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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Volunteer 
Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SERVICES VOLUNTEERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4980H(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating para-
graphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), 
respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY 
SERVICES VOLUNTEERS.—Any qualified service ren-
dered as a bona fide volunteer to an eligible em-
ployer shall not be taken into account under this 
section as a service provided by an employee. For 
purposes of the preceding sentence, the terms ‘quali-
fied service’, ‘bona fide volunteer’, and ‘eligible em-
ployer’ shall have the respective meanings given such 
terms under section 457(e).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to months beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2013. 
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II 
Calendar No. 333 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3979 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 12, 2014 
Received 
MARCH 13, 2014 
Read the first time 
MARCH 24, 2014 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure 
that emergency services volunteers are not taken into 
account as employees under the shared responsibility re-
quirements contained in the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Volunteer 
Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SERVICES, GOVERNMENT, AND CER-
TAIN NONPROFIT VOLUNTEERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4980H(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating para-
graphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), 
respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY 
SERVICES, GOVERNMENT, AND NONPROFIT VOLUN-
TEERS.— 
‘‘(A) 
EMERGENCY
SERVICES
VOLUN-
TEERS.—Qualified services rendered as a bona 
fide volunteer to an eligible employer shall not 
be taken into account under this section as 
service provided by an employee. For purposes 
of the preceding sentence, the terms ‘qualified 
services’, ‘bona fide volunteer’, and ‘eligible em-
ployer’ shall have the respective meanings given 
such terms under section 457(e). 
‘‘(B) CERTAIN OTHER GOVERNMENT AND 
NONPROFIT VOLUNTEERS.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Services rendered 
as a bona fide volunteer to a specified em-
ployer shall not be taken into account 
under this section as service provided by 
an employee. 
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‘‘(ii) BONA
FIDE
VOLUNTEER.—For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
‘bona fide volunteer’ means an employee of 
a specified employer whose only compensa-
tion from such employer is in the form 
of— 
‘‘(I) reimbursement for (or rea-
sonable allowance for) reasonable ex-
penses incurred in the performance of 
services by volunteers, or 
‘‘(II) reasonable benefits (includ-
ing length of service awards), and 
nominal fees, customarily paid by 
similar entities in connection with the 
performance of services by volunteers. 
‘‘(iii) 
SPECIFIED
EMPLOYER.—For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
‘specified employer’ means— 
‘‘(I) any government entity, and 
‘‘(II) any organization described 
in section 501(c) and exempt from tax 
under section 501(a). 
‘‘(iv) COORDINATION WITH SUBPARA-
GRAPH (A).—This subparagraph shall not 
fail to apply with respect to services merely 
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because such services are qualified services 
(as defined in section 457(e)(11)(C)).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to months beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2013. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 11, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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HR 2405 RFS
Sec. 610. Standards conformity.
Sec. 611. Further authorizations.
Sec. 612. Available funding.
TITLE VII—UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 703. Fire safety systems in Army housing.
Sec. 704. Successor fire safety standards.
Sec. 705. Termination or privatization of functions.
Sec. 706. Report on budgetary reduction.
TITLE VIII—BUY AMERICAN
Sec. 801. Buy American.
TITLE I—NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Science
Foundation Authorization Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title—
(1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
the Foundation;
(2) the term ‘‘Foundation’’ means the National
Science Foundation;
(3) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
has the meaning given such term in section 1201(a)
of the Higher Education Act of 1965;
(4) the term ‘‘national research facility’’ means
a research facility funded by the Foundation which
is available, subject to appropriate policies allocating
access, for use by all scientists and engineers affili-
Calendar No. 333 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3979 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
ensure that emergency services volunteers are not 
taken into account as employees under the 
shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
MARCH 24, 2014 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 397 
To prohibit the disbursement of funds for salaries and expenses of the 
offices of Members and committees of Congress and to hold the salaries 
of Members of Congress in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concur-
rent resolution on the budget on or before May 15 of each year, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2013 
Mr. LATHAM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the disbursement of funds for salaries and ex-
penses of the offices of Members and committees of 
Congress and to hold the salaries of Members of Con-
gress in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent 
resolution on the budget on or before May 15 of each 
year, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Do Your Job Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FOR SALA-
RIES AND EXPENSES OF MEMBER AND COM-
MITTEE OFFICES IF CONGRESS FAILS TO 
ADOPT BUDGET RESOLUTION. 
