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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a waiver of minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans for 2013 and 2014.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a waiver of minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans for 2013 and 2014. 1. Waiver of pension plan minimum required distribution rules for 2013 and 2014 (a) In general Clause (i) of section 401(a)(9)(H) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to general rule for temporary waiver of minimum required distribution) is amended by striking calendar year 2009 calendar years 2009, 2013, and 2014 (b) Conforming amendments (1) Clause (ii) of section 401(a)(9)(H) of such Code is amended— (A) in subclause (I) by striking calendar years after 2009 calendar year after 2009 and before 2013 and calendar years after 2014 (B) in subclause (II) by striking calendar year 2009 calendar years 2009, 2013, and 2014 (2) Paragraph (4) of section 402(c) of such Code is amended— (A) by inserting , 2013, or 2014 2009 (B) by striking 2009 2009, 2013, or 2014, as the case may be (c) Effective date (1) In general The amendments made by this section shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2012. (2) Provisions relating to plan or contract amendments (A) In general If this paragraph applies to any pension plan or contract amendment, such pension plan or contract shall not fail to be treated as being operated in accordance with the terms of the plan during the period described in subparagraph (B)(ii) solely because the plan operates in accordance with this section. (B) Amendments to which paragraph applies (i) In general This paragraph shall apply to any amendment to any pension plan or annuity contract which— (I) is made pursuant to the amendments made by this section, and (II) is made on or before the last day of the first plan year beginning on or after January 1, 2015. In the case of a governmental plan, subclause (II) shall be applied by substituting 2016 2015 (ii) Conditions This paragraph shall not apply to any amendment unless during the period beginning on the effective date of the amendment and ending on December 31, 2014, the plan or contract is operated as if such plan or contract amendment were in effect.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to waive minimum distribution requirements for tax-exempt retirement plans for calendar years 2013 and 2014.
Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013

To allow entities required to comply with orders or directives under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to publicly report every 90 days certain aggregate information related to the compliance with such orders or directives. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 2. Disclosure of certain aggregate information related to orders under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (a) Disclosures The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. IX Disclosure of certain aggregate information 901. Disclosure of certain aggregate information Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each entity required to comply with an order or directive under this Act may, every 90 days with respect to the preceding 90-day period, make publicly available the following information: (1) The aggregate number of orders or directives under this Act with which such entity was required to comply. (2) A general description of the types of assistance, information, or tangible things such entity was required to provide pursuant to such orders or directives. (3) The aggregate number of each type of assistance, information, or tangible things such entity was required to provide pursuant to such orders or directives. (4) The aggregate number of user accounts with respect to which such entity was required to provide assistance, information, or tangible things pursuant to such orders or directives. . (b) Table of contents amendment The table of contents in the first section of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new items: Title IX—Disclosure of certain aggregate information Sec. 901. Disclosure of certain aggregate information. .

Summary: Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to authorize an entity that is required to comply with an order or directive issued by a FISA court under such Act to make publicly available every 90 days with respect to the preceding 90-day period: (1) the aggregate number of orders or directives with which such entity was required to comply; (2) a general description of the types of assistance, information, or tangible things such entity was required to provide pursuant to such orders or directives; (3) the aggregate number of each type of assistance, information, or tangible things such entity was required to provide pursuant to such orders or directives; and (4) the aggregate number of user accounts with respect to which such entity was required to provide assistance, information, or tangible things pursuant to such orders or directives.
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2013

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2013 2. Exclusion from gross income of AmeriCorps educational awards (a) In general Section 117 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified scholarships) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) AmeriCorps educational awards Gross income shall not include any national service educational award described in subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.
Army Corps of Engineers Communications Accountability Act of 2013

To require the Army Corps of Engineers to notify the public of certain flood predictions regarding the Missouri River System, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Army Corps of Engineers Communications Accountability Act of 2013 2. Notification and consultation requirements (a) In general If the Chief of Engineers makes an upper quartile determination or an upper decile determination, the Chief of Engineers shall notify the public of such determination, and consult with affected governments, in accordance with this section. (b) Notification Not later than 7 days after making a determination described in subsection (a), the Chief of Engineers shall notify the public that such determination has been made. (c) Consultation (1) In general If the Chief of Engineers makes an upper decile determination, an affected government may request a consultation with the Chief of Engineers. (2) Deadline If an affected government requests a consultation under paragraph (1), the Chief of Engineers shall provide such consultation not later than 7 days after receiving the request. (3) Contents The Chief of Engineers may provide in a consultation under this subsection— (A) information regarding expected water levels; (B) advice regarding appropriate preparedness actions; (C) technical assistance; and (D) any other information or assistance determined appropriate by the Chief of Engineers. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Affected government The term affected government (2) Annual operating plan The term annual operating plan (3) Upper decile determination The term upper decile determination (4) Upper quartile determination The term upper quartile determination

