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Equal Protection for American Workers Act

To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from granting a work authorization to an alien found to have been unlawfully present in the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equal Protection for American Workers Act 2. Prohibition on certain work authorizations Effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security is prohibited from granting a work authorization to an alien who has been finally determined, in a valid immigration proceeding during which due process was afforded, to have been at any time unlawfully present in the United States.

Summary: Equal Protection for American Workers Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from granting a work authorization to an alien who has been determined, in a valid immigration proceeding during which due process was afforded, to have been at any time unlawfully present in the United States.
To ensure that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority complies with certain Federal regulations and statutes.

To ensure that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority complies with certain Federal regulations and statutes. 1. Application of Federal regulations and statutes (a) Federal acquisition regulation The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority shall comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Employment of relatives; restrictions Section 3110(a)(1) (1) in subparagraph (C) by striking and (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; and .

Summary: Requires the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (which governs the government's purchase of goods and services). Applies to MWAA officials the prohibition against the appointment, hiring, or advancement of relatives to or in a civilian position in the agency in which the official is serving or over which he or she exercises jurisdiction or control.
Energize Emerging Opportunities Act

To align exemptions for general solicitation of investment in commodity pools similar to the exemption provided for general solicitation of securities under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Energize Emerging Opportunities Act 2. Exemption for general solicitation of investment in commodity pools Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall— (1) revise section 4.7(b) (b) Relief available to commodity pool operators et seq ; and (2) revise section 4.13(a)(3)(i) of such title to read as follows: (i) Interests in the pool are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, and such interests are offered and sold pursuant to section 4 of the Securities Act of 1933 and the regulations thereunder; .

Summary: Energize Emerging Opportunities Act - Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to amend regulations regarding criteria qualifying certain registered commodity pool operators for exemption from requirements for specified risk disclosures, performance disclosures, periodic reporting, annual reporting, and recordkeeping. Alters one criterion for qualification for such exemptions currently granted to: (1) registered commodity pool operators who sell participations in a pool solely to qualified eligible persons in an offering which qualifies for exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and (2) certain banks registered as commodity pool operators in connection with a pool that is a collective trust fund whose securities are exempt from registration under the Securities Act. Repeals the current additional criterion for such banks that the securities must be offered or sold, without marketing to the public, solely to qualified eligible persons. Replaces such criterion with one stating simply that the securities must be sold solely to qualified eligible persons. (Thus, eliminates the requirement that such securities be offered or sold without marketing to the public, and so allows such marketing.) Repeals the current prerequisite for exemption of interests in a commodity pool from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 that such interests be offered and sold without marketing to the public in the United States. Requires such interests, instead, simply to be offered and sold pursuant to specified requirements for exempted transactions. (Thus, also eliminates the requirement that such interests be offered and sold without marketing to the public in the United States, and so allows such marketing.)
To prohibit any Federal agency or official, in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock.

To prohibit any Federal agency or official, in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock. 1. Prohibition of imposition of fee or tax on gaseous emissions by livestock Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, no Federal agency or official shall impose a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock.

Summary: Prohibits any federal agency or official from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change.
Serve Our Heroes Now Act

To prohibit the awarding of contracts to contractors responsible for delayed openings of Veterans Affairs facilities. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Serve Our Heroes Now Act 2. Prohibition on awarding contracts to those responsible for delayed openings of Veterans Affairs facilities No contract may be awarded to any contractor if the past performance of the contractor resulted in the completion of a construction project at a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs more than 24 months after the original agreed-upon completion date for the project.

Summary: Serve Our Heroes Now Act - Prohibits awarding a contract to any contractor whose past performance resulted in the completion of a construction project at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility more than 24 months after the original agreed-upon completion date.
GIF Act of 2014

To prohibit the National Telecommunications and Information Administration from relinquishing responsibility with respect to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Global Internet Freedom Act of 2014 GIF Act of 2014 2. NTIA prohibited from relinquishing responsibility for IANA functions The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information may not relinquish the responsibility of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration with respect to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, including the following: (1) Coordination of the assignment of technical Internet protocol parameters. (2) Performance of administrative functions associated with Internet domain name system root zone management. (3) Allocation of Internet numbering resources.

