Summary:
Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act of 2013 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the National Office for Cyberspace to serve as the principal office for coordinating issues relating to cyberspace. Establishes within such Office the Federal Cybersecurity Practice Board to be responsible for developing and updating information security policies and procedures.

Requires the Director of the National Office for Cyberspace to: (1) oversee information security policies and practices, (2) establish a national program to instruct students in cybersecurity education and computer literacy, (3) review federal agency budgets relating to the protection of information infrastructures, and (4) ensure the operation of a central federal information security incident center.

Requires each federal agency to perform an annual independent audit of its information security programs and practices and submit the results of such audit to the Director.

Requires the Secretary of Commerce, on the basis of proposed standards developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to promulgate information security standards pertaining to federal information systems.

Prohibits any agency from entering into a contract, an order under a contract, or an interagency agreement for information technology without including requirements for effective information security that supports the operations and assets of that agency.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to require each agency to conduct an initial vulnerability assessment for any major information system.

Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Office of the Federal Chief Technology Officer. Includes among the duties of such Officer: (1) advising the President and agency officials on information technology infrastructures, strategy, and use; (2) leading an interagency effort to ensure the use of best-in-class technologies; (3) promoting technological innovation in the federal government; (4) establishing public-private sector partnership initiatives; and (5) gathering information on significant developments and trends in information technology.

Grants the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) primary authority for the protection of the critical information infrastructure, as defined by this Act.

executive cyberspace coordination act establishes executive_office president serve principal office coordinating issues relating cyberspace establishes responsible developing updating information security policies procedures requires director oversee information security policies practices establish national program instruct students cybersecurity education computer literacy review federal agency budgets relating protection information infrastructures ensure operation central federal information security incident center requires federal agency perform annual independent audit information security programs practices submit results audit director requires secretary commerce basis proposed standards developed national_institute_of_standards_and_technology nist promulgate information security standards pertaining federal information systems prohibits agency entering contract order contract interagency agreement information technology including requirements effective information security supports operations assets agency requires director office_of_management_and_budget omb require agency conduct initial vulnerability assessment major information system establishes executive_office president includes duties officer advising president agency officials information technology infrastructures strategy use leading interagency effort ensure use best class technologies promoting technological innovation federal government establishing public private sector partnership initiatives gathering information significant developments trends information technology grants secretary homeland_security dhs primary authority protection critical information infrastructure defined act


Summary: Veterans Affairs Employee Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that no VA employee who knowingly violates any federal civil law or regulation, including one covered under the Federal Acquisition Regulation or the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation, or any internal VA policy receives any retention incentive, payment, or award for or during the year of such violation.

veterans_affairs employee accountability act directs secretary veterans_affairs ensure employee knowingly violates federal civil law regulation including covered federal_acquisition_regulation internal policy receives retention incentive payment award year violation


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Regulation D Study Act - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the impact upon depository institutions, consumers, and monetary policy of the requirement that depository institutions maintain reserves in accordance with the Federal Reserve Act and Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions).

Requires such study to include: (1) a historic review of how the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has used reserve requirements to conduct U.S. monetary policy, (2) the impact of the maintenance of reserves upon depository institutions, (3) the impact upon consumers in managing their accounts, and (4) alternatives available to the Board to maintain reserves to effect monetary policy.

measure amended introduced summary version repeated regulation study act directs comptroller general gao study impact depository institutions consumers monetary policy requirement depository institutions maintain reserves accordance federal_reserve_act regulation reserve requirements depository institutions requires study include historic review board_of_governors federal_reserve_system reserve requirements conduct monetary policy impact maintenance reserves depository institutions impact consumers managing accounts alternatives available board maintain reserves effect monetary policy


Summary: Fiduciary Responsibility and Fairness Act of 2013 - Exempts from the prohibition against making or authorizing an expenditure or obligation of federal funds exceeding an amount available in an appropriation or fund (Antideficiency Act) an expenditure or obligation derived from user fees.

fairness act exempts prohibition making authorizing expenditure obligation federal funds exceeding available appropriation fund expenditure obligation derived user fees


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on February 25, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires each communication funded by a federal agency that is an advertisement, or that provides information about any federal program, benefit, or service to clearly state: (1) in the case of a printed communication, including mass mailings, signs, and billboards, that the communication is printed or published at taxpayer expense; and (2) in the case of a communication transmitted through radio, television, or the Internet, that the communication is produced or disseminated at taxpayer expense. Requires such notification to state that a communication is provided by the U.S. government, rather than at taxpayer expense, if the communication is funded entirely by user fees or by other sources that do not include federal funds.

Requires any such printed communication: (1) to be of sufficient size to be clearly readable; and (2) to the extent feasible, to be contained in a printed box set apart from the other contents of the communication and to be printed with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement. Sets forth similar requirements for audio, video, and email communications.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop and issue guidance on implementing the requirements of this Act.

Prohibits judicial review of the compliance or noncompliance with any provision of this Act.

measure amended reported house february summary version repeated taxpayer transparency act requires communication funded federal agency advertisement provides information federal program benefit service clearly state case printed communication including mass mailings signs communication printed published taxpayer expense case communication transmitted radio television internet communication produced disseminated taxpayer expense requires notification state communication provided government taxpayer expense communication funded entirely user fees sources include federal funds requires printed communication sufficient size clearly readable extent feasible contained printed box set apart contents communication printed reasonable degree color background printed statement sets forth similar requirements audio video email communications requires director office_of_management_and_budget omb develop issue guidance implementing requirements act prohibits judicial review compliance noncompliance provision act


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Verifying Agencies' Lasting Use of Expenditures Act of 2013 or the VALUE Act of 2013 - Requires a federal agency, when making a rule, to: (1) clearly identify the nature and source of the problem that the proposed rule is designed to address, (2) assess the costs and benefits of the rule, and (3) identify and assess available alternatives to the rule.

