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GI Education Benefit Fairness Act of 2014

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clarification regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the GI Education Benefit Fairness Act of 2014 2. Clarification regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance (a) In general Subsection (c) of section 3319 (c) Eligible dependents (1) Transfer An individual approved to transfer an entitlement to educational assistance under this section may transfer the individual’s entitlement as follows: (A) To the individual’s spouse. (B) To one or more of the individual’s children. (C) To a combination of the individuals referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B). (2) Definition of children For purposes of this subsection, the term children section 1072(2)(I) . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to educational assistance payable under chapter 33

Summary: GI Education Benefit Fairness Act of 2014 - Expands the definition of "children," for purposes of provisions allowing members or former members of the uniformed services who served on active duty for specified periods beginning on or after September 11, 2001, to transfer their entitlement to educational assistance, to mean an unmarried person who: (1) is placed in the legal custody of a member or former member by court order for at least 12 consecutive months, (2) has not attained the age of 21, (3) has not attained the age of 23 and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning, (4) is incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred while such person was a dependent of the member or former member, (5) is dependent on the member or former member for over one-half of his or her support, (6) resides with the member or former member unless separated due to military service or institutionalization for a disability or incapacitation, and (7) is not a dependent of a member or former member under any other provision defining dependent.
River Paddling Protection Act

To provide for the use of hand-propelled vessels in Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the National Elk Refuge, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the River Paddling Protection Act 2. Regulations superseded (a) In general The rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park shall be open to hand-propelled vessels as determined by the Director of the National Park Service within 3 years of the date of enactment of this Act. Beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the following regulations shall have no force or effect regarding closing rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park to hand-propelled vessels: (1) Section 7.13(d)(4)(ii) (2) Section 7.22(e)(3) (b) Coordination of recreational use The Fish and Wildlife Service shall coordinate any recreational use of hand-propelled vessels on the Gros Ventre River within the National Elk Refuge with Grand Teton National Park to ensure such use is consistent with the requirements of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 ( 16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.

Summary: River Paddling Protection Act - Opens the rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming to hand-propelled vessels. Declares specified regulations to have no force or effect with regard to the closing of rivers and streams of such Parks to such vessels. Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to coordinate any recreational use of hand-propelled vessels on the Gros Ventre River within the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming with Grand Teton National Park to ensure that use is consistent with the requirements of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966.
SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014

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 of 2014 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 such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2023”. to carry out this section $100,000,000”. 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) by striking $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 by striking 2009 through 2013 2014 through 2018 July 31, 2014 Reported with amendments

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, and (4) authorize appropriations for national water availability and use assessment program grants for FY2014-FY2018.
State Marriage Defense Act of 2014

To amend chapter 1 marriage spouse 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Congress affirms the States’ legitimate and proper public policy interests in regulating domestic relations and in defining marriage for the residents of their States. (2) Despite striking down section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, the Supreme Court ruling in United States Windsor United States Windsor state sovereign choices about who may be married (3) United States Windsor historic and essential authority to define the marital relation put a thumb on the scales and influence a state’s decision as to how to shape its own marriage laws (4) Congress recognizes that current actions by the Federal Government to afford benefits to certain relationships not recognized as marriages by a person’s State of residence go beyond the Supreme Court’s ruling in United States Windsor two contradictory marriage regimes within the same State, United States Windsor (5) Actions taken by the Federal Government to grant recognition of marital status for persons not recognized as married in their State of domicile undermine a State’s legitimate authority to define marriage for its residents. 3. Amendment to definition of marriage for Federal purposes Section 7 7. Definition of marriage spouse For purposes of determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, as applied with respect to individuals domiciled in a State or in any other territory or possession of the United States, the term marriage spouse . February 24, 2014 Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Summary: State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 - Prohibits, for purposes of determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies, as applied with respect to individuals domiciled in a state or in any other territory or possession of the United States: (1) the term "marriage" from including any relationship that the state, territory, or possession does not recognize as a marriage; and (2) the term "spouse" from including an individual who is a party to a relationship that is not recognized as a marriage by that state, territory, or possession.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any prizes or awards won in competition in the Olympic Games or the Paralympic Games.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any prizes or awards won in competition in the Olympic Games or the Paralympic Games. 1. Olympic and Paralympic medals and USOC prize money excluded from gross income (a) In general Section 74 (d) Exception for Olympic and Paralympic medals and prizes Gross income shall not include the value of any medal awarded in, or any prize money received from the United States Olympic Committee on account of, competition in the Olympic Games or Paralympic Games. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to prizes and awards received after December 31, 2013.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, the value of any medal or prize money received on account of competition in the Olympic Games or Paralympic Games.
A bill to authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho. 1. District judgeship for the district of Idaho (a) In general The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional district judge for the district of Idaho. (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table in section 133(a) Idaho 3 .

