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To determine the feasibility of additional agreements for long-term use of existing or expanded non-Federal storage and conveyance facilities to augment Federal water supply, ecosystem, and operational flexibility benefits in certain areas, and for other purposes.

To determine the feasibility of additional agreements for long-term use of existing or expanded non-Federal storage and conveyance facilities to augment Federal water supply, ecosystem, and operational flexibility benefits in certain areas, and for other purposes. 1. Pilot program In order to determine the feasibility of agreements for long-term use of existing or expanded non-Federal storage and conveyance facilities to augment Federal water supply, ecosystem, and operational flexibility benefits, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall enter into cooperative agreements with non-Federal entities to provide replacement water supplies for drought relief for Central Valley Project contractors, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, State wildlife areas and private wetland area. Agreements under this section shall— (1) include the purchase of storage capacity in non-Federal facilities from willing sellers; and (2) provide reimbursement for the temporary use of available capacity in existing above-ground, off-stream storage, and associated conveyance facilities owned by local water agencies. 2. Report Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall complete a report on the feasibility of the agreements described in section 1 for long-term use of existing or expanded non-Federal storage and conveyance facilities to augment Federal water supply, ecosystem, and operational flexibility benefits. The report shall be made available to the Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System and Central Valley Project contractors.

Summary: Directs the Secretary of the Interior: (1) in order to determine the feasibility of agreements for long-term use of existing or expanded non-federal storage and conveyance facilities to augment federal water supply, ecosystem, and operational flexibility benefits, to enter into cooperative agreements with non-federal entities to provide replacement water supplies for drought relief for Central Valley Project contractors, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, state wildlife areas, and private wetland areas; and (2) complete a report (to be made available to the Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System and Central Valley Project contractors) on the feasibility of such agreements within two years of this Act's enactment. Requires such agreements to: (1) include the purchase of storage capacity in non-federal facilities from willing sellers; and (2) provide reimbursement for the temporary use of available capacity in existing above-ground, off-stream storage, and associated conveyance facilities owned by local water agencies.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the sunset of the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the sunset of the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program. 1. Special immigrant nonminister religious worker program Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii) before September 30, 2015,

Summary: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the special immigrant non-minister religious worker program permanent.
Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2014

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete a financial literacy housing counseling program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2014 2. Discount on mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling programs The second sentence of subparagraph (A) of section 203(c)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(c)(2)(A)) is amended by striking not exceed 2.75 percent of the amount of the original insured principal obligation of the mortgage be 25 basis points lower than the premium payment amount established by the Secretary under the first sentence of this subparagraph

Summary: Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2014 - Amends the National Housing Act to revise the single insurance premium payment for a mortgage (secured by a one- to four-family dwelling that is an obligation of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund) of a first-time homebuyer who completes a program of counseling on the responsibilities and financial management involved in homeownership that is approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Repeals the current maximum premium payment of 2.75% of the amount of the mortgage's original insured principal obligation. Sets the single mortgage insurance premium payment at 25 basis points lower than the premium payment amount otherwise established.
Permanent CFC Look-Through Act of 2014

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations. 1. Look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations made permanent (a) In general Paragraph (6) of section 954(c) (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 2013, and to taxable years of United States shareholders with or within which such taxable years of foreign corporations end. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Permanent CFC Look-Through Act of 2014 2. Look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations made permanent (a) In general Paragraph (6) of section 954(c) (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 2013, and to taxable years of United States shareholders with or within which such taxable years of foreign corporations end. May 2, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Permanent CFC Look-Through Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax rule exempting dividends, interest, rents, and royalties received or accrued from certain controlled foreign corporations by a related entity from treatment as foreign holding company income (thus permitting tax deferral of such income).
SNAPR Act

To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to repeal the requirement to establish catch limits for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting New Avenues to Protect Our Fishermen’s Resources Act SNAPR Act 2. Repeal of catch limits requirement for Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery Subsection (d) of section 407 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1884) is repealed.

Summary: Supporting New Avenues to Protect Our Fishermen's Resources Act or the SNAPR Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to repeal a provision that requires any fishery management plan, plan amendment, or regulation submitted by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to contain conservation and management measures that establish catch limits (separate quotas for recreational and commercial fishing that, when reached, result in a prohibition on the retention of caught fish for the remainder of the fishing year) for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery.
Seafarers Educational Advancement Act

To require career and technical education for maritime careers. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Seafarers Educational Advancement Act 2. Career and technical education leading to maritime careers Section 135(b) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2355(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (8), by striking and (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (10) provide career and technical education at the secondary level that leads to maritime careers, including a career in marine construction, commercial diving and marine salvaging, container sales, dredging, environmental, marine, or ship engineering, marine and science research, maritime technology, stevedoring, ship repair, trucking and towing and tug services, admiralty or maritime legal services, the cruise industry, as a member of a ship crew (such as a captain, mate, seaman, or engineer), or as a member of the Navy or Coast Guard. .

