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Veterans Benefits Administration Information Technology Improvement Act of 2014

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain improvements in the information technology of the Veterans Benefits Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs to process claims more efficiently, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Benefits Administration Information Technology Improvement Act of 2014 2. Improvement of information technology of the Veterans Benefits Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Processing of certain educational assistance claims The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, to the maximum extent possible, make such changes and improvements to the information technology system of the Veterans Benefits Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that— (1) to the maximum extent possible, all original and supplemental claims for educational assistance under chapter 33 (2) rules-based processing is used to make decisions with respect to such claims with little human intervention. (b) Vocational rehabilitation claims The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall reduce redundancy and inefficiencies in the use of information technology to process claims for rehabilitation programs under chapter 31 (1) ensuring that payments of subsistence allowance for veterans participating in a rehabilitation program under such chapter are only processed and paid out of one corporate information technology system, in order to eliminate the redundancy of multiple information technology payment systems; and (2) enhancing the information technology system supporting veterans participating in such a program to support more accurate accounting of services and outcomes for such veterans. (c) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the changes made pursuant to the requirements os subsections (a) and (b).

Summary: Veterans Benefits Administration Information Technology Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make such changes and improvements to the information technology system of the Veterans Benefits Administration to ensure that: (1) all original and supplemental claims for veterans educational assistance are adjudicated electronically, and (2) rules-based processing is used to make decisions with respect to such claims with little human intervention. Requires the Secretary to reduce redundancy and inefficiencies in the use of information technology to process claims for rehabilitation programs by: (1) ensuring that payments of subsistence allowance for veterans participating in a rehabilitation program are processed and paid out of only one corporate information technology system, and (2) enhancing the information technology system supporting veterans participating in such a program to support more accurate accounting of services and outcomes.
Child Tax Credit Restoration Act of 2014

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the child tax credit for 2 years. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Tax Credit Restoration Act of 2014 2. Temporary modification of child tax credit (a) In general Section 24 (g) Special rules for 2014 and 2015 In the case of any taxable year beginning in 2014 or 2015— (1) Increased credit per child Subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting $2,000 $1,000 (2) Increased refundability Subsection (d)(1)(B)(i) shall be applied by substituting 30 percent 15 percent . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.

Summary: Child Tax Credit Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to increase, in taxable years beginning in 2014 or 2015: (1) the maximum amount of such credit per child to $2,000, and (2) the rate of the refundable portion of such credit from 15% to 30% of earned income.
Unmuzzle the Drug Czar Act of 2014

To strike provisions that prohibit the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy from studying the legalization of marijuana, that require the Director to oppose any attempt to legalize marijuana, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Unmuzzle the Drug Czar Act of 2014 2. Removal of restriction and requirement on the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy relating to marijuana Section 704(b) of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 ( 21 U.S.C. 1703(b) (1) by striking paragraph (12); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (13) through (20) as paragraphs (12) through (19), respectively; and (3) in paragraph (13)(A), as so redesignated, by striking paragraph (13) paragraph (12)

Summary: Unmuzzle the Drug Czar Act of 2014 - Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to repeal a provision requiring the Director of National Drug Control Policy to: (1) ensure that no federal funds appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy are expended for any study or contract relating to the legalization (for a medical or any other use) of a substance listed in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (which includes marijuana), and (2) oppose any attempt to legalize the use of any such substance that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved for use for medical purposes.
Servicemembers Opportunity Act

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for alternate means of proof of period of military service for purposes of the interest rate limitation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Servicemembers Opportunity Act 2. Proof of period of military service for purposes of interest rate limitation under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Section 207(b)(1) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. App. 527(b)(1) calling the servicemember to military service , or other appropriate indicator of military service, including a certified letter from a commanding officer or information from the Defense Manpower Database Center,

Summary: Servicemembers Opportunity Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow any appropriate indicator of military service, including a certified letter from a commanding officer or information from the Defense Manpower Database Center, as proof of service for purposes of interest rate limitations provided to servicemembers under such Act.
HOME Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a standard home office deduction. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Our Middle-Class Entrepreneurs Act HOME Act 2. Standard deduction for business use of home (a) In General Subsection (c) of section 280A (7) Standard home office deduction (A) In general In the case of an individual who is allowed a deduction for the use of a home office because of a use described in paragraph (1), (2), or (4), notwithstanding the limitations of paragraph (5), if such individual elects the application of this paragraph for the taxable year, such individual shall be allowed a deduction equal to the standard home office deduction for the taxable year in lieu of the deductions otherwise allowable under this chapter for such taxable year by reason of such use. (B) Standard home office deduction For purposes of this paragraph, the standard home office deduction is the lesser of— (i) $1,500, or (ii) the gross income derived from the individual’s trade or business for which such use occurs. (C) Inflation adjustment In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2014, the dollar amount in subparagraph (B)(i) shall be increased by an amount equal to— (i) such dollar amount, multiplied by (ii) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting 2013 1992 Any increase determined under the preceding sentence shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100. . (b) Effective Date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.