Allows a rule that does not meet such requirements to take effect temporarily only if the President makes a determination by executive order that such rule is: (1) necessary because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency, (2) necessary for the enforcement of criminal laws, (3) necessary for national security, or (4) issued to implement an international trade agreement.

Requires the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), every five years, to: (1) review the rules of each agency; (2) assess the costs and benefits of such rules to determine whether any such rules are outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome; and (3) report to the head of each agency on such review.

verifying agencies lasting use expenditures act value act requires federal agency making rule clearly identify nature source problem proposed rule designed address assess costs benefits rule identify assess available alternatives rule allows rule meet requirements effect temporarily president makes determination executive order rule necessary imminent threat health safety emergency necessary enforcement criminal laws necessary national security issued implement international trade agreement requires administrator office_of_information_and_regulatory_affairs office_of_management_and_budget omb years review rules agency assess costs benefits rules determine rules outmoded ineffective insufficient excessively burdensome report head agency review


Summary:
Protecting Adoption Act - Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and maintain an automated National Responsible Father Registry.

Requires the Registry to: (1) contain specified kinds of information sufficient to identify a possible father, and (2) provide a mechanism for men to register such identifying information directly with the Registry.

Limits access to Registry information to eligible parties, including: (1) public and licensed private adoption or child placement agencies, (2) licensed attorneys representing a party in a planned or pending adoption or in the termination of rights of one or more possible fathers, (3) state agencies or entities responsible for the placement of children, and (4) state courts.

Directs the Secretary to establish a nationwide campaign designed to inform possible fathers, unwed mothers, possible adoptive parents, and eligible parties of the National Registry, the advantages of possible fathers registering either in the National Registry or State Responsible Father Registries, or both, the rights and responsibilities of such parties with regard to a proceeding, and the role of such Registries in a proceeding.

Directs the Secretary to use all reasonable efforts to encourage states to enter into agreements to establish automated State Responsible Father Registries and centers that make registration forms easily accessible to possible fathers.

Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to a state to establish a State Registry or modify an existing one to meet the requirements of this Act.

protecting adoption act amends child family services title social security act direct secretary health_and_human_services hhs establish maintain automated national responsible father registry requires registry contain specified kinds information sufficient identify possible father provide mechanism men register identifying information directly registry limits access registry information eligible parties including public licensed private adoption child placement agencies licensed attorneys representing party planned pending adoption termination rights possible fathers state agencies entities responsible placement children state courts directs secretary establish nationwide campaign designed inform possible fathers unwed mothers possible adoptive parents eligible parties national_registry advantages possible fathers registering national_registry_or_state_responsible_father_registries rights responsibilities parties regard proceeding role registries proceeding directs secretary use reasonable efforts encourage states enter agreements establish automated state responsible father registries centers registration forms easily accessible possible fathers authorizes secretary grant state establish state registry modify existing meet requirements act


Summary:
Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2013 - Amends the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 to require the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to: (1) establish and maintain the National Deaths Registry to provide information relating to the deaths of individuals for the purpose of supporting the Do Not Pay Initiative and otherwise preventing, identifying, or recovering improper payments; (2) enter into cooperative agreements with federal agencies, including Inspectors General, and states, local and tribal governments to provide information in the Registry to such agencies and entities to prevent and recover improper payments; and (3) implement procedures for identifying and correcting errors in the Registry.

Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to identify each agency that operates or maintains a database relating to federal beneficiaries and annuity recipients. Requires each agency to establish: (1) a data matching procedure to compare agency information with information in the Registry, and (2) a procedure for prompt reporting to the Commissioner of information relating to the death of a recipient of federal benefits or a retirement annuity.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress on data analytics performed as part of the Do Not Pay Initiative and the metrics used in determining whether the analytic and investigatory efforts have reduced improper payments or awards.

Directs OMB to convene a task force of agencies to: (1) identify ways to improve the sharing of information relating to deaths of individuals receiving a federal retirement annuity, (2) share best practices for identifying deceased annuitants, and (3) report to Congress on such efforts.

Requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to provide agencies access to information on delivery addresses, including Commercial Mail Receiving Agency lists of known locations of commercial mail boxes, for purposes of improved detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments.

enhancement act amends improper_payments_elimination recovery improvement act require commissioner social_security_administration ssa establish maintain provide information relating deaths individuals purpose supporting pay initiative preventing identifying recovering improper payments enter cooperative agreements federal agencies including inspectors_general states local tribal governments provide information registry agencies entities prevent recover improper payments implement procedures identifying correcting errors registry directs director office_of_management_and_budget omb identify agency operates maintains database relating federal beneficiaries annuity recipients requires agency establish data matching procedure compare agency information information registry procedure prompt reporting commissioner information relating death recipient federal benefits retirement annuity directs secretary treasury report congress data analytics performed pay initiative metrics determining analytic investigatory efforts reduced improper payments awards directs omb convene task force agencies identify ways improve sharing information relating deaths individuals receiving federal retirement annuity share best practices identifying deceased annuitants report congress efforts requires usps provide agencies access information delivery addresses including lists known locations commercial mail boxes purposes improved detection prevention recovery improper payments


Summary:
Entrepreneur-in-Residence Act of 2013 - Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish an entrepreneur-in-residence program to appoint in-house entrepreneurs who have demonstrated success in working with business concerns and entrepreneurs to: (1) assist federal agencies in improving outreach to business concerns and entrepreneurs, (2) provide recommendations on inefficient or duplicative agency programs and on methods to improve agency efficiency, (3) facilitate meetings and forums to educate business concerns and entrepreneurs on agency programs and initiatives, and (4) provide technical assistance or mentorship. Limits to 10 the number of entrepreneurs-in-residence that the Director may appoint in any year.