Summary: Requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Idaho.
SPRINT Act

To provide funding to the National Institute of Mental Health to support suicide prevention and brain research, including funding for the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Suicide Prevention Research INnovaTion Act SPRINT Act 2. Suicide prevention and brain research Subpart 16 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 285p et seq. 464U–1. Funding for suicide prevention and brain research (a) In general The National Institute of Mental Health shall use the funds made available to such institute under subsection (b) exclusively for the purpose of conducting and supporting— (1) research on the determinants of self-directed and other violence in mental illness, including studies designed to reduce the risk of self-harm, suicide, and interpersonal violence, especially in rural communities with a shortage of mental health services; and (2) brain research through the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. (b) Authorization of appropriations In addition to amounts otherwise made available to the National Institute of Mental Health, including amounts appropriated under section 402A(a), there are authorized to be appropriated to such institute $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019 to carry out this section. .

Summary: Suicide Prevention Research INnovaTion Act or the SPRINT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the National Institute of Mental Health to use funds made available by this Act exclusively for the purpose of conducting and supporting: (1) research on the determinants of self-directed and other violence in mental illness, including studies designed to reduce the risk of self-harm, suicide, and interpersonal violence, especially in rural communities with a shortage of mental health services; and (2) brain research through the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2014

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2014 2. Removing Medicare 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (a) In general Section 1814(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395f(a) (1) in paragraph (6), by adding and (2) in paragraph (7), at the end of subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking and (3) by striking paragraph (8). (b) Application The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2014.

Summary: Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under which a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.
May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act

To repeal the Act of May 31, 1918, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) 1918 Act The term 1918 Act (2) Fort Hall Townsite The term Fort Hall Townsite Plat of the Townsite of Fort Hall (2) (3) Tribes The term Tribes Indian 3. Repeal The 1918 Act is repealed. 4. Right of first refusal (a) In general The Tribes shall have the exclusive right of first refusal to purchase at fair market value any land— (1) set aside or set apart under the 1918 Act within the Fort Hall Townsite (2) offered for sale. (b) Acquired land held in trust The United States shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribes or a member of the Tribes, as applicable— (1) any land owned or within the Fort Hall Townsite (2) any land— (A) acquired by the Tribes or a member of the Tribes on or after the date of enactment of this Act; and (B) set aside or set apart under the 1918 Act. (2) any land owned or acquired by the Tribes or a member of the Tribes within the Fort Hall Townsite on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 5. Effect Nothing in this Act affects any valid right to any land set aside or set apart under the 1918 Act. August 26, 2014 Reported with amendments

Summary: May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act - Repeals the Act of May 31, 1918 (authorized the Secretary of the Interior to set aside and reserve a tract of land within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho, for town-site purposes). Gives the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation the exclusive right of first refusal to purchase at fair market value any land within the Fort Hall Townsite and offered for sale. Directs the United States to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribes or a member of the Tribes: (1) any land they owned or acquired within the Townsite before this Act's enactment, and (2) any land they owned or acquired within the Townsite on or after this Act's enactment. Declares that, nothing in this Act affects any valid right to any land set aside or set apart under the 1918 Act.
Stop IRS Overreach Act

To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from asking taxpayers questions regarding religious, political, or social beliefs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop IRS Overreach Act 2. Prohibition on questions regarding religious, political, or social beliefs (a) In general The Internal Revenue Service shall not ask any taxpayer any question regarding religious, political, or social beliefs. (b) Sense of Congress regarding exceptions It is the sense of Congress that— (1) any exceptions to subsection (a) which are provided by later enacted provisions of law should identify the specific questions which are authorized, the class of taxpayers to which such questions are authorized to be asked, and the circumstances under which such questions are authorized to be asked, and (2) if the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service determines that asking any class of taxpayers a question prohibited under subsection (a) would aid in the efficient administration of the tax laws, such Commissioner should submit a report to Congress which— (A) includes such question in the verbatim form in which it is to be asked, (B) describes the class of taxpayers to whom the question is to be asked, and (C) describes the circumstances that would be required to exist before the question would be asked.