Summary: Helping Our Middle-Class Entrepreneurs Act or the HOME Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer who uses a residence to conduct a trade or business a standard tax deduction equal to the lesser of $1,500 or the taxpayer's gross trade or business income derived from the business use of such residence.
VA Timely Mammogram Results Act of 2013

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish standards for the provision of mammograms at health care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Timely Mammogram Results Act of 2013 2. Standards for provision of mammograms (a) In general Subchapter II of chapter 17 1720H. Standards for providing results of mammograms at Department facilities The Secretary shall establish standards with respect to the timeliness of providing to patients the results of mammograms performed at a facility of a Department and reporting such results. In establishing such standards, the Secretary shall take into consideration the best practices of the private sector. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 1720G the following new item: 1720H. Standards for providing results of mammograms at Department facilities. .

Summary: VA Timely Mammogram Results Act of 2013 [sic] - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs: (1) to establish standards with respect to the timeliness of reporting and providing to patients the results of mammograms performed at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility; and (2) in establishing such standards, to take into consideration the best practices of the private sector.
Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act

To make supplemental appropriations to provide additional funds to Americorps for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act 2. Statement of Appropriations The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014. Corporation for National and Community Service Operating Expenses For an additional amount for the Corporation for National and Community Service to carry out the National and Community Service Act of 1990, and notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), 501(a)(4)(E), and 501(a)(5)(F) of such Act, $7,892,775,570: Provided Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Salaries and Expenses For an additional amount for necessary expenses of administration as provided under section 501(a)(5) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts and consultants authorized under section 3109 Office of Inspector General For an additional amount for necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $8,000,000. 3. Requirement The funds appropriated in this section shall be used by the Corporation toward the goal of increasing the number of national service positions approved under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 500,000. In carrying out this section, the Corporation shall give preference to national service programs which propose to use full-time national service positions.

Summary: Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act - Makes FY2014 supplemental appropriations to the Corporation for National and Community Service (Americorps) to provide additional funds for: operating expenses, salaries and administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General. Requires Americorps to: (1) use the funds to increase the number of national service positions approved under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to 500,000, and (2) give preference to national service programs that propose to use full-time national service positions.
Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2014

To reduce the operation and maintenance costs associated with the Federal fleet by encouraging the use of remanufactured parts, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2014 2. Findings The Congress finds that in March 2013 the Government Accountability Office issued a report that confirmed the following: (1) There are approximately 588,000 vehicles in the civilian Federal fleet. (2) Federal agencies spent approximately $975 million on repair and maintenance of these vehicles in 2011. (3) Remanufactured vehicle components, such as engines, starters, alternators, steering racks, and clutches, tend to be less expensive than comparable new replacement parts. (4) The United States Postal Service and United States Department of the Interior both informed the Government Accountability Office that they rely on the use of remanufactured vehicle components to reduce costs. 3. Requirement to use remanufactured vehicle components (a) Requirement The head of each Federal agency shall encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components to maintain Federal vehicles, if using such components reduces the cost while maintaining quality, but not if using such components— (1) does not reduce the cost; (2) lowers the quality of vehicle performance, as determined by the employee of the Federal agency responsible for the repair decision; or (3) delays the return to service of a vehicle. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Federal agency The term Federal agency section 102 (2) Remanufactured vehicle component The term remanufactured vehicle component

Summary: Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2014 - Requires the head of each federal agency to encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components to mantain federal vehicles if using such components reduces the cost, while maintaining the quality, of such vehicles.
Customs Plaza Construction Act of 2014

To authorize funding for construction of U.S. Customs and Border Protection customs plazas at land ports of entry, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Customs Plaza Construction Act of 2014 2. Authorization (a) In general To promote the facilitation of a functional and secure border, the Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to construct facilities and buildings at land ports of entry. The Secretary shall collaborate with the appropriate crossing authority at such ports concerning such construction. (b) Location Facilities and buildings constructed at land ports of entry pursuant to subsection (a) shall be located within the same local jurisdiction as an existing land port of entry. (c) Prioritization Priority in the construction of facilities and buildings at land ports of entry pursuant to subsection (a) shall be given to land ports of entry that have the highest trade volume as measured by the value of shipments, including exports and imports, that pass through such ports. (d) Funding Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (e) to construct facilities and buildings at land ports of entry pursuant to subsection (a)— (1) may be obligated and expended only for such construction, including for pavement, inspection booths, offices, wiring, and communications infrastructure; and (2) may not be obligated or expended on utility construction or relocation of any such port. (e) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this Act there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2021.