Summary: Global Internet Freedom Act of 2014 or the GIF Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from relinquishing the responsibility of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) with respect to Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, including: (1) coordination of the assignment of technical Internet protocol parameters, (2) performance of administrative functions associated with Internet domain name system root zone management, and (3) allocation of Internet numbering resources.
Social Security Temporary Emergency Payee Act

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the immediate designation of substitute representative payees, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Temporary Emergency Payee Act 2. Substitute representative payees (a) In general Section 205(j)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 405(j)(1) (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the second sentence; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) If the Commissioner of Social Security or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the representative payee for an individual has died, has misused any individual's benefit paid to such representative payee pursuant to this subsection or section 807 or 1631(a)(2), or has otherwise become unable or unwilling to continue serving as a representative payee, the Commissioner of Social Security shall— (i) immediately revoke certification for payment of the individual’s benefits to such representative payee; and (ii) (I) notwithstanding paragraph (2), as of the date of the revocation required under clause (i), certify payment of such benefits, on a permanent or temporary basis, to a qualified organization (as defined in paragraph (4)(B)) to serve as a substitute representative payee for the individual; or (II) if the interest of the individual under this title would be served thereby, certify payment of such benefits to the individual. . (b) No deferral of benefit payment during selection of substitute payee Section 205(j)(2)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C. (j)(2)(D)) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking clause (ii) clauses (ii) and (iii) (2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: (iii) This subparagraph shall not apply with respect to the selection of a representative payee for an individual in any case in which a representative payee has previously been designated for such individual. .

Summary: Social Security Temporary Emergency Payee Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security, if the Commissioner or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the representative payee for an individual has died, has misused any individual's benefit, or has otherwise become unable or unwilling to continue as a representative payee, to: (1) revoke immediately certification for payment of the individual's benefits to such representative payee; (2) certify payment of such benefits, on a permanent or temporary basis, to a qualified organization to serve as a substitute representative payee; or (3) certify payments of such benefits to the individual directly if it would serve the individual's interests. Prohibits the deferral of benefits payments directly to an individual during the selection of a substitute representative payee in any case in which a representative payee has previously been designated for the individual.
Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014

To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to establish a surface danger zone over the Guam National Wildlife Refuge or any portion thereof to support the operation of a live-fire training range complex. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014 2. Establishment of surface danger zone, Ritidian Unit, Guam National Wildlife Refuge (a) Agreement to establish In order to accommodate the operation of a live-fire training range complex on Andersen Air Force Base-Northwest Field and the management of the adjacent Ritidian Unit of the Guam National Wildlife Refuge, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior, notwithstanding the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 ( 16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq. (b) Elements of agreement The agreement to establish a surface danger zone over all or a portion of the Ritidian Unit of the Guam National Wildlife Refuge shall include— (1) measures to maintain the purposes of the Refuge; and (2) as appropriate, measures, funded by the Secretary of the Navy from funds appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act and otherwise available to the Secretary, for the following purposes: (A) Relocation and reconstruction of structures and facilities of the Refuge in existence as of the date of the enactment of this Act. (B) Mitigation of impacts to wildlife species present on the Refuge or to be reintroduced in the future in accordance with applicable laws. (C) Use of Department of Defense personnel to undertake conservation activities within the Ritidian Unit normally performed by Department of the Interior personnel, including habitat maintenance, maintaining the boundary fence, and conducting the brown tree snake eradication program. (D) Openings and closures of the surface danger zone to the public as may be necessary. December 8, 2014 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources December 8, 2014 The Committee on Armed Services

Summary: Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretaries of the Navy and the Interior to enter into an agreement providing for the establishment and operation of a surface danger zone that overlays the Ritidian Unit of the Guam National Wildlife Refuge in order to accommodate the operation of a live-fire training range complex on Andersen Air Force Base-Northwest Field and the management of such Unit. Requires such agreement to include measures to maintain the purposes of the Refuge and measures funded by the Secretary of the Navy for: relocation and reconstruction of Refuge structures and facilities; mitigation of impacts to wildlife species present in, or to be reintroduced into, the Refuge; use of Department of Defense (DOD) personnel to undertake conservation activities within the Unit normally performed by Department of the Interior personnel; and necessary openings and closures of the surface danger zone to the public.
SARA Act of 2014

To direct the Attorney General to acquire data, for each calendar year, about sexual offenses, including rape, that occur aboard aircraft. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sexual Assault Reporting on Aircraft Act of 2014 SARA Act of 2014 2. Statistics relating to sexual offenses that occur aboard aircraft Under the authority of section 534

Summary: Sexual Assault Reporting on Aircraft Act of 2014 or SARA Act of 2014 - Directs the Attorney General to acquire data, for each calendar year, about sexual offenses, including rape, that occur aboard passenger aircraft.
Preventing Gun Violence Act

