) Covered aircraft defined In this section, the term covered aircraft (1) is not authorized under Federal law to carry more than 6 occupants; and (2) has a maximum certificated takeoff weight of not more than 6000 pounds. 3. Report Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to Congress a report that describes the impact that the regulations issued or revised under section 2 have had, including statistics with respect to changes in small aircraft activity and safety incidents.

Summary: General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue or revise FAA medical certification regulations to ensure that an individual may operate as a pilot of a covered aircraft without regard to any medical certification or proof of health requirement otherwise applicable under federal law if the flight meets certain criteria and the individual: (1) possesses a valid state driver's license, (2) complies with applicable medical requirements associated with that license, (3) is transporting five or fewer passengers, and (4) is operating under visual flight rules. Defines "covered aircraft" as an aircraft that: (1) is not authorized under federal law to carry more than six occupants, and (2) has a maximum certificated takeoff weight of no more than 6,000 pounds.
National Park Access Act

To require the Director of the National Park Service to refund to States all State funds that were used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the October 2013 shutdown. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Park Access Act 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) during the period in October 2013 in which there was a lapse in appropriations (referred to in this section as the Government shutdown (2) pursuant to the agreements described in paragraph (1), the States listed in paragraph (1) advanced approximately $2,000,000 to the National Park Service to pay for park operations during the Government shutdown; (3) the units of the National Park System that were temporarily reopened using State funds also collected gate entry fees; (4) the Government shutdown ended when Congress passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–46), which retroactively funded Federal agencies and Federal employee salaries for the period of time during which the Government was shut down; (5) by virtue of the retroactive appropriation made by Congress, the National Park Service retained an unintended shutdown windfall from the States listed in paragraph (1) of approximately $2,000,000; and (6) the States listed in paragraph (1) that entered into agreements described in paragraph (1) with the National Park Service should be fully reimbursed for advancing funds to maintain public access to iconic national treasures in the National Park System during the Government shutdown. 3. Refund of funds used by States to operate national parks during shutdown (a) In general The Director of the National Park Service shall refund to each State all funds of the State that were used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the period in October 2013 in which there was a lapse in appropriations for the unit. (b) Funding Funds of the National Park Service that are appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act shall be used to carry out this section. December 10, 2014 Reported without amendment

Summary: National Park Access Act - Requires the National Park Service to refund to each state all of the funds that it used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the government shutdown in October 2013 in which there was a lapse in appropriations for that unit.
Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act

To prohibit the Federal funding of a State firearms ownership database. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act 2. Prohibition on Federal funding of firearms ownership database No department or agency of the United States shall support, by funding or other means, the establishment or maintenance, by a State or political subdivision of a State, of any comprehensive or partial listing of firearms lawfully possessed or lawfully owned by private persons, or of persons who lawfully possess or own firearms, except in the case of firearms that have been reported to the State or political subdivision as lost or stolen.

Summary: Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act - Prohibits any federal agency from supporting (by funding or other means) the establishment or maintenance by a state or political subdivision of any listing of firearms lawfully possessed or owned by private persons, or of persons who lawfully possess or own firearms, except in the case of firearms that have been reported as lost or stolen.
FAIR Act of 2014

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freeing Americans from Inequitable Requirements Act of 2014 FAIR Act of 2014 2. Findings; purpose (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (hereafter referred to as PPACA (2) On July 2, 2013, the Administration delayed until 2015 the PPACA requirement that employers with at least 50 full-time equivalent employees provide health coverage for their full-time workers or risk paying a penalty to the Internal Revenue Service. (3) On February 10, 2014, the Administration once again delayed the PPACA requirement until 2016 for employers with between 50 and 99 full-time equivalent employees to provide qualified health insurance to their employees. (4) The Administration lacks the authority to unilaterally change statutorily defined dates in order to delay the implementation of any provision of PPACA. (5) If the Administration continues to suspend the penalties for businesses absent any statutory authority, then the penalties for all Americans should be suspended on the basis of fundamental fairness. (b) Purpose The purpose of this Act is to require the suspension of the enforcement of penalties associated with the individual mandate should the Administration unilaterally announce a suspension of the enforcement of penalties for any component of the employer mandate. 3. Individual health insurance mandate delayed until employer health insurance mandate enforced without exceptions (a) In general Section 5000A (h) Delay until employer health insurance mandate enforced without exceptions This section shall not apply with respect to any month which begins before the date on which the Secretary submits to Congress a certification that section 4980H is being applied and administered without any administratively created exceptions. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.

Summary: Freeing Americans from Inequitable Requirements Act of 2014 or the FAIR Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the individual mandate to purchase health care coverage, to delay such requirement from taking effect until the Secretary of the Treasury submits to Congress a certification that the employer mandate to provide health care coverage for employees is being applied and administered without any administratively created exceptions.
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

To reauthorize the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act 2. Reauthorization of Yuma crossing national heritage area Section 7 of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 461 2015 2030

Summary: Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act - Amends the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to extend through FY2030 the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide assistance for the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.
Smart Savings Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to change the default investment fund under the Thrift Savings Plan, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Smart Savings Act 2. Thrift Savings Plan default investment fund (a) In general Section 8438(c)(2) (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if an election has not been made with respect to any sums available for investment in the Thrift Savings Fund, the Executive Director shall invest such sums in an age-appropriate target date asset allocation portfolio of the funds described in subsection (b), as determined by the Executive Director. (B) If an election has not been made by a member (as defined in section 211 . (b) Acknowledgment of risk Section 8439(d) (1) by inserting (1) Each employee (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Before the date on which an individual covered under section 8438(c)(2)(A) begins contributing to the Thrift Savings Fund, the individual shall sign a risk acknowledgment described under paragraph (1). . (c) Technical and conforming amendment Section 8472(g)(2) required by section 8438 of this title to be invested in securities of the Government under section 8438(c)(2)(B) (d) Guidance Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Executive Director (as that term is defined under section 8401(13) (e) Effective date and application The amendments made by this section shall— (1) take effect on the date on which the Executive Director issues guidance under subsection (d); and (2) apply to individuals contributing to the Thrift Savings Fund on or after such date. July 31, 2014 Reported without amendment