Authorizes the Director to establish an informal working group to allow entrepreneurs-in-residence to meet to discuss best practices, experiences, and recommendations in order to create an informal knowledge base for current and future entrepreneurs-in-residence.

Terminates such program after FY2017.

entrepreneur residence act directs director establish entrepreneur residence program appoint house entrepreneurs demonstrated success working business concerns entrepreneurs assist federal agencies improving outreach business concerns entrepreneurs provide recommendations inefficient duplicative agency programs methods improve agency efficiency facilitate meetings forums educate business concerns entrepreneurs agency programs initiatives provide technical assistance mentorship limits number entrepreneurs residence director appoint year authorizes director establish informal working group allow entrepreneurs residence meet discuss best practices experiences recommendations order create informal knowledge base current future entrepreneurs residence terminates program fy2017


Summary: Assessing NASA Science Mission Extensions Act - Instructs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in conducting assessments of the costs and benefits of extending the date of the termination of data collection for those science missions that have exceeded their planned mission lifetime, to consider: (1) the potential continued benefit of instruments on such missions; and (2) the cost and schedule impacts, if any, of mission extension on other NASA activities and science missions.

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Summary:
Sound Regulation Act of 2014 - Establishes additional requirements for rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), including:

 identification by a federal agency, in the context of a coherent conceptual framework and supported with objective data, of the nature and significance of the market failure, regulatory failure, or other problem that necessitates regulatory action and why other alternatives, such as market forces or state or local regulations, could not address the problem better than federal regulation;  establishment by an agency of an achievable objective for its regulatory action; development of at least three regulatory options, in addition to not regulating, that the agency estimates will provide the greatest benefits for the least cost in meeting the regulatory objective; an estimate by each agency of the costs and benefits of each regulatory option developed, at least to the extent the agency is able to exclude options whose costs exceed their benefits, and rank such options by cost from lowest to highest; publication for public comment of all analyses, documentation, and data relating to the requirements of this Act for a public comment period of at least 30 days; establishment, by rule, of the specific cost-benefit analysis methodology appropriate to the functions and responsibilities of the agency and establishment of an appropriate period for review of new rules to assess their cost-effectiveness; and justification of why the agency does not select the least-cost regulatory option as its proposed rule. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO), for purposes of congressional review, to examine and report on: (1) each agency cost-benefit analysis for compliance with the requirements of this Act, including the agency methodology for such analysis; (2) risk analysis pertaining to the cost-benefit analysis; and (3) agency quadrennial regulatory reviews for consistency with the requirements of this Act.

sound regulation act establishes additional requirements rulemaking administrative procedure act apa including identification federal agency context coherent conceptual framework supported objective data nature significance market failure regulatory failure problem regulatory action alternatives market forces state local regulations address problem better federal regulation establishment agency achievable objective regulatory action development regulatory options addition regulating agency estimates provide greatest benefits cost meeting regulatory objective estimate agency costs benefits regulatory option developed extent agency able exclude options costs exceed benefits rank options cost lowest highest publication public comment analyses documentation data relating requirements act public comment period days establishment rule specific cost benefit analysis methodology appropriate functions responsibilities agency establishment appropriate period review new rules assess cost effectiveness justification agency select cost regulatory option proposed rule requires comptroller general gao purposes congressional review examine report agency cost benefit analysis compliance requirements act including agency methodology analysis risk analysis pertaining cost benefit analysis agency quadrennial regulatory reviews consistency requirements act


Summary:
Federal Sunset Act of 2014 - Establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to: (1) submit to Congress a schedule for review by the Commission, at least once every 12 years, of the abolishment or reorganization of each federal executive agency, including advisory committees; (2) review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished or reorganized; and (4) report to Congress on all legislation introduced that would establish a new agency or a new program to be carried out by an existing agency. Requires the abolishment of any agency within one year of the Commission's review, unless the agency is reauthorized by Congress. Authorizes the deadline for abolishing an agency to be extended for an additional two years by legislation enacted by a super majority of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Terminates the Commission on December 31, 2033.

Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to prepare an inventory of federal programs within each agency, including the budget authority for each such program, to assist Congress and the Commission in carrying out the requirements of this Act.

federal sunset act establishes submit congress schedule review commission years abolishment reorganization federal executive agency including advisory committees review evaluate efficiency public need agency specified criteria recommend agency abolished reorganized report congress legislation introduced establish new agency new program carried existing agency requires abolishment agency year commission review agency reauthorized congress authorizes deadline abolishing agency extended additional years legislation enacted super majority house_of_representatives senate december directs comptroller general gao director congressional_budget_office cbo cooperation director congressional_research_service crs prepare inventory federal programs agency including budget authority program assist congress commission carrying requirements act


Summary:
Security Clearance Reform Act of 2014 - Directs the President to submit a strategic plan to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the intelligence committees of Congress (appropriate congressional committees) to improve security clearance and background investigation activities. Sets forth the required contents of such plan, including the development of a continuous evaluation or monitoring system of information used for security clearances, improvement of information sharing procedures between agencies, and the reduction or elimination of databases and information sources that cannot be accessed and processed electronically.