Summary: Stop IRS Overreach Act - Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from asking any taxpayer any question regarding religious, political, or social beliefs. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any exceptions to such prohibition should identify the specific questions authorized, the class of taxpayers to whom such questions may be asked, and the circumstances under which such questions may be asked; and (2) if the IRS Commissioner determines that asking such questions would aid in the efficient administration of the tax laws, the Commissioner should submit a report to Congress that includes such questions in verbatim form and describes such class of taxpayers and the circumstances under which such questions would be asked.
Taxpayer Accountability Act

To improve transparency and efficiency with respect to audits and communications between taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Accountability Act 2. Deadline for responses to taxpayer correspondence Not later than 30 days after receiving any written correspondence from a taxpayer, the Internal Revenue Service shall provide a substantive written response. For purposes of the preceding sentence, an acknowledgment letter shall not be treated as a substantive response. 3. Taxpayer notification of disclosures by IRS of taxpayer information (a) In general Not later than 30 days after disclosing any taxpayer information to any agency or instrumentality of Federal, State, or local government, the Internal Revenue Service shall provide a written notification to the taxpayer describing— (1) the information disclosed, (2) to whom it was disclosed, and (3) the date of disclosure. (b) Exception Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s designee, determines that such notification would be detrimental to an ongoing criminal investigation or pose a risk to national security. 4. Deadline for conclusion of audits of individual taxpayers Any audit of a tax return of an individual by the Internal Revenue Service shall be concluded not later than 1 year after the date of the initiation of such audit and the Internal Revenue Service shall not assess any tax with respect to which such audit relates after the conclusion of such audit.

Summary: Taxpayer Accountability Act - Requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): (1) to provide a substantive written response (not merely an acknowledgment letter) to any written correspondence from a taxpayer not later than 30 days after receiving such correspondence; (2) within 30 days after disclosing taxpayer information to any federal, state, or local governmental entity, to provide to the taxpayer a written notification describing the information, to whom it was disclosed, and when it was disclosed; and (3) to conclude any audit of an individual taxpayer not later than 1 year after the audit is initiated and to not assess any tax with respect to such audit after it is concluded.
Encouraging Trade and Investment from New Zealand Act

To include New Zealand in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E–1 and E–2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of New Zealand. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Encouraging Trade and Investment from New Zealand Act 2. Nonimmigrant traders and investors For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)

Summary: Makes New Zealand nationals eligible to enter the United States as nonimmigrant traders and investors as provided for under the Immigration and Nationality Act if New Zealand provides reciprocal nonimmigrant treatment to U.S. nationals.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds. 1. Increase national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds (a) In general Subparagraph (A) of section 142(m)(2) $15,000,000,000 $19,000,000,000 (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to bonds issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $15 billion to $19 billion the national limitation amount for tax-exempt highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.
Highway Innovative Financing Act of 2014

To provide States with greater flexibility in innovative highway financing. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Highway Innovative Financing Act of 2014 2. Innovative surface transportation financing methods (a) Value pricing pilot program Section 1012(b)(1) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ( 23 U.S.C. 149 as many as 15 such State or local governments or public authorities States, local governments, and public authorities (b) Interstate system reconstruction and rehabilitation pilot program Section 1216(b)(2) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 129 note; Public Law 105–178 (1) in the first sentence, by striking 3 10 (2) by striking the second sentence.

Summary: Highway Innovative Financing Act of 2014 - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to remove limits on the number of state or local governments or public authorities with which the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) may enter into cooperative agreements to establish value pricing pilot programs (in effect, allowing extension of the programs to all such authorities). Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to increase from 3 to 10 the number of IS highways, bridges, or tunnels where a state may collect tolls for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Interstate System highway corridors.