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Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2014

To provide for the treatment and extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation programs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2014 2. Extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation payments in States with programs in law (a) In general Section 2162(b) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 3 years 4 years (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in the heading, by striking Three-year Four-year (B) by striking 156 weeks 208 weeks (b) Technical correction Section 3306(v)(6) 26 U.S.C. 3306 or the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 1998 3. Extension of deadline for submitting an application for grants for short-time compensation programs Section 2164(c)(1) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking December 31, 2014 December 31, 2015

Summary: Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 with respect to state short-time compensation programs that allow employers to reduce the workweek of their employees in lieu of layoffs. Extends federal financing of the programs for an additional year. Extends through December 31, 2015, the deadline for a state to submit to the Secretary of Labor its application for a short-time compensation program grant.
Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act 2. Expanding eligibility for refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan (a) In general Subparagraph (A) of section 36B(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 400 percent 600 percent (b) Conforming amendments (1) The table contained in clause (i) of section 36B(b)(3)(A) of such Code is amended in the first column of the last row by striking 400% 600% (2) Clause (i) of section 36B(f)(2)(B) of such Code is amended— (A) by striking 400 percent 600 percent (B) in the first column of the last row of the table contained in such clause, by striking 400% 600% (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 2014. 3. Increase in excise tax rate for small cigars and cigarettes (a) In general (1) Small cigars Section 5701(a)(1) $50.33 $52.83 (2) Small cigarettes Section 5701(b)(1) of such Code is amended by striking $50.33 $52.83 (b) Effective Date The amendments made by this section shall apply to articles removed (as defined in section 5702(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) after December 31, 2014.

Summary: Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand eligibility for the health care premium assistance refundable tax credit by defining an "applicable taxpayer" as a taxpayer whose household income does not exceed 600% of the federal poverty line (currently, 400%), and (2) increase the excise tax rate for small cigars and small cigarettes.
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 715 Shawan Falls Drive in Dublin, Ohio, as the "Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 715 Shawan Falls Drive in Dublin, Ohio, as the Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office 1. Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 715 Shawan Falls Drive in Dublin, Ohio, shall be known and designated as the Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 715 Shawan Falls Drive in Dublin, Ohio, as the "Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office."
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the "London Fallen Veterans Memorial Post Office".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the London Fallen Veterans Memorial Post Office 1. London Fallen Veterans Memorial Post Office (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, shall be known and designated as the London Fallen Veterans Memorial Post Office (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the London Fallen Veterans Memorial Post Office

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the "London Fallen Veterans Memorial Post Office."
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4000 Leap Road in Hilliard, Ohio, as the "Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon, Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4000 Leap Road in Hilliard, Ohio, as the Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon, Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building 1. Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon, Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4000 Leap Road in Hilliard, Ohio, shall be known and designated as the Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon, Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon, Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4000 Leap Road in Hilliard, Ohio, as the "Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon, Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building."
Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act

To expand the program of priority review to encourage treatments for tropical diseases. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act 2. Priority review to encourage treatments for tropical diseases Section 524 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360n (1) in subsection (a)(3)— (A) by redesignating subparagraph (Q) as subparagraph (R); (B) by inserting after subparagraph (P) the following: (Q) Filoviruses. ; and (C) in subparagraph (R), as so redesignated, by striking regulation by order of (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2), by adding There is no limit on the number of times a priority review voucher may be transferred before such voucher is used. (B) in paragraph (4), by striking 365 days 90 days November 19, 2014 Reported without amendment

Summary: Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add filoviruses, a family of viruses that includes the Ebola virus, to the list of tropical diseases under the priority review voucher program, which awards vouchers to sponsors of human drug applications that are approved to prevent or treat tropical diseases. (A voucher entitles the holder to have a future human drug application acted upon by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within six months.) Changes the process by which infectious diseases that do not significantly impact developed nations and disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations can be designated as tropical diseases from rulemaking to order of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Allows priority review vouchers to be transferred between sponsors of human drug applications any number of times. Reduces from 365 days to 90 days the advance notice required before submitting a human drug application subject to a priority review voucher.
Democracy Day Act of 2014

To designate Federal election day as a public holiday. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Democracy Day Act of 2014 2. Federal election day as a public holiday (a) In general Section 6103(a) Federal Election Day, the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 241(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 20981(b) (1) by striking paragraph (10); and (2) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (19) as paragraphs (10) through (18), respectively.