Prohibits the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from awarding a contract to any entity for investigative support services or background investigation fieldwork services if such entity has another contract in effect with the federal government to provide such services.

Requires the OPM Director to report to the appropriate congressional committees listing any state or local entity covered by the definition of "criminal justice agency" that has failed to cooperate with three or more criminal history record information requests of the Director. Reduces criminal justice grant funding to state and local entities that fail to substantially comply with such requests.

security clearance reform act directs president submit strategic plan house_committee_on_oversight_and_government_reform senate_committee_on_homeland_security governmental_affairs intelligence committees congress appropriate congressional committees improve security clearance background investigation activities sets forth required contents plan including development continuous evaluation monitoring system information security clearances improvement information sharing procedures agencies reduction elimination databases information sources accessed processed electronically prohibits director awarding contract entity investigative support services background investigation services entity contract effect federal government provide services requires opm director report appropriate congressional committees listing state local entity covered definition criminal justice agency failed cooperate criminal history record information requests director reduces criminal justice grant funding state local entities fail substantially comply requests


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) remove any individual from the Senior Executive Service upon determining that such individual's performance warrants such removal, and (2) remove such individual from federal service or transfer the individual to a General Schedule position at any grade the Secretary deems appropriate.

Requires: (1) the Secretary to notify the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs committees within 30 days after removing such an individual, and (2) such removal to be done in the same manner as the removal of a professional staff member employed by a Member of Congress.

measure amended introduced summary version repeated accountability act authorizes secretary veterans_affairs remove individual senior_executive_service determining individual performance warrants removal remove individual federal service transfer individual general schedule position grade secretary deems appropriate requires secretary notify house affairs committees days removing individual removal manner removal professional staff member employed member congress


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 16, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014 - Provides for the elimination or modification of reporting and notification requirements of specified federal agencies and departments.

Title I: Department of Agriculture - Eliminates:

 peanut base acres data collection and publication under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; the report on export credit guarantees to emerging markets; the evaluation of the rural development, business and industry guaranteed loan program financing of locally or regionally produced food products; quarterly reports on export assistance provided by the Commodity Credit Corporation and the Secretary of Agriculture; annual progress reports in achieving benchmarks established in the regional investment strategy of the Rural Collaborative Investment Program; and the annual report on the foreign market development cooperator program. Title II: Department of Commerce - Eliminates: (1) the annual report on efforts and progress of colleges, universities, institutions, associations, and alliances to be designated as Sea Grant Colleges or Institutes; (2) the annual report on Enterprise Integration Standardization and Implementation activities under the Enterprise Integration Act of 2001; (3) the biennial report on efforts to ensure equal access to the Sea Grant Fellowship Program; (4) the annual reports on activities of the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) and on the Technology Innovation Program Advisory Board; and (5) the annual report on activities of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Commission and related entities.

Title III: Corporation for National and Community Service - Eliminates: (1) the reporting requirements of federal agencies and departments to the Corporation for National and Community Service, and (2) the impact study and report on service-learning activities.

Title IV: Department of Defense (DOD) - Eliminates: (1) the requirement for submission with the annual DOD budget of a display that covers all programs and activities of the Air Sovereignty Alert Mission of the Air Force, and (2) the annual report on the reliability of DOD financial statements.

Title V: Department of Education - Eliminates the report of the Secretary of Education justifying the award of school facility emergency and modernization grants.

Title VI Department of Energy (DOE) - Eliminates reports on: (1) the science and engineering education pilot program, (2) the development of strategic unconventional fuels, and (3) energy efficiency standards for industrial equipment.

Title VII: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to eliminate the comprehensive report on Great Lakes management.

Title VIII: Executive Office of the President - Eliminates the notification requirement and the report on waivers of sanctions by the President against North Korea.

Title IX: Government Accountability Office (GAO) - (Sec. 901) Eliminates reports on: (1) expenditures of local educational agencies under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and (2) the use of funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 by states and local governments.

Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to eliminate the mandatory audit of all funds provided by such Act.

Amends the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 to eliminate the audits and reports on the state small business credit initiative and the small business lending fund program.

Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to eliminate the audit and report on assistance to the Housing Assistance Council.

(Sec. 902) Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make the Secretary of Health and Human Resources (HHS) (currently, the Secretary and the Comptroller General) responsible for surveying the public with respect to health and health care.

Requires the Comptroller General to publish on the GAO website (currently, deliver to Congress) lists of GAO reports.

Amends the Congressional Award Act to provide for a independent public accountant (currently, the Comptroller General) to conduct the annual audit of the financial records of the Congressional Award Board. Requires the Comptroller General to review, and report on, each annual audit.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to terminate at the end of 2014 the review by the Comptroller General of the threshold amount for injury-related liabilities under Medicare.

Title X: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - Eliminates: (1) reporting requirements under the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to the prohibition on importation of products made with dog or cat fur, (2) the biennial Port of Entry Infrastructure Assessment Study, (3) the biennial National Land Border Security Plan, (4) reporting requirements with respect to fees for customs services, and (5) the status report on the modernization of the National Distress and Response System.

Title XI: Department of the Interior - Eliminates reporting requirements of the program on oil and gas royalties in-kind.

Title XII: Department of Labor - Eliminates the continuing study by the Secretary of Labor on the impact of the Andean trade preference on U.S. labor.

Title XIII: Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) - Eliminates the report on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.

Title XIV: Department of State - Eliminates the annual State Department report on nuclear proliferation in South Asia and efforts to achieve a regional agreement on nuclear non-proliferation.

