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Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act 2. Repeal of inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits (a) In general Section 86 (g) Termination This section shall not apply to any taxable year beginning after the date of the enactment of this subsection. . (b) Social Security trust funds held harmless (1) In general There are hereby appropriated (out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated) for each fiscal year to each fund under the Social Security Act section 86(g) (2) No tax increases It is the sense of the Congress that tax increases will not be used to provide the revenue necessary to carry out paragraph (1).

Summary: Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any social security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income. Appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Trust Funds resulting from the enactment of this Act. Expresses the sense of Congress against using tax increases to provide revenue necessary to carry out this Act.
To prohibit students who have been convicted of a criminal hazing offense under State law from receiving assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

To prohibit students who have been convicted of a criminal hazing offense under State law from receiving assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 1. Loss of eligibility for hazing crime conviction Section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1091 (u) Loss of eligibility for hazing crime conviction No student who is convicted of a criminal hazing offense under State law shall be eligible to receive any grant, loan, or work assistance under this title. .

Summary: Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make any student who is convicted of a criminal hazing offense ineligible for any grant, loan, or work assistance under title IV.
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013

To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, and the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013 2. Reauthorization of African Elephant Conservation Act Section 2306(a) of the African Elephant Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 4245(a) 2007 through 2012 2014 through 2018 3. Reauthorization of Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 Section 10(a) of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 ( 16 U.S.C. 5306(a) 2007 through 2012 2014 through 2018 4. Reauthorization of Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 Section 8(a) of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 ( 16 U.S.C. 4266(a) 2007 through 2012 2014 through 2018

Summary: Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, and the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 for FY2014-FY2018.
Pay Back the Taxpayers Act of 2014

To prohibit contributions by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the Housing Trust Fund and the Capital Market Fund while such enterprises are in conservatorship or receivership, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pay Back the Taxpayers Act of 2014 2. Prohibition of contributions to Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund while enterprises are in conservatorship or receivership Notwithstanding section 1337 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 ( 12 U.S.C. 4567 12 U.S.C. 4617 12 U.S.C. 4568 12 U.S.C. 4569 3. Use of enterprise repayments to reduce budget deficit During the term of any conservatorship or receivership of the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation pursuant to section 1367 of such Act ( 12 U.S.C. 4617

Summary: Pay Back the Taxpayers Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government sponsored enterprises or GSEs), during the term of any conservatorship or receivership, from making any contribution or transfer to, or allocating or setting aside any amounts for, the Housing Trust Fund or the Capital Magnet Fund. Requires any amounts paid or repaid to the Secretary of the Treasury by a GSE in any form, during any conservatorship or receivership of the GSE, to be covered into the General Fund of the Treasury and used only for reducing the federal budget deficit.
To improve the response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking.

To improve the response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking. 1. Response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking (a) Missing Children's Assistance Act Section 404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Children's Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii) child prostitution child sex trafficking (b) Crime Control Act of 1990 Section 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 5780 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) a recent photograph of the child, if available; ; and (3) in paragraph (4)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 60 days 30 days (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking and (C) in subparagraph (C)— (i) by inserting State and local child welfare systems and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (D) grant permission to the National Crime Information Center Terminal Contractor for the State to update the missing person record in the National Crime Information Center computer networks with additional information learned during the investigation relating to the missing person. .

Summary: Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to require the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's annual grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to be used (among other things) to operate a cyber tipline to provide online users and electronic service providers an effective means of reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the area of child sex trafficking (currently, child prostitution). Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require each state reporting on missing children to: (1) provide, with respect to each missing child report, a recent photograph of the child, if available; (2) direct the law enforcement agency that entered the report into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to verify and update such record with any additional information no later than 30 days after the original entry of the record into the state law enforcement system and NCIC computer networks and to maintain close liaison with state and local child welfare systems for the exchange of information and technical assistance; and (3) grant permission to the NCIC Terminal Contractor for the state to update the missing person record in the NCIC computer networks with additional information learned during the investigation relating to the missing person.
Byrne/JAG Program Accountability Act