Summary: Seafarers Educational Advancement Act - Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require career and technical education program funds received by area career and technical education schools, educational service agencies, and local educational agencies to be used to provide career and technical education at the secondary level that leads to maritime careers.
Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2014

To amend title 31, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to regulate tax return preparers. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2014 2. Regulation of tax return preparers who are not representatives practicing before the Department of the Treasury (a) In general Subchapter II of chapter 3 330A. Tax return preparers who are not representatives practicing before the Department of the Treasury (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, regulate any tax return preparers who are not regulated by the Secretary under section 330. (b) (1) The Secretary may impose a penalty of $1,000 for each Federal tax return, document, or other submission prepared by a tax return preparer during a period in which the tax return preparer— (A) is not in compliance with the regulations promulgated under this section, or (B) is suspended or disbarred from acting as a tax return preparer under such regulations. Any penalty imposed under the preceding sentence shall be in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed. (2) No penalty may be imposed under paragraph (1) with respect to any failure if it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause. (c) For purposes of this section: (1) The term tax return preparer section 7701(a)(36) (2) The terms Secretary of the Treasury Secretary . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 3 330A. Tax return preparers who are not representatives practicing before the Department of the Treasury. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to returns prepared for taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to regulate tax return preparers who are not otherwise subject to regulation. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a $1,000 penalty for each federal tax return or other document prepared by a tax return preparer during a period in which such preparer: (1) is not in compliance with applicable Treasury regulations, or (2) is suspended or disbarred from acting as a tax return preparer under such regulations.
Growth Zones Opportunity Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the tax incentives for empowerment zones and renewal communities. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Growth Zones Opportunity Act 2. Extension of empowerment zone tax incentives (a) In general Clause (i) of section 1391(d)(1)(A) December 31, 2013 December 31, 2020 (b) Increased exclusion of gain on stock of empowerment zone businesses Subparagraph (C) of section 1202(a)(2) of such Code is amended— (1) by striking December 31, 2018 December 31, 2025 (2) by striking 2018 2025 (c) Treatment of certain termination dates specified in nominations In the case of a designation of an empowerment zone the nomination for which included a termination date which is contemporaneous with the date specified in subparagraph (A)(i) of section 1391(d)(1) (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to periods after December 31, 2013. 3. Extension of renewal community tax incentives (a) Additional period Section 1400E(b) (3) Additional period In the case of any designation of an area as a renewal community which terminated under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) on December 31, 2009— (A) such designation shall be in effect for an additional period beginning on January 1, 2014 and ending on December 31, 2020, (B) sections 1400F shall be applied with respect to such area for such additional period— (i) by substituting December 31, 2013 December 31, 2001 (ii) by substituting January 1, 2014 January 1, 2002 (iii) by substituting January 1, 2021 January 1, 2010 (iv) by substituting December 31, 2025 December 31, 2014 (C) section 1400J shall be applied with respect to such area for such additional period— (i) by substituting December 31, 2013 December 31, 2001 (ii) by substituting January 1, 2021 January 1, 2010 . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to periods after December 31, 2013.

Summary: Growth Zones Opportunity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend: (1) through 2020, tax incentives for areas designated as empowerment zones; (2) through 2025, the increased exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale or exchange of the small business stock of empowerment zone businesses; and (3) through 2020, tax incentives for areas designated as a renewal community.
Altamont Corridor Rail Improvement Act of 2014

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for engineering, final design, and construction of the Altamont Corridor Rail Project, California, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Altamont Corridor Rail Improvement Act of 2014 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Altamont Rail Corridor serves a Northern California megaregion with a projected population of 18,000,000 by 2025. (2) The Altamont Rail Corridor is the primary gateway between the Central Valley of California and the San Francisco Bay Area and parallels two of the most congested highway corridors in the region. (3) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission completed a final report of the Bay Area Regional Rail Plan in 2007 that called for a dedicated regional rail line that would provide both intercity and commuter passenger rail service to improve connectivity and accessibility between the Northern San Joaquin Valley population centers and the Bay Area. (4) The California High Speed Rail Authority has identified the Altamont Rail Corridor as a critical element to regional transportation needs and entered into partnership with the major governing and operating entities in the corridor to improve the regional ACE service in the near term and develop capability for joint use to accommodate intercity and commuter service as well as interface with the high-speed rail system in the future. (5) The Bay Area Regional Rail Plan projects that the ACE train that currently provides passenger rail service in the Altamont Rail Corridor will average 49,000 daily boardings by 2050. (6) The current situation of sharing Altamont Rail Corridor passenger service with the growing freight operations in the existing alignment will severely limit opportunity for service improvement or expansion as critically needed. (7) The expansion and improvement of passenger rail service in the Altamont Rail Corridor will have significant environmental and economic development benefits for the region. 3. Project authorization for new fixed guide way capital project (a) Allocation of funds The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to allocate, out of funds made available under section 5309(m) (b) Use of environmental documents Any alternatives analysis or environmental impact report relating to the Altamont Corridor Rail Project that is prepared to comply with the requirements for capital assistance from the Federal Railroad Administration (including documents prepared before the date of enactment of this Act) may be used to satisfy the requirements for grant assistance under section 5309