Title XV: Department of Transportation (DOT) - (Sec. 1601) Eliminates: (1) the reporting requirements of the Air Traffic Services Committee, (2) the annual summaries of airport financial reports, (3) the annual report on pipeline safety information grants to communities, (4) the annual report on the pilot program for innovative financing of air traffic control equipment and the reports on justifications for air defense identification zones under the Vision 100 -- Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act, and (5) the annual report on the application of new standards or technologies to reduce aircraft noise levels under the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century.

(Sec. 1502) Eliminates the requirement for an annual evaluation and audit of the programs and expenditures of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), allowing such evaluation and audit to be conducted as determined necessary by the Comptroller General.

Title XVI: Department of the Treasury - Eliminates: (1) the annual report on the North American Development Bank, (2) the annual report on loans considered by the Boards of Executive Directors of international financial institutions engaged in activities to promote the cause of human rights, (3) the report on new International Monetary Fund (IMF) borrowing arrangements regarding rates and maturities, and (4) the requirement for notification to Congress of any significant modifications in the auction process for issuing Treasury obligations.

Title XVII: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Eliminates the annual report on procurement of health care items by VA medical facilities.

measure amended passed senate september summary version repeated government reports elimination act provides elimination modification reporting notification requirements specified federal agencies departments title department agriculture eliminates peanut base acres data collection publication energy act report export credit guarantees emerging markets evaluation rural development business industry guaranteed loan program financing locally regionally produced food products quarterly reports export assistance provided commodity_credit_corporation secretary agriculture annual progress reports achieving benchmarks established regional investment strategy annual report foreign market development cooperator program title annual report efforts progress colleges universities institutions associations alliances designated institutes annual report activities enterprise integration act biennial report efforts ensure equal access annual reports activities tip annual report activities related entities title iii corporation reporting requirements federal agencies departments corporation_for_national_and_community_service impact study report service learning activities title department_of_defense dod eliminates requirement submission annual dod budget display covers programs activities annual report reliability dod financial statements title report secretary education justifying award school facility emergency modernization grants doe eliminates reports science engineering education pilot program development strategic unconventional fuels energy efficiency standards industrial equipment title vii environmental_protection_agency epa amends federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act eliminate comprehensive report great_lakes management title viii executive_office president eliminates notification requirement report waivers sanctions president north_korea title government_accountability_office gao sec eliminates reports expenditures local educational agencies elementary secondary education act use funds american_recovery_and_reinvestment_act states local governments amends help america vote act eliminate mandatory audit funds provided act amends small_business_jobs_act eliminate audits reports state small business credit initiative small business lending fund program energy act eliminate audit report assistance housing_assistance_council sec amends patient_protection affordable care act secretary hhs currently secretary comptroller_general responsible surveying public respect health health care requires comptroller general publish gao website currently deliver congress lists gao reports amends congressional award act provide independent public accountant currently comptroller_general conduct annual audit financial records requires comptroller general review report annual audit amends title xviii medicare social security act terminate end review comptroller_general threshold injury related liabilities medicare title department homeland security dhs eliminates reporting requirements tariff act relating prohibition importation products dog cat fur biennial biennial reporting requirements respect fees customs services status report modernization response system title department interior eliminates reporting requirements program oil gas royalties kind title xii department labor eliminates continuing study secretary labor impact trade preference labor title xiii office director national_intelligence dni eliminates report treaty conventional armed forces europe title xiv annual state_department report nuclear proliferation efforts achieve regional agreement nuclear non proliferation title department_of_transportation dot sec eliminates reporting requirements annual summaries airport financial reports annual report pipeline safety information grants communities annual report pilot program innovative financing air traffic control equipment reports justifications air defense identification zones vision century aviation reauthorization act annual report application new standards technologies reduce aircraft noise levels aviation investment reform act 21st century sec eliminates requirement annual evaluation audit programs expenditures national_transportation_safety_board ntsb allowing evaluation audit conducted determined necessary comptroller_general title xvi department treasury eliminates annual report annual report loans considered international financial institutions engaged activities promote cause human rights report new international_monetary_fund imf borrowing arrangements rates maturities requirement notification congress significant modifications auction process issuing treasury obligations title xvii department_of_veterans_affairs eliminates annual report procurement health care items medical facilities


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Federal Register Modernization Act - Requires the Federal Register to be published (e.g., by electronic means), rather than printed, and that documents in the Federal Register be made available for sale or distribution to the public in published form. Revises requirements for the filing of documents with the Office of the Federal Register for inclusion in the Federal Register and for the publication of the Code of Federal Regulations to reflect the publication requirement.

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Summary: Prohibits the number of limousines in the federal fleet for FY2015 and each fiscal year thereafter from exceeding 50% of the number of such limousines in the fleet as of the last day of FY2014. Excepts any limousine determined to be essential for reasons of national security.

prohibits number federal fleet fy2015 fiscal year exceeding number fleet day fy2014 excepts determined essential reasons national security


Summary:
Repeals the National Technical Information Act of 1988, effective one year after the enactment of this Act (thus abolishes the National Technical Information Service [NTIS]).