Summary: Democracy Day Act of 2014 - Designates Federal Election Day, the next Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year, as a legal public holiday.
Copyright and Marriage Equality Act

To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to the definition of widow widower 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Copyright and Marriage Equality Act 2. Definition of widow and widower in title 17 (a) In general Section 101 widow widower An individual is the widow widower . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the death of any author that occurs on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Copyright and Marriage Equality Act - Amends federal copyright law to revise the definition of "widow" or "widower" for purposes of provisions concerning the transfer of a copyright to an author's spouse or other next of kin following the author's death. Declares that an individual is the widow or widower of an author if the courts of the state in which the individual and the author were married (or, if the individual and the author were not married in any state but were validly married in another jurisdiction, the courts of any state) would find that the individual and the author were validly married at the time of the author's death. (Currently, only the author's surviving spouse under the law of the author's domicile at the time of death is considered a widow.)
A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.

To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials. 1. Fire-retardant materials exemption Section 3503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2008, this section 2028, this subsection (2) in subsection (b)(1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking this section subsection (a) (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting and crew prospective passengers (C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting or crew member passenger (D) in subparagraph (C), by striking and (E) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following: (D) the owner or managing operator of the vessel shall— (i) make annual structural alterations to not less than 10 percent of the areas of the vessel that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials; (ii) provide advance notice to the Coast Guard regarding the alterations made pursuant to clause (i); and (iii) comply with any noncombustible material requirements prescribed by the Coast Guard; and (E) the requirements referred to in subparagraph (D)(iii) shall, to the extent practicable, be consistent with the preservation of the historic integrity of the vessel in areas carrying or accessible to passengers or generally visible to the public. .

Summary: Amends federal shipping law to extend through October 31, 2028, the exemption of certain vessels from the requirement that U.S. passenger vessels having berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 50 passengers be constructed of fire-retardant materials in order to be granted a certificate of inspection. Continues to apply this exemption only to vessels in operation before January 1, 1968, which operate only within the Boundary Line (the dividing point between inland waters and high seas). Requires the owner or managing operator of an exempt vessel to: notify crew members that the vessel does not comply with applicable fire safety standards due primarily to the wooden construction of passenger berthing areas, and make annual structural alterations to at least 10% of vessel areas that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials. Requires any noncombustible material requirements prescribed by the Coast Guard (with which an exempt vessel is still required to comply) to be consistent with the preservation of a vessel's historic integrity in areas carrying or accessible to passengers or generally visible to the public.
A bill to revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in the State of Rhode Island.

To revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI–04P, Easton Beach Unit RI–05P, Almy Pond Unit RI–06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI–07 in the State of Rhode Island. 1. Replacement of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System map (a) Definition of Map In this section, the term Map (1) is subtitled Sachuest Point Unit RI–04P, Easton Beach Unit RI–05P, Almy Pond Unit RI–06, Hazards Beach Unit RI–07 (2) is included in the set of maps entitled John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System 16 U.S.C. 3503(a) Coastal Barrier Resources System (3) relates to certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in the State of Rhode Island. (b) Replacement The Map is replaced by the map entitled John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI–04P, Easton Beach Unit RI–05P, Almy Pond Unit RI–06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI–07 (c) Availability The Secretary of the Interior shall keep the replacement map referred to in subsection (b) on file and available for inspection in accordance with section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3503(b)

Summary: Revises the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Rhode Island.
Inspectors General Streamlining Act

To strengthen Inspector General audits and investigations by streamlining computer matching agreements. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inspectors General Streamlining Act 2. Computer matching agreements Section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) (1) In this subsection, the terms agency matching program record section 552a(a) (2) In addition to the authority otherwise provided by this Act, each Inspector General, in conducting an audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or other review authorized under this Act, may compare any records with other records or non-Federal records. (3) For purposes of section 552a matching program .

Summary: Inspectors General Streamlining Act - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to authorize each federal agency inspector general, in conducting an audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or other review authorized by such Act, to compare any records with other records or non-federal records. Provides that such comparison of records shall not be considered a matching program for purposes of the Privacy Act of 1974 or any other provision of law.
A bill to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing certain decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers, and for other purposes.

To prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing certain decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers, and for other purposes. 1. Prohibition against certain FERC decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers (a) Cost-Benefit analysis Prior to issuing a decision described in subsection (b), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall publish a cost-benefit analysis of such decision, including the likely financial impact of such decision on ratepayers. (b) Decisions This section applies to any decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that will— (1) authorize the creation of a new capacity zone; or (2) affect the supply and demand curves or models used to determine prices at points in a capacity zone. (c) Prohibition If the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission determines, through a cost-benefit analysis published under subsection (a), that a decision described in subsection (b) will raise costs for ratepayers, then the Commission may not issue such decision. (d) Effective date This section takes effect on January 1, 2014.

Summary: Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to publish a cost-benefit analysis before issuing any decision that would either: (1) authorize creation of a new capacity zone, or (2) affect the supply and demand curves or models used to determine prices at points in a capacity zone. Prohibits FERC from issuing any such decision if it determines that such analysis shows that costs will be raised for ratepayers. Backdates the effective date of this Act to January 1, 2014.
A bill to prohibit the unauthorized use of electronic tracking devices.

To prohibit the unauthorized use of electronic tracking devices. 1. Prohibition on unauthorized use of electronic tracking devices (a) In general Part 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 119 the following: 120 Electronic tracking 2601. Prohibition on unauthorized electronic tracking (a) Definition In this section, the term electronic tracking device (b) Prohibition Except as provided in subsection (c), it shall be unlawful to knowingly use an electronic tracking device— (1) to determine the location or movement of an individual; and (2) with the intent to place the individual under surveillance without the consent of the individual. (c) Exceptions The prohibition under subsection (b) shall not apply to the use of an electronic tracking device— (1) on a motor vehicle or other vehicle if the registered owner, lessor, or lessee of the vehicle has consented to the use of the electronic tracking device on the vehicle; (2) by a law enforcement agency if the use is not otherwise prohibited by law; (3) by an individual to track a dependent of the individual; or (4) to reasonably protect the health or safety of the individual being tracked. (d) Penalty Any person who violates subsection (b) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. . (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table of chapters for part 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 119 the following: 120. Electronic tracking 2601 .

Summary: Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly using an electronic tracking device to determine the location or movement of an individual with the intent to place the individual under surveillance without such individual's consent, except: (1) by a law enforcement agency if the use is not otherwise prohibited by law, (2) by an individual to track a dependent of the individual, or (3) to reasonably protect the health or safety of the individual being tracked. Defines "electronic tracking device" to mean a device attached to a vehicle that reveals the location or movement of the device through the transmission of electronic signals.
A bill to prohibit trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense.

To prohibit trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense. 1. Trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit crime (a) In general Chapter 65 1370. Trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit crime (a) Definition In this section, the term critical infrastructure (1) means physical systems and assets so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters; and (2) includes a landmark, structure, or other object— (A) declared to be a national monument under section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (commonly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906 16 U.S.C. 431 (B) established as a national monument by an Act of Congress. (b) Prohibition It shall be unlawful to knowingly go upon on any critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce, with intent to commit a criminal offense. (c) Penalty Any person who violates subsection (b) shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. . (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for chapter 65 1370. Trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit crime. .

Summary: Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly going upon any critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense. Defines "critical infrastructure" as a vital physical system or asset, including a national monument, the incapacity or destruction of which would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, or national public health or safety.
A bill to provide that in the case of leases to local education agencies and elementary and secondary schools, consideration may be at or below fair market value or for no consideration.

To provide that in the case of leases to local education agencies and elementary and secondary schools, consideration may be at or below fair market value or for no consideration. 1. Leasing of non-excess property of military departments and Defense Agencies; treatment of value provided by local education agencies and elementary and secondary schools Section 2667 (k) Leases for education In the case of a lease under this section to a local education agency or an elementary or secondary school (as those terms are defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 .

Summary: Authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to lease non-excess military property to local educational agencies or elementary or secondary schools at or below fair market value or for no consideration.