(a) SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF OFFICES.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—If on or before May 15 of 
any year Congress does not adopt a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for the fiscal year that begins 
on October 1 of that year, no funds may be dis-
bursed for the salaries and expenses (including trav-
el expenses) of any of the offices described in sub-
section (b) until Congress adopts a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for that fiscal year. 
(2) TREATMENT OF MEMBER SALARIES.—Para-
graph (1) does not apply to funds disbursed for the 
salary of any Member of Congress, which shall be 
subject to escrow in accordance with section 3. 
(b) OFFICES DESCRIBED.—The offices described in 
this subsection are as follows: 
(1) The office of any Member of Congress. 
(2) The office of any standing, select, or joint 
committee of Congress. 
(3) An office of the House of Representatives 
for which the appropriation for salaries and expenses 
of the office for the year involved is provided under 
the heading ‘‘House Leadership Offices’’ in the act 
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making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year involved (in addition to any office 
of a Member of Congress referred to in paragraph 
(1)). 
(4) The offices of the President pro Tempore, 
Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minor-
ity Whips, Conferences of the Majority and of the 
Minority, and Majority and Minority Policy Commit-
tees of the Senate (in addition to any office of a 
Member of Congress referred to in paragraph (1)). 
SEC. 3. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 
ESCROW IF CONGRESS FAILS TO ADOPT 
BUDGET RESOLUTION. 
(a) ESCROW.—If on or before May 15 of any year 
Congress does not adopt a concurrent resolution on the 
budget for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 of that 
year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit all pay-
ments otherwise required to be made for the compensation 
of Members of Congress in an escrow account, and shall 
release such payments to the Members only upon the 
adoption by Congress of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget for that fiscal year. 
(b) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF AMOUNTS 
FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall provide for the same withholding and 
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remittance with respect to a payment deposited in an es-
crow account under subsection (a) that would apply to the 
payment if the payment were not subject to subsection (a). 
(c) COORDINATION WITH HOUSE AND SENATE.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall enter into such agree-
ments with the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate as may 
be necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 4. MEMBER OF CONGRESS DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means 
an individual serving in a position under subparagraph 
(A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reor-
ganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31). 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2014 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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purposes of coordinating all reviews, analyses, opinions, 
statements, permits, licenses, or other approvals or deci-
sions required under Federal law to construct qualifying 
projects. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CO-
OPERATING AGENCIES.—The Commissioner of the Bureau 
shall— 
(1) identify, as early as practicable upon receipt 
of an application for a qualifying project, any Fed-
eral agency that may have jurisdiction over a review, 
analysis, opinion, statement, permit, license, ap-
proval, or decision required for a qualifying project 
under applicable Federal laws and regulations; and 
(2) notify any such agency, within a reasonable 
timeframe, that the agency has been designated as 
a cooperating agency in regards to the qualifying 
project unless that agency responds to the Bureau in 
writing, within a timeframe set forth by the Bureau, 
notifying the Bureau that the agency— 
(A) has no jurisdiction or authority with 
respect to the qualifying project; 
(B) has no expertise or information rel-
evant to the qualifying project or any review, 
analysis, opinion, statement, permit, license, or 
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other approval or decision associated therewith; 
or 
(C) does not intend to submit comments 
on the qualifying project or conduct any review 
of such a project or make any decision with re-
spect to such project in a manner other than in 
cooperation with the Bureau. 