Summary: Army Corps of Engineers Communications Accountability Act of 2013 - Requires the Chief of Engineers: (1) to notify the public within seven days after determining that runoff conditions in the Missouri River System are likely to reach the upper quartile or upper decile scenarios specified for a year in an annual operating plan for such System; and (2) to meet with a state, local, or tribal government with jurisdiction over an area that will be affected by a flood occurring in the System within seven days after such government requests such a consultation regarding such an upper decile determination. Authorizes the Chief to provide in such consultation information regarding expected water levels, advice regarding preparedness actions, and technical assistance.
Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act

To make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans. 1. Veterans Eagle Passport (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act (b) Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Section 805(b) of division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 ( 16 U.S.C. 6804(b) (3) Veterans Discount The Secretary shall make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available, at a cost of $10, for any veteran who was separated from military service under conditions other than dishonorable, if the veteran provides proof of that status by presenting a DD214. The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass made available under this paragraph shall be valid for the life of the veteran for whom it was purchased. .

Summary: Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act - Makes the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans. Makes a National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass made available under this Act valid for the life of the veteran for whom it was purchased.
No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2013

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income wages earned for services by aliens illegally performed in the United States and self-employment income derived from a trade or business illegally conducted in the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2013 2. Exclusion of unauthorized employment from employment upon which creditable wages may be based Section 210(a)(19) of the Social Security Act (1) by striking (19) Service (19) (A) Service performed by an alien while employed in the United States for any period during which the alien is not authorized to be so employed. (B) Service . 3. Exclusion of unauthorized functions and services from trade or business from which creditable self-employment income may be derived Section 211(c) of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 411(c) (1) in paragraph (5), by striking or (2) in paragraph (6), by striking him. him; or (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: (7) The performance of a function or service in the United States by an alien during any period for which the alien is not authorized to perform such function or service in the United States. . 4. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to wages earned, and self-employment income derived, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Notwithstanding section 215(f)(1) of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 415(f)(1)

Summary: No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income any wages earned for services by aliens performed in the United States, and self-employment income derived from a trade or business conducted in the United States, while the alien was not authorized to be so employed or to perform a function or service in such a trade or business.
Veterans Education Transparency Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain records available to educational institutions where veterans or persons receiving educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary are enrolled, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Education Transparency Act 2. Availability of Department of Veterans Affairs records to educational institutions in which veterans or persons receiving educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs are enrolled (a) In general Subchapter II of chapter 36 3699. Availability of records to educational institutions The Secretary shall provide to any veteran or person who receives educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary the option of making the veteran’s or person’s relevant records maintained by the Secretary, including information about the amount of educational assistance to which the veteran or person is entitled, available through an Internet website to the educational institution that provides the course of education in which the veteran or person is enrolled. The Secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that— (1) an educational institution to which such records are made available enters into an agreement with the Secretary under which the institution agrees that such records will only be made available for the purpose of counseling the veteran or person in making decisions related to the veteran’s or person’s education; and (2) no unauthorized person is given access to any record made available to an educational institution under this section, including by requiring the use of passwords and other appropriate mechanisms for restricting access to the records by unauthorized persons. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to such subchapter the following new item: 3699. Availability of records to educational institutions. .

Summary: Veterans Education Transparency Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide to any veteran or person who receives educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary the option of making such person's relevant records maintained by the Secretary, including information about the amount of educational assistance to which the person is entitled, available through an Internet website to the educational institution that provides the course of education in which the person is enrolled. Directs the Secretary to take steps to ensure that: (1) such educational institution agrees that such records will be made available only for the purpose of counseling the person in making decisions related to his or her education, and (2) no unauthorized person is given access to any such record.
Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013