To amend chapter 44 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Gun Violence Act 2. Prohibition on possession of a firearm by a person who is adjudicated to have committed a violent juvenile act (a) Possession ban Section 922(g) (1) by striking or (2) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting ; or (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: (10) who has been adjudicated by a court of the United States to have committed a violent juvenile act, . (b) Violent juvenile act defined Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: (36) The term violent juvenile act (A) an act by a person before the person attains 18 years of age that, if committed by an adult, would be punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year, and— (i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against another person; or (ii) by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against another person may be used in the course of committing the act; and (B) an act described in subparagraph (A)— (i) by a person who has attained 18 years of age but not 21 years of age; and (ii) for which the person is tried as a juvenile or youthful offender under State law. .

Summary: Preventing Gun Violence Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the trafficking in or possession of a firearm by a person who has been adjudicated of committing a violent juvenile act. Defines a "violent juvenile act" as: (1) an act by a person under the age of 18 that, if committed by an adult, would be punishable by a prison term exceeding one year and that either has, as an element, the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against another person or involves, by its nature, a substantial risk that physical force against another person may be used; and (2) such an act that is committed by a person who has attained age 18 but not age 21 for which the person is tried as a juvenile or youthful offender under state law.
Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act

To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to impose restrictions on the risk corridor program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act 2. Restrictions on PPACA risk corridor program Section 1342(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18062(b) (1) in paragraph (1), by striking The Secretary Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Safeguard to protect taxpayers (A) In general The Secretary shall ensure that the amount of payments to plans under paragraph (1) for a plan year beginning during calendar year 2014, 2015, or 2016 does not exceed the amount of payments to the Secretary under paragraph (2) for such plan year. (B) Adjustment to protect taxpayers The Secretary shall proportionately decrease the amount of payments to plans under paragraph (1) in order to ensure that the requirement of subparagraph (A) is satisfied each year. .

Summary: Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with respect to the program of risk corridors (under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums), to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the amount of payments to plans for a plan year beginning during calendar years 2014 through 2016 does not exceed the amount of payments to the Secretary for such plan year. Requires the Secretary to proportionately decrease the amount of payments to plans in order to ensure that such requirement is satisfied each year.
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study to determine the suitability and feasibility of entering into public-private partnerships to operate federally owned golf courses in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study to determine the suitability and feasibility of entering into public-private partnerships to operate federally owned golf courses in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 1. National park service study and report (a) Study Process and Completion The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall conduct a special resources study to determine the suitability and feasibility of entering into public-private partnerships with non-Federal entities to operate East Potomac Golf Course, Langston Golf Course, and Rock Creek Park Golf Course, located in the District of Columbia. The Secretary shall conduct the study in accordance with section 8(c) of Public Law 91–383 16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c) (b) Considerations In conducting the study pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall assume that— (1) one of the three golf courses will be a world-class, tournament-quality public course, with playing fees commensurate with such courses; (2) the other two golf courses shall be public courses of substantially similar quality to top-ranked courses owned by cities, towns, counties, and States; and (3) the playing fees for the two courses referred to in paragraph (2) shall remain the same as they are on the date of the enactment of this Act, but shall be indexed annually to the Consumer Price Index as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (c) Report Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing— (1) the results of the study, including a determination of which golf course would be best suitable as the world-class, tournament-quality public course referred to in subsection (b)(1); and (2) any recommendations of the Secretary.

Summary: Requires the Director of the National Park Service to conduct a special resources study to determine the suitability and feasibility of entering into public-private partnerships with non-federal entities to operate East Potomac Golf Course, Langston Golf Course, and Rock Creek Park Golf Course in the District of Columbia. Requires the Director to assume that: (1) one of the three golf courses will be a world-class, tournament-quality public course, with commensurate playing fees; and (2) the other two shall be public courses of substantially similar quality to top-ranked courses owned by cities, towns, and counties for which the playing fees shall remain the same as they are on the date of this Act's enactment but shall be indexed annually to the Consumer Price Index.
MotorCities National Heritage Area Extension Act

To extend the authorization for the Automobile National Heritage Area in Michigan. 1. Automobile National Heritage Area Authorization extended (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the MotorCities National Heritage Area Extension Act (b) Authorization Section 109 of the Automobile National Heritage Area Act ( 16 U.S.C. 461 Public Law 105–355 September 30, 2014 September 30, 2030

Summary: MotorCities National Heritage Area Extension Act - Amends the Automobile National Heritage Area Act to extend through FY2030 the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide assistance for the Automobile National Heritage Area in Michigan.