Directs: (1) the Secretary of Commerce, the Archivist of the United States, the Comptroller General (GAO), and the Commissioner of Social Security to consult with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine if any NTIS function is critical to the U.S. economy; (2) the Comptroller General to determine which of any such critical functions are not being carried out by any other agency or instrumentality of the federal government; and (3) the Secretary of Commerce, prior to the effective date of this Act, to submit to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Finance a written certification that all NTIS operations have been terminated.

repeals national technical information act effective year enactment act abolishes ntis directs secretary commerce archivist united_states comptroller_general gao commissioner_of_social_security consult director office_of_management_and_budget omb determine ntis function critical economy comptroller general determine critical functions carried agency instrumentality federal government secretary commerce prior effective date act submit house_committee_on_energy_and_commerce senate_committee_on_finance written certification ntis operations terminated


Summary: Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014 - Requires the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), before issuing a regulation or order, to assess other federal regulations and orders to determine whether the agency's proposal is in conflict with, is inconsistent with, or is duplicative of such other regulations or orders and whether such other federal regulations or orders are outdated.

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Summary:
NSA Internal Watchdog Act - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require the President to appoint, with advice and consent of the Senate, the Inspector General of the National Security Agency (NSA). (Currently, the NSA Inspector General is appointed by the NSA Director.)

Directs the Inspector General to include in an annual report to Congress a review of the mechanisms for NSA employees or contractors to submit complaints.

Establishes a General Counsel to the NSA Inspector General, to be appointed by the Inspector General.

Requires the General Counsel to prescribe professional rules of ethics and responsibilities for NSA employees, officers, and contractors.

 Authorizes the Inspector General, after providing the Attorney General (DOJ) with seven days' advance notice, to subpoena the attendance and testimony of former NSA employees or NSA contractors, former contractors, or former detailees.

Requires the Inspector General to provide Congress with an evaluation of any notice or statement of reasons the Inspector General receives from the Secretary of Defense (DOD) regarding the Secretary's exercise of authority in the interest of national security to prohibit the Inspector General from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit or investigation.

Directs the Inspector General, in carrying out any audit or investigation of a surveillance or data collection program, to assess the impact of such program on civil rights and liberties.

Requires the Inspector General's reports to Congress to be made available to all Members of Congress.

Directs the Inspector General to audit and report to Congress regarding the effectiveness and use (including improper or illegal use) of NSA surveillance and data collection programs, including programs under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) that authorize: (1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to submit applications to the FISA court for an order requiring the production of tangible things (commonly referred to as business records, including books, records, papers, documents, and other items); and (2) the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), with the approval of the FISA court or under exigent circumstances, to authorize the targeting of persons located outside the United States.

Requires such audit to address: (1) the interactions between the NSA and the FISA court, and (2) the process for conducting background investigations of persons for NSA employment or for receiving access to classified information.

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Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act - Establishes the Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies. Requires such Commission to evaluate federal agencies and their programs each year for a six-year period to determine whether: (1) two or more agencies or programs are performing the same essential function and such function can be consolidated or streamlined; (2) any agency or program has wasted federal funds by egregious spending, mismanagement of resources and personnel, or use of funds for personal benefit or the benefit of a special interest group; and (3) any agency or program has completed its intended purpose, has become irrelevant, or has failed to meet its objectives. Requires the realignment or elimination of such agencies or programs.

Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Commission. Sets forth procedures for consideration and implementation by Congress of Commission recommendations.

commission requires commission evaluate federal agencies programs year year period determine agencies programs performing essential function function consolidated streamlined agency program wasted federal funds egregious spending mismanagement resources personnel use funds personal benefit benefit special interest group agency program completed intended purpose irrelevant failed meet objectives requires realignment elimination agencies programs requires comptroller general gao report congress effectiveness commission sets forth procedures consideration implementation recommendations


Summary: Government Reporting Efficiency Act of 2014 - Terminates any statutory requirement for reporting by a federal agency to Congress on the date that is five years after the enactment of this Act and every five years after such original termination date. Allows a permanent exception to such termination rule.

government reporting efficiency act terminates statutory requirement reporting federal agency congress date years enactment act years original termination date allows permanent exception termination rule


Summary: Regulatory Improvement Act of 2014 - Establishes in the legislative branch the Regulatory Improvement Commission. Requires the Commission to evaluate and provide recommendations and proposed legislation for modification, consolidation, or repeal of regulations that have been finalized not later than 10 years before the establishment of the Commission and have not been amended after being finalized (covered regulations) for the purpose of reducing compliance costs, encouraging growth and innovation, improving competitiveness, and protecting public health and safety. Sets forth reporting requirements for the Commission and procedures for congressional consideration of Commission reports and recommendations and proposed legislation.

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Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2013 [sic]- Amends the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to: (1) require regulatory impact analyses for rules that do not involve a legislative mandate and for final rules that do not have a prior notice of proposed rulemaking; (2) require federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or that may result in the expenditure of $100 million or more in any one year by state, local, and tribal governments; (3) require such agencies to identify and consider regulatory alternatives before promulgating any proposed or final rule and select the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative; (4) define "cost" as the cost of compliance and any reasonably foreseeable indirect cost resulting from agency rulemaking; (5) exempt rules concerning monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee from provisions of such Act relating to regulatory accountability and reform, review of federal mandates, and judicial review; and (6) expand provisions relating to judicial review of regulatory impact analyses.

Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require independent regulatory agencies to conduct regulatory impact analyses.

amends unfunded mandates reform act require regulatory impact analyses rules involve legislative mandate final rules prior notice proposed rulemaking require federal agencies prepare publish federal_register initial final regulatory impact analysis prior promulgating proposed final rule annual effect economy million result expenditure million year state local tribal governments require agencies identify consider regulatory alternatives promulgating proposed final rule select costly cost effective burdensome alternative define cost cost compliance reasonably foreseeable indirect cost resulting agency rulemaking exempt rules concerning monetary policy proposed implemented board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_open_market_committee provisions act relating regulatory accountability reform review federal mandates judicial review expand provisions relating judicial review regulatory impact analyses amends congressional_budget impoundment control act require independent regulatory agencies conduct regulatory impact analyses


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Federal Financial Statement Transparency Act of 2014 - Establishes in the executive branch an independent Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) to develop federal financial accounting concepts or standards, giving consideration to the budgetary information needs of executive agencies and the needs of users of federal financial information.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a FASAB operations fund to enable the FASAB to carry out its duties.