To amend the Small Business Act to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013 2. Reverse auctions prohibited for contracts for design and construction services The Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 631 et seq. (1) by redesignating section 47 as section 48; and (2) by inserting after section 46 the following: 47. Reverse auctions prohibited for contracts for design and construction services (a) In general In the case of any contract for design and construction services, reverse auction methods may not be used if the contract— (1) is suitable for award to a small business concern; or (2) if the award is to be made under— (A) section 8(a); (B) section 8(m); (C) section 15(a); (D) section 15(j); (E) section 31; or (F) section 36. (b) Definitions For purposes of this section— (1) The term reverse auction (2) The term design and construction services (A) site planning and landscape design; (B) architectural and interior design; (C) engineering system design; (D) performance of construction work for facility, infrastructure, and environmental restoration projects; (E) delivery and supply of construction materials to construction sites; and (F) construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating, of public buildings and public works. . December 11, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit reverse auction methods (bidding from high to low) from being used in the case of any contract for the procurement of design and construction services if the contract is suitable for award to a small business, or if the award is made under Small Business Administration (SBA) requirements concerning the federal award of procurement contracts or subcontracts to: small businesses; HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small businesses; and small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, disabled veterans, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, or women.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude seasonal workers from the applicable large employer determination for purposes of employer shared responsibility regarding health coverage.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude seasonal workers from the applicable large employer determination for purposes of employer shared responsibility regarding health coverage. 1. Seasonal workers disregarded in determining employer size for purposes of employer shared responsibility (a) In general Clause (i) of section 4980H(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (i) In general Seasonal workers shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining whether an employer is an applicable large employer under this paragraph. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.

Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage, to provide that seasonal employees of an employer subject to such mandate shall not be taken into account in determining whether such employer is an applicable large employer for purposes of the mandate.
Border Security Tax Relief Act of 2013

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income the administratively uncontrollable overtime of Border Patrol agents. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Border Security Tax Relief Act of 2013 2. Administratively uncontrollable overtime pay of Border Patrol agents (a) In general Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 139E. Administratively uncontrollable overtime pay of Border Patrol agents (a) In general Gross income does not include compensation received for service as a Border Patrol agent to the extent such compensation represents administratively uncontrollable overtime pay. (b) Administratively uncontrollable overtime pay For purposes of this section, the term administratively uncontrollable overtime pay section 5545(c)(2) (c) Application of section Subsection (a) shall only apply to compensation received for the taxpayer’s first taxable year beginning after the date of the enactment of this section. . (b) Not subject to wage withholding Subsection (a) of section 3401 of such Code is amended by striking or ; and (24) for any administratively uncontrollable overtime pay (as defined in section 139E(b)), if at the time of such payment it is reasonable to believe that the employee will be able to exclude such payment from income under section 139E(a). . (c) Election To treat as included in gross income for purposes of earned income tax credit Subparagraph (B) of section 32(c)(2) of such Code is amended by striking and , and (vii) a taxpayer may elect to treat amounts excluded from gross income by reason of section 139E as earned income. . (d) Clerical amendment The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 140 the following new item: Sec. 139E. Administratively uncontrollable overtime of border patrol agents. . (e) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Border Security Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, compensation received by a U.S. Border Patrol agent as administratively uncontrollable overtime pay (premium pay); (2) exempt such overtime pay from withholding of tax requirements; and (3) allow a taxpayer to elect to include such overtime pay as earned income for purposes of the earned income tax credit.
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases.

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases. 1. Removal of Medicaid exclusion from medical assistance of items and services furnished to patients in an institution for mental diseases (a) In general The first sentence of section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(a) (1) by striking such term does not include— (A) any such term does not include any (2) by striking ; or (3) by striking subparagraph (B). (b) Conforming amendments To permit medical assistance for IMD patients under 65 years of age The following provisions of such Act are each amended by striking 65 years of age or older 65 years of age or over (1) Paragraphs (20) and (21) of section 1902(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 1396b(a) (2) Section 1905(a)(14) ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(14) (3) Section 1919(d)(7)(B)(i)(I) ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r(d)(7)(B)(i)(I) (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013, and shall apply to items and services furnished on or after such date.

Summary: Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases.
To prohibit United States assistance to the country of Egypt.

To prohibit United States assistance to the country of Egypt. 1. Prohibition on assistance to the country of Egypt (a) Prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds made available to any Federal department or agency may be used to provide assistance to the country of Egypt. (b) Effective date This Act takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with respect to funds made available to any Federal department or agency for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2013.

Summary: Prohibits any funds made available after FY2013 to any federal department or agency from being used to provide assistance to Egypt.