Summary: Altamont Corridor Rail Improvement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to make allocations for capital investment grants for FY2015-FY2024 for any remaining preliminary engineering and final design and construction of the Altamont Corridor Rail Project (California). Allows for the use of any alternative analysis or environmental impact report relating the Project to satisfy Federal Railroad Administration capital assistance requirements for new fixed guideway capital projects.
Section 8 Relief Act of 2014

To require that any new contract to provide project-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 have a term of 40 years, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Section 8 Relief Act of 2014 2. 40-year terms for section 8 project-based contracts Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any housing assistance payments contract to provide rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f

Summary: Section 8 Relief Act of 2014 - Requires any new housing assistance payments contract providing rental assistance to low-income families under the United States Housing Act of 1937 that is attached to a structure to have a 40-year term.
Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act

To require that the prevailing wage utilized for purposes of subchapter IV of chapter 31 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act 2. Bureau of Labor Statistics determination of prevailing wage Section 3142(b) (1) by inserting (acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor) Secretary of Labor (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: , using surveys carried out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that use proper random statistical sampling techniques

Summary: Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act - Requires that the locally prevailing wage paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works (Davis-Bacon Act) be determined by the Secretary of Labor (as under current law), but acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), using surveys carried out by BLS that use proper random statistical sampling techniques.
To prohibit any appropriation of funds for the Science and Technology account of the Environmental Protection Agency.

To prohibit any appropriation of funds for the Science and Technology account of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1. Funding prohibition No funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Science and Technology account of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Summary: Prohibits any funds from being authorized to be appropriated for the Science and Technology account of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
STEM Mentoring and Inspiration Act of 2014

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the eligibility of certain additional programs for the National Science Foundation competitive grant program for K–12 math, science, engineering, and technology education, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the STEM Mentoring and Inspiration Act of 2014 2. Programs eligible for National Science Foundation competitive grant program for K–12 math, science, engineering, and technology education Section 286(s)(4)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(4)(B) (1) by inserting after provide college preparatory support (including after-school support) (2) by inserting after careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology; support math, science, engineering, and technology engagement programs that incorporate self-directed student learning, inquiry-based learning, cooperative learning in small groups, collaboration with mentors in the field of study, and participation in related competitions;

Summary: STEM Mentoring and Inspiration Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to add science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) engagement programs that incorporate self-directed student learning, inquiry-based learning, cooperative learning in small groups, collaboration with mentors in the field of study, and participation in related competitions to the National Science Foundation (NSF) competitive grant program for K-12 math, science, engineering, and technology education.
The Stop Punishing Innocent Taxpayers Act

To amend title 31, United States Code, to restore the 10-year statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt by administrative offset. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as The Stop Punishing Innocent Taxpayers Act 2. Restoration of statute of limitations (a) In general Section 3716(e) (e) This section does not apply— (1) to a claim under this subchapter that has been outstanding for more than 10 years; or (2) when a statute explicitly prohibits using administrative offset or setoff to collect the claim or type of claim involved. . (b) Retroactivity In the administration of section 3716(e) (1) Section 14219 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–234 7 U.S.C. 8701 (2) Section 14219 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–246

Summary: Stop Punishing Innocent Taxpayers Act - Prohibits any administrative offset of a claim asserted by the federal government that has been outstanding for more than 10 years.
TRICARE Moms Improvement Act of 2014

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the availability of breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling under the TRICARE program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the TRICARE Moms Improvement Act of 2014 2. Availability of breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling under the tricare program Section 1079(a) (18) Breastfeeding support, supplies (including breast pumps and associated equipment), and counseling shall be provided as appropriate during pregnancy and the postpartum period. .

Summary: TRICARE Moms Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires the contracts entered into by the Secretary of Defense (DOD) for medical care for military dependents (e.g., TRICARE) to provide for breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling as appropriate during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Faith and Fairness Act of 2014

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the definition of minister for purposes of excluding the rental value of a parsonage from gross income to include duly recognized officials of nontheistic spiritual, moral, or ethical organizations. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Faith and Fairness Act of 2014 2. Exclusion of rental value of parsonages (a) In general Section 107 For purposes of this section, the term minister of the gospel . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Faith and Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define "minister of the gospel" for purposes of the tax exclusion of the rental value of a home or rental allowance provided to such minister to include any duly recognized official of a religious, spiritual, moral, or ethical organization (whether theistic or not).