Summary: Smart Savings Act - Makes the default investment in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) an age-appropriate target date asset allocation portfolio (L Fund), instead of the Government Securities Investment Fund (G Fund), if no election has been made for the investment of available funds. Retains the Government Securities Investment Fund as the default fund for members of the Uniformed Services. Requires TSP participants whose default fund is an age-appropriate L Fund to receive a risk acknowledgement before being enrolled to make TSP contributions. Makes this Act: (1) effective on the date the Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board issues guidance for implementing this Act, and (2) applicable to individuals who enroll in the Thrift Savings Plan on or after such date. Extends requirements relating to fiduciary protections to TSP beneficiaries.
A bill to approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi.

To approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi. 1. Transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties In accordance with section 4(k) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831c(k)), Congress approves the conveyance by the Tennessee Valley Authority, on behalf of the United States, to the State of Mississippi of the Yellow Creek Port properties owned by the United States and in the custody of the Authority at Iuka, Mississippi, as of the date of enactment of this Act. June 5, 2014 Reported without amendment

Summary: Approves the conveyance of the Yellow Creek Port properties in the custody of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) at Iuka, Mississippi, from the TVA to the state of Mississippi.
A bill to expand the prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and importation of children's products that contain phthalates, and for other purposes.

To expand the prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and importation of children's products that contain phthalates, and for other purposes. 1. Expansion of prohibition on manufacture, distribution, and importation of children's products containing phthalates (a) In general Section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–314 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking children's toy or child care article children's product (B) by striking or benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), or di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP) (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking paragraph (1); (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and (C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking a final rule evaluate the findings a final rule to evaluate the findings (b) Conforming amendments Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking subsections (a) and (b)(1) and any rule promulgated under subsection (b)(3) subsection (a) and any rule promulgated under subsection (b)(2) (B) by striking children's toy or child care article children's product (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking children's toy or child care article children's product (3) in subsection (e), by striking subsection (a) or (b)(1) or any rule promulgated by the Commission under subsection (b)(3) subsection (a) or any rule promulgated by the Commission under subsection (b)(2) (4) in subsection (f), by striking subsections (a) and (b)(1) and any rule promulgated under subsection (b)(3) subsection (a) and any rule promulgated under subsection (b)(2) (5) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following: (E) The term children's product .

Summary: Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to expand the prohibition against the manufacture, distribution, or importation of any children's toy or child care articles containing specified phthalates to include any children's products containing those chemicals. Expands also the list of prohibited phthalates. Declares that such prohibition shall not apply to any component of a children's product (currently, only of a children's toy or child care article) that is not accessible to a child through normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of that product.
A bill to repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005.

To repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Repeal REAL ID Act 2. Repeal of title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005 Title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of Public Law 109–13 49 U.S.C. 30301

Summary: Repeal REAL ID Act - Repeals title II (Improved Security for Driver's Licenses and Personal Identification Cards) of the REAL ID Act of 2005.
School District 318 Land Exchange Act

To authorize the exchange of certain Federal land and non-Federal land in the State of Minnesota. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School District 318 Land Exchange Act 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (1) to provide greater safety to the students of the Robert J. Elkington Middle School and the families of those students in Grand Rapids, Minnesota; and (2) to promote the mission of the United States Geological Survey. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) District The term District (2) Federal land (A) In general The term Federal land (B) Inclusion The term Federal land (3) Map The term map USGS and School Parcel Locations (4) Non-Federal land (A) In general The term non-Federal land (B) Inclusion The term non-Federal land (5) Secretary The term Secretary 4. Exchange of federal land and non-Federal land (a) In general If the District offers to convey to the United States all right, title, and interest of the District in and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall— (1) accept the offer; and (2) convey to the District all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land. (b) Valuation (1) In general The value of the Federal land and non-Federal land to be exchanged under subsection (a) shall be determined— (A) by an independent appraiser selected by the Secretary; and (B) in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. (2) Approval Appraisals conducted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Secretary for approval. (3) Cash equalization payments (A) In general If the value of the Federal land and non-Federal land to be exchanged under subsection (a) is not of equal value, the value shall be equalized through a cash equalization payment to the Secretary. (B) Use of amounts Amounts received under subparagraph (A) shall be deposited in the Treasury and credited to miscellaneous receipts.

Summary: School District 318 Land Exchange Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) accept any offer by the Minnesota Independent School District number 318 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to convey to the United States approximately 1.6 acres of specified non-federal land (including any structures on it), and (2) convey to the District in exchange approximately 1.3 acres of specified U.S. Geological Survey land.
Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014 2. Investigations of Department of Justice personnel Section 8E of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking and paragraph (3) (B) by striking paragraph (3); (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (D) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking paragraph (4) paragraph (3) (2) in subsection (d), by striking , except with respect to allegations described in subsection (b)(3),

Summary: Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to eliminate a provision of such Act that requires referral of allegations of misconduct involving Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys, investigators, or law enforcement personnel to the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility (thus allowing the DOJ Inspector General to investigate such allegations).