(c) STATE AUTHORITY.—A State in which a quali-
fying project is being considered may choose, consistent 
with State law— 
(1) to participate as a cooperating agency; and 
(2) to make subject to the processes of this Act 
all State agencies that— 
(A) have jurisdiction over the qualifying 
project; 
(B) are required to conduct or issue a re-
view, analysis, or opinion for the qualifying 
project; or 
(C) are required to make a determination 
on issuing a permit, license, or approval for the 
water resource project. 
SEC. 4. BUREAU RESPONSIBILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The principal responsibilities of 
the Bureau under this Act are to— 
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(1) serve as the point of contact for applicants, 
State agencies, Indian tribes, and others regarding 
proposed projects; 
(2) coordinate preparation of unified environ-
mental documentation that will serve as the basis for 
all Federal decisions necessary to authorize the use 
of Federal lands for qualifying projects; and 
(3) coordinate all Federal agency reviews nec-
essary for project development and construction of 
qualifying projects. 
(b) COORDINATION PROCESS.—The Bureau shall 
have the following coordination responsibilities: 
(1) PRE-APPLICATION COORDINATION.—Notify 
cooperating agencies of proposed qualifying projects 
not later than 30 days after receipt of a proposal 
and facilitate a preapplication meeting for prospec-
tive applicants, relevant Federal and State agencies, 
and Indian tribes to— 
(A) explain applicable processes, data re-
quirements, and applicant submissions nec-
essary to complete the required Federal agency 
reviews within the time frame established; and 
(B) establish the schedule for the quali-
fying project. 
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(2) CONSULTATION WITH COOPERATING AGEN-
CIES.—Consult 
with 
the 
cooperating 
agencies 
throughout the Federal agency review process, iden-
tify and obtain relevant data in a timely manner, 
and set necessary deadlines for cooperating agencies. 
(3) SCHEDULE.—Work with the qualifying 
project applicant and cooperating agencies to estab-
lish a project schedule. In establishing the schedule, 
the Bureau shall consider, among other factors— 
(A) the responsibilities of cooperating 
agencies under applicable laws and regulations; 
(B) the resources available to the cooper-
ating agencies and the non-Federal qualifying 
project sponsor, as applicable; 
(C) the overall size and complexity of the 
qualifying project; 
(D) the overall schedule for and cost of the 
qualifying project; and 
(E) the sensitivity of the natural and his-
toric resources that may be affected by the 
qualifying project. 
(4) ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.—Prepare a 
unified environmental review document for each 
qualifying project application, incorporating a single 
environmental record on which all cooperating agen-
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cies with authority to issue approvals for a given 
qualifying project shall base project approval deci-
sions. Help ensure that cooperating agencies make 
necessary decisions, within their respective authori-
ties, regarding Federal approvals in accordance with 
the following timelines: 
(A) Not later than one year after accept-
ance of a completed project application when an 
environmental assessment and finding of no sig-
nificant impact is determined to be the appro-
priate level of review under the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.). 
(B) Not later than one year and 30 days 
after the close of the public comment period for 
a draft environmental impact statement under 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), when an environ-
mental impact statement is required under the 
same. 
(5) 
CONSOLIDATED
ADMINISTRATIVE 
RECORD.—Maintain a consolidated administrative 
record of the information assembled and used by the 
cooperating agencies as the basis for agency deci-
sions. 
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(6) PROJECT DATA RECORDS.—To the extent 
practicable and consistent with Federal law, ensure 
that all project data is submitted and maintained in 
generally accessible electronic format, compile, and 
where authorized under existing law, make available 
such project data to cooperating agencies, the quali-
fying project applicant, and to the public. 
(7) PROJECT
MANAGER.—Appoint a project 
manager for each qualifying project. The project 
manager shall have authority to oversee the project 
and to facilitate the issuance of the relevant final 
authorizing documents, and shall be responsible for 
ensuring fulfillment of all Bureau responsibilities set 
forth in this section and all cooperating agency re-
sponsibilities under section 5. 