Requires the Secretary to assess a fee on each sale of a security for deposit into the fund.

establishes executive branch independent develop federal financial accounting concepts standards giving consideration budgetary information needs executive agencies needs users federal financial information directs secretary treasury establish operations fund enable carry duties requires secretary assess fee sale security deposit fund


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Verify It Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a federal agency from notifying the Secretary of the Treasury of any past-due legally enforceable debt until such agency: (1) notifies by certified mail the person owing such debt that the agency proposes to notify the Secretary of the debt and gives such person at least 60 days to present evidence that such debt is not past-due or legally enforceable, (2) considers such evidence and determines that an amount of such debt is past-due and legally enforceable, and (3) satisfies any other conditions the Secretary may prescribe to ensure that the debt is valid and that the agency has made reasonable efforts to collect such debt.

Prohibits any administrative offset of a claim asserted by the federal government that has been outstanding for more than 10 years.

verify act amends internal revenue code prohibit federal agency notifying secretary treasury past legally enforceable debt agency notifies certified mail person owing debt agency proposes notify secretary debt gives person days present evidence debt past legally enforceable considers evidence determines debt past legally enforceable satisfies conditions secretary prescribe ensure debt valid agency reasonable efforts collect debt prohibits administrative offset claim asserted federal government outstanding years


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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 or the SCRUB Act of 2014 - Title I: Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission - Establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to review the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to identify, using specified criteria, rules and sets of rules that collectively implement a regulatory program that should be repealed to lower the cost of regulation to the economy, giving priority to major rules that: (1) have been in effect more than 15 years, (2) impose paperwork burdens that could be reduced substantially without significantly diminishing regulatory effectiveness, (3) impose disproportionately high costs on small business entities, and (4) could be strengthened in their effectiveness while reducing regulatory costs.

Title II: Regulatory Cut-go - Requires a federal agency that makes a new rule to repeal rules identified by the Commission to offset the cost to the economy of such new rule (cut-go procedures). Requires the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review and certify the accuracy of agency determinations of the cost of new rules.

Title III: Retrospective Review of New Rules - Requires a federal agency that makes a new rule to include in the final issuance of such rule a plan for reviewing the rule not later than 10 years after it is promulgated.

Title IV: Judicial Review - Makes agency compliance with the requirements of this Act subject to judicial review.

Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act and makes it effective upon enactment.

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Protection Against Wasteful Spending Act of 2014 - Requires the head of a federal agency to: (1) implement in each of fiscal years 2014-2020 all of the recommendations of the agency's inspector general (IG) regarding wasteful and excessive spending, or duplicative programs causing wasteful and excessive spending, except for any recommendation that would violate an existing law; and (2) report to Congress on such implementation.

Prohibits an agency that fails to implement an IG recommendation in a timely manner from obligating funds for: (1) convention or seminar attendance and international or domestic travel by any politically-appointed official, or (2) any bonus or salary increase for such official.

Directs that such funds that are prohibited from being obligated and amounts saved by the implementation of IG recommendations be credited or transferred equally to: (1) the Highway Trust Fund, and (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for capitalization grants for state water pollution control revolving funds under the Clean Water Act.

protection wasteful spending act requires head federal agency implement fiscal years recommendations agency inspector general wasteful excessive spending duplicative programs causing wasteful excessive spending recommendation violate existing law report congress implementation prohibits agency fails implement recommendation timely manner obligating funds convention seminar attendance international domestic travel politically appointed official bonus salary increase official directs funds prohibited obligated amounts saved implementation recommendations credited transferred equally highway_trust_fund administrator environmental_protection_agency epa capitalization grants state water pollution control revolving funds clean water act


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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Research and Development Efficiency Act - Requires the Director of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to establish a working group under the authority of the National Science and Technology Council that includes the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Makes the working group responsible for reviewing federal regulations affecting research and research universities and making recommendations on how to: (1) harmonize, streamline, and eliminate duplicative federal regulations and reporting requirements; and (2) minimize the regulatory burden on U.S. institutions of higher education performing federally funded research while maintaining accountability for federal tax dollars.

Instructs the working group to take into account input and recommendations from specified non-federal stakeholders in ensuring effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability in the performance of scientific research.

Requires the Director to report to Congress on what steps have been taken to carry out the recommendations of the working group.

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Lean and Responsive Government Act - Requires the head of each federal agency to describe the implementation of continuous process improvement in the agency's periodic update on agency performance. Defines "continuous process improvement" as a management methodology (commonly referred to as lean six sigma) that combines tools to improve process speed, reduce waste, and incorporate requirements with data driven project analysis to provide products and services with improved quality at lower cost.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) make available on the OMB website a description of the results of the government-wide implementation of continuous process improvement, and (2) appoint an expert on such process as a member of the Performance Improvement Council to advise on its implementation across agencies.

Requires: (1) each agency's Chief Operating Officer to implement continuous process improvement, (2) each agency's Performance Improvement Officer to advise and assist the agency head and Chief Operating Officer in implementing such process, and (3) the head of each agency to include information on the results of continuous process improvement projects in each relevant appropriation request for the agency.