To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for improvements under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Byrne/JAG Program Accountability Act 2. Improvements under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system Section 501 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3751 (h) Racial disparities practices For years beginning after the date of the enactment of the Byrne/JAG Program Accountability Act, States and units of local government receiving funds under this subpart shall implement policy, practice, and system improvement strategies at the State, local, and tribal levels, as applicable, to identify and reduce racial and ethnic disparities among individuals who come into contact with or are under the supervision of the criminal justice system, without establishing or requiring numerical standards or quotas, through each of the following methods: (1) Establishing coordinating bodies, composed of criminal justice stakeholders at the State, local, or tribal levels, as applicable, to oversee and monitor efforts by such States, unit of local government, or Indian tribe to reduce racial and ethnic disparities. (2) Identifying and analyzing key decision points in the criminal justice system of the State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe, as applicable, to determine which points create racial and ethnic disparities among those who come into contact with the justice system. (3) Developing and implementing data collection and analysis systems to identify where racial and ethnic disparities exist in the criminal justice system and to track and analyze such disparities. (4) Developing and implementing a work plan that includes measurable objectives for policy practice or other system changes, based on the needs identified in the data collection and analysis under paragraphs (2) and (3). (5) Publicly reporting, on an annual basis, the efforts made in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) during the previous year. .

Summary: Byrne/JAG Program Accountability Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require states and local governments receiving grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to implement policy, practice, and system improvement strategies to identify and reduce racial and ethnic disparities among individuals who come into contact with or are under the supervision of the criminal justice system, without establishing or requiring numerical standards or quotas.
Savings Start With Us Act of 2013

To provide for a 10 percent reduction in pay for Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President. 1. Short title; findings (a) Short Title This Act may be cited as the Savings Start With Us Act of 2013 (b) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) It is important to bring the Nation’s spending under control and balance the budget. (2) Taxpayers all over the Nation are making do with less money. (3) Congress has asked Federal agencies to make major cuts to their budgets. (4) Members of Congress must do their share to cut spending and reduce their salaries. 2. Reduction in pay for Members of Congress (a) Reduction Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual rate of pay for each Member of Congress shall be equal to— (1) for pay periods occurring during 2015, the applicable rate in effect for pay periods occurring during 2013 reduced by 10 percent, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or, if midway between multiples of $100, to the next higher multiple of $100); and (2) for subsequent pay periods, the applicable rate during 2015, subject to adjustment under paragraph (2) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 31(2) (b) Member of Congress defined For purposes of this Act, the term Member of Congress 2 U.S.C. 31 3. Reduction in pay for President and Vice President (a) President (1) Reduction Section 102 of title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking $400,000 $360,000 (2) Effective date The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 2015. (b) Vice President Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the per annum rate of salary for the Vice President of the United States shall be equal to— (1) for pay periods occurring during 2015, the applicable rate in effect for pay periods occurring during 2013 reduced by 10 percent, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or, if midway between multiples of $100, to the next higher multiple of $100); and (2) for subsequent pay periods, the applicable rate during 2015, subject to adjustment under section 104(a)

Summary: Savings Start With Us Act of 2013 - Reduces the annual rate of pay in 2015 for Members of Congress and the Vice President by 10% of the 2013 pay rate. Maintains the pay rate for subsequent pay periods at the 2015 rate. Reduces the annual rate of pay of the President from $400,000 to $360,000.
Expand Nonpostal Services to Americans Act

To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to provide nonpostal services, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expand Nonpostal Services to Americans Act 2. Authority to offer nonpostal services Section 404 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (7), by striking and (B) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (9) to provide nonpostal services. ; and (2) by striking subsection (e).

Summary: Expand Nonpostal Services to Americans Act - Expands the enumerated powers of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to include the authority to provide nonpostal services. Removes existing conditions that limit nonpostal services to certain services offered as of January 1, 2006.
RIDE Act of 2014

To provide reimbursement under the Medicaid program to individuals and entities that provide voluntary non-emergency medical transportation to Medicaid beneficiaries for expenses related to no-load travel. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recruiting Individuals to Drive Our Elders Act of 2014 RIDE Act of 2014 2. Reimbursement for no-load travel costs incurred by volunteers providing non-emergency medical transportation to Medicaid beneficiaries (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall publish an interim final rule to revise the Medicaid transportation regulations at sections 431.53 440.170 (b) No-Load volunteer travel service For purposes of subsection (a), the term no-load volunteer travel service (1) are provided by a person who, as determined by a State, local, or tribal government, provides such services on a volunteer basis (referred to in this subsection as a volunteer (2) are necessary for the volunteer to— (A) travel from the originating location of the volunteer to the location of an individual who is eligible for medical assistance under the State Medicaid plan and requires transportation to receive non-emergency medical treatment (including, for purposes of an individual who requested transportation to receive non-emergency medical treatment and subsequently refused such transportation or was not present at the requested pick-up location, any travel that is necessary for the volunteer to return to their originating location); (B) for purposes of an individual who has been provided transportation by the volunteer to receive non-emergency medical treatment and is required to remain at the treatment location overnight or for an extended period of time (as determined appropriate by a State, local, or tribal government), return to the originating location of the volunteer and, following the completion of such treatment, travel back to the treatment location; and (C) following any transportation that is necessary to return an individual who has received non-emergency medical treatment to their pick-up location, return to the originating location of the volunteer.