Summary: Customs Plaza Construction Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to construct U.S. Customs and Border Protection customs plazas at land ports of entry, with priority given to those that have the highest trade volume by value of shipments, including exports and imports.
To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.

To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States. 1. Discretionary authority with respect to removal, deportation, or exclusion of parents of citizen children Section 240(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)(4) (D) Discretion of judge in case of citizen child In the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion who is the parent of a child who is a citizen of the United States, the immigration judge may exercise discretion to decline to order the alien removed, deported or excluded from the United States if the judge determines that such removal, deportation, or exclusion is clearly against the best interests of the child, except that this subparagraph shall not apply to any alien who the judge determines— (i) is described in section 212(a)(3) or 237(a)(4); or (ii) has engaged in conduct described in paragraph (8) or (9) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). .

Summary: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion and who is the parent of a U.S. citizen child, to authorize an immigration judge to decline to order such removal if the judge determines such action to be against the child's best interests. States that such discretion shall not apply to an alien when the judge determines that the alien: (1) is excludable or deportable on security grounds, or (2) has engaged in sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in persons.
To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2014.

To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2014. 1. Extension of enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2014 The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall continue to apply through calendar year 2014 the enforcement instruction described in the notice of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services entitled Enforcement Instruction on Supervision Requirements for Outpatient Therapeutic Services in Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals for CY 2013 September 9, 2014 Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce September 9, 2014 The Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2014.
Internet Freedom Act

To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating certain network management practices of broadband Internet access service providers. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Internet Freedom Act 2. Limitation on authority of FCC (a) In general The regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices (FCC 10–201; adopted December 21, 2010) shall have no force or effect, and the Commission may not reissue such regulations in substantially the same form, or issue new regulations that are substantially the same as such regulations, unless the reissued or new regulations are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Exception This section does not apply to any regulations that the Federal Communications Commission determines necessary— (1) to prevent damage to the national security of the United States; (2) to ensure the public safety; or (3) to assist or facilitate any actions taken by a Federal or State law enforcement agency.

Summary: Internet Freedom Act - Prohibits regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices (adopted December 21, 2010) from having any force or effect. Prohibits the FCC from reissuing such regulations in substantially the same form, or from issuing new regulations that are substantially the same, unless such regulations are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the enactment of this Act. Exempts from such prohibitions any regulations that the FCC determines are necessary to: (1) prevent damage to U.S. national security, (2) ensure public safety, or (3) assist or facilitate actions taken by a federal or state law enforcement agency.
Flood Insurance Flexibility Act of 2014

To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for flood insurance policies with higher deductibles and lower rates. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Flood Insurance Flexibility Act of 2014 2. Optional high-deductible policies for certain properties Section 1306 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4013 (d) Optional high-Deductible policies (1) Option The Administrator shall make flood insurance coverage available for properties, at the option of the insured, having premiums and deductibles in the amounts provided under paragraph (2). (2) High-deductibles; risk premium rate Flood insurance coverage made available pursuant to this subsection for a property shall— (A) have an annual loss-deductible for damage to the covered property in an amount not less than $10,000 (as such amount is adjusted for inflation to the nearest $1,000 by the Administrator, using such index as the Administrator determines is appropriate), and the Administrator may make coverage available having such higher loss-deductible amounts as the Administrator considers feasible and appropriate; and (B) subject to any other provision of this Act, have a chargeable risk premium rate that, as determined by the Administrator, accurately reflects the current risk of flood to such property and the deductible under such coverage pursuant to subparagraph (A). .

Summary: Flood Insurance Flexibility Act of 2014 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make available, at the option of the insured, flood insurance coverage for properties with premiums and deductibles which have an annual loss-deductible for damage to the covered property of at least $10,000. Authorizes FEMA to make coverage available with higher loss-deductible amounts that it considers feasible and appropriate. Requires such flood insurance coverage to have a chargeable risk premium rate that, as determined by FEMA, accurately reflects both the current risk of flood to the property and the deductible.