SEC. 5. COOPERATING AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES. 
(a) ADHERENCE TO BUREAU SCHEDULE.—Upon no-
tification of an application for a qualifying project, all co-
operating agencies shall submit to the Bureau a timeframe 
under which the cooperating agency reasonably considers 
it will be able to complete its authorizing responsibilities. 
The Bureau shall use the timeframe submitted under this 
subsection to establish the project schedule under section 
4, and the cooperating agencies shall adhere to the project 
schedule established by the Bureau. 
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(b) ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD.—Cooperating agen-
cies shall submit to the Bureau all environmental review 
material produced or compiled in the course of carrying 
out activities required under Federal law consistent with 
the project schedule established by the Bureau. 
(c) DATA SUBMISSION.—To the extent practicable 
and consistent with Federal law, the cooperating agencies 
shall submit all relevant project data to the Bureau in a 
generally accessible electronic format subject to the project 
schedule set forth by the Bureau. 
SEC. 6. FUNDING TO PROCESS PERMITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, after public notice 
in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act (5 
U.S.C. 553), may accept and expend funds contributed by 
a non-Federal public entity to expedite the evaluation of 
a permit of that entity related to a qualifying project or 
activity for a public purpose under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of the Interior. 
(b) EFFECT ON PERMITTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall ensure that the use of funds ac-
cepted under subsection (a) will not impact impartial 
decisionmaking with respect to permits, either sub-
stantively or procedurally. 
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(2) EVALUATION OF PERMITS.—In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the eval-
uation of permits carried out using funds accepted 
under this section shall— 
(A) be reviewed by the Regional Director 
of the Bureau of Reclamation, or the Regional 
Director’s designee, of the region in which the 
qualifying project or activity is located; and 
(B) use the same procedures for decisions 
that would otherwise be required for the evalua-
tion of permits for similar projects or activities 
not carried out using funds authorized under 
this section. 
(3) IMPARTIAL DECISIONMAKING.—In carrying 
out this section, the Secretary and the cooperating 
agencies receiving funds under this section for quali-
fying projects shall ensure that the use of the funds 
accepted under this section for such projects shall 
not— 
(A) impact impartial decisionmaking with 
respect to the issuance of permits, either sub-
stantively or procedurally; or 
(B) diminish, modify, or otherwise affect 
the statutory or regulatory authorities of such 
agencies. 
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(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds accepted under this section shall be used to carry 
out a review of the evaluation of permits required under 
subsection (b)(2)(A). 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that all final permit decisions carried out using funds 
authorized under this section are made available to the 
public, including on the Internet. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3981 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment 
contracts between the United States and water users, to provide surface 
water storage enhancement, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2014 
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepay-
ment of repayment contracts between the United States 
and water users, to provide surface water storage en-
hancement, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accelerated Revenue, 
Repayment, and Surface Water Storage Enhancement 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PREPAYMENT OF CERTAIN REPAYMENT CON-
TRACTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 
CONTRACTORS OF FEDERALLY DEVELOPED 
WATER SUPPLIES. 
(a) CONVERSION
AND
PREPAYMENT
OF
CON-
TRACTS.— 
(1) CONVERSION.—Upon request of the con-
tractor, the Secretary of the Interior shall convert 
any water service contract in effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act and between the United 
States and a water users’ association to allow for 
prepayment of the repayment contract pursuant to 
paragraph (2) under mutually agreeable terms and 
conditions. The manner of conversion under this 
paragraph shall be as follows: 
(A) Water service contracts that were en-
tered into under section 9(e) of the Act of Au-
gust 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1196), to be converted 
under this section shall be converted to repay-
ment contracts under section 9(d) of that Act 
(53 Stat. 1195). 
(B) Water service contracts that were en-
tered under subsection (c)(2) of section 9 of the 
Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1194), to be 
converted under this section shall be converted 
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