Summary: Recruiting Individuals to Drive Our Elders Act of 2014 or RIDE Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish an interim final rule to revise certain Medicaid transportation regulations to allow a state plan under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide, at state option, reimbursement for costs attributable to providing no-load volunteer travel services to Medicaid-eligible individuals who require transportation to receive non-emergency medical treatment.
To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to require agencies to make considerations relating to the promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation before issuing or modifying certain regulations.

To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to require agencies to make considerations relating to the promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation before issuing or modifying certain regulations. 1. Rulemaking considerations Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 ( 12 U.S.C. 1851 (i) Consideration of Promotion of Efficiency, Competition, and Capital Formation In issuing or modifying any regulation under this section, the appropriate Federal banking agencies, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission— (1) shall consider whether the regulation is necessary or appropriate in the public interest; (2) shall consider whether the regulation will promote efficiency, competition, and capital formation; (3) shall consider, among other matters, the impact the regulation would have on competition; (4) may not adopt the regulation if it would impose a burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of this section; and (5) shall include in the statement of basis and purpose incorporated in the regulation adopted under this section, the reasons for the determination under paragraph (4) that any burden on competition imposed by the regulation is necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of this section. .

Summary: Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 with respect to certain prohibitions against proprietary trading by banking entities and certain relationships of such entities with hedge funds and private equity funds (Volcker rule). Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the appropriate federal banking agencies, when issuing or modifying any regulation related to such prohibitions, to consider: (1) whether it is necessary or appropriate in the public interest; (2) whether it will promote efficiency, competition, and capital formation; and (3) the impact it would have on competition. Prohibits such agencies from adopting a regulation that would impose a burden on competition neither necessary nor appropriate in furtherance of the Act. Directs such agencies to include in the statement of basis and purpose incorporated in the regulation the reasons for determining that any burden on competition imposed by the regulation is necessary or appropriate in furtherance of this Act.
To direct the Secretary of Education to modify the FAFSA to include a space for the purpose of identifying whether a student is a foster youth, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Education to modify the FAFSA to include a space for the purpose of identifying whether a student is a foster youth, and for other purposes. 1. Identification of foster youth on the FAFSA Section 483(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1090(a) (13) Foster youth The Secretary shall— (A) include a space on the forms developed under this subsection for the purpose of identifying students who are foster youth or were in the foster care system and who are seeking financial assistance under this title; and (B) notify each student who identifies him or herself under subparagraph (A) as a foster youth or as having been in the foster care system of the student’s potential eligibility for Federal student financial aid, including postsecondary education programs through the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program under section 477 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677 .

Summary: Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to: include a space on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to identify students who are or were in the foster care system and are seeking assistance under title IV, and notify students who identify themselves as such of their potential eligibility for financial aid under title IV and other federal programs.
Promoting Rural Broadband Act of 2014

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to promote the expansion of spectrum-based services to exceptionally hard-to-serve populations in unserved and underserved geographic locations. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Rural Broadband Act of 2014 2. Promotion of spectrum-based services in unserved and underserved locations Section 309(j)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(4) (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking and (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (G) promote the expansion of spectrum-based services to exceptionally hard-to-serve populations in unserved and underserved geographic locations. .

Summary: Promoting Rural Broadband Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), when prescribing regulations concerning the competitive bidding system under which electromagnetic spectrum licenses are auctioned to qualified bidders, to promote the expansion of spectrum-based services to exceptionally hard-to-serve populations in unserved and underserved geographic locations.
Rock Creek National Park in the District of Columbia Act

To redesignate Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park in the District of Columbia. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rock Creek National Park in the District of Columbia Act 2. Redesignation of Rock Creek Park As Rock Creek National Park in the District of Columbia (a) Redesignation In recognition of its nationally significant natural, cultural, and historical resources, and important recreational opportunities, Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia, established by the Act of September 27, 1890 (26 Stat. 492), is redesignated as Rock Creek National Park in the District of Columbia. (b) References Any reference in any law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to Rock Creek Park Rock Creek National Park in the District of Columbia

Summary: Rock Creek National Park in the District of Columbia Act - Redesignates the Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park in the District of Columbia.