Requires the Director to designate a center of excellence for continuous process improvement training from within the Department of Defense (DOD).

head federal agency describe implementation continuous process improvement agency periodic update agency performance defines continuous process improvement management methodology commonly referred lean combines tools improve process speed reduce waste incorporate requirements data driven project analysis provide products services improved quality lower cost requires director office_of_management_and_budget omb available omb website description results government wide implementation continuous process improvement appoint expert process member performance_improvement_council advise implementation agencies requires agency chief operating officer implement continuous process improvement agency advise assist agency head chief operating officer implementing process head agency include information results continuous process improvement projects relevant appropriation request agency requires director designate center excellence continuous process improvement training department_of_defense dod


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Audit the Pentagon Act of 2014 - Requires, on March 2 of FY2015 and each subsequent fiscal year, a .5% reduction in the discretionary budget authority of a federal agency that is identified by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as required to have an audited financial statement: (1) that has not submitted a financial statement for the previous fiscal year, or (2) whose statement has not received either an unqualified or a qualified audit opinion by an independent external auditor. Excludes from such reduction accounts for military, reserve and National Guard personnel and the Defense Health Program account of the Department of Defense (DOD). Authorizes: (1) the Secretary of Defense to make such a reduction in the discretionary budget authority of any agency in a manner that minimizes any effect on national security, and (2) the President to waive a reduction in discretionary budget authority if such reduction would harm national security or members of the Armed Forces who are in combat.

Requires a report to Congress listing required DOD reports that interfere with DOD's capacity to achieve an audit of its financial statements with an unqualified opinion.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) congressional defense committees and DOD should not endanger the nation's troops by reducing wounded warrior accounts or vital protection for members of the Armed Forces in harm's way, (2) the valuation of legacy assets by DOD should be simplified without compromising essential controls or generally accepted government auditing standards, and (3) this Act should not be construed to require or permit the declassification of accounting details about classified defense programs and DOD should ensure financial accountability in such programs.

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Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency III Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue software licensing policies for federal agencies.

Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to expand the definition of "energy or water conservation measure" under such Act to include, in the case of a contract in which the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is a party: (1) the purchase or lease of low emission and fuel efficient vehicles; (2) the upgrade of USPS vehicles to increase average fuel economy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions; or (3) the construction of infrastructure to support such vehicles, including electric vehicle charging stations.

Directs the Postmaster General to develop guidelines for USPS vehicles that provide for specified carbon dioxide emissions and fuel economy standards.

Requires the head of each federal agency to ensure that agency desktop computers are shut down for at least 4 hours out of each 24-hour time period, except for certain computers that are in use for 16 or more hours per day.

Denies payment of civil service retirement benefits and requires forfeiture of thrift saving plan (TSP) agency contributions for federal employees who are convicted of certain public corruption offenses.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to implement specified criteria in requests for overseas contingency operations.

Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to direct each federal facility energy manager, not later than two years after completion of a comprehensive energy evaluation of a federal agency's facilities, to consider: (1) implementing any energy-saving or conservation measure that the agency identified in the evaluation that is life cycle cost-effective, and (2) bundling individual measures of varying paybacks together into combined projects.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to examine, and report to Congress on, which payments may be made under both the Medicare Advantage Program and the veterans health care system or the TRICARE program for health care furnished to individuals eligible under such health care programs.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiaries with an option to receive statements of benefits in a electronic format.

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Retention of Electronic Correspondence Of Regulatory Decisions Act of 2014 or the RECORD Act of 2014 - Requires the records management program maintained by each federal agency head to provide for: (1) the identification and automatic retention of electronic mail (email) accounts that should be preserved as permanent federal records, including the accounts of such head and specified other agency officials and employees; and (2) the electronic capture, management, and preservation of those email accounts in accordance with records disposal requirements such that electronic records are readily accessible for retrieval through electronic searches and there are mandatory minimum functional requirements for electronic records management systems to ensure compliance with program requirements.

Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate and report to Congress not less than every two years on agency management of email records.

Amends the Inspector General Act to make it the responsibility of each Inspector General to: (1) review legislation and regulations relating to records retention requirements under the Federal Records Act for entity programs and operations, and (2) make recommendations in such Inspector General's semiannual reports concerning compliance with such requirements.

decisions act record act requires records management program maintained federal agency head provide identification automatic retention electronic mail email accounts preserved permanent federal records including accounts head specified agency officials employees electronic capture management preservation email accounts accordance records disposal requirements electronic records readily accessible retrieval electronic searches mandatory minimum functional requirements electronic records management systems ensure compliance program requirements directs comptroller general evaluate report congress years agency management email records amends inspector general act responsibility inspector general review legislation regulations relating records retention requirements federal records act entity programs operations recommendations inspector general semiannual reports concerning compliance requirements


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National Regulatory Budget Act of 2014 - Establishes the Office of Regulatory Analysis in the executive branch as an independent establishment. Requires the Director of the Office to submit an annual report to specified congressional committees that includes: (1) regulatory costs imposed on regulated entities; (2) an analysis of any major changes in estimation methodology used by the Office since its last annual report; (3) an analysis of any major estimate changes caused by improved or inadequate data; (4) recommendations on how regulations may be streamlined, simplified, and modernized; and (5) recommendations for repealing regulations and reducing the cost of regulations without diminishing their effectiveness.

Requires the Director to publish a regulatory analysis of each proposed covered federal rule (a rule, an information collection requirement, guidance, or a directive that imposes not less than $25 million in annual costs on regulated entities) and each proposed withdrawal or modification of a covered federal rule by an executive agency that imposes or reduces costs on a regulated entity.

Requires Congress to pass an annual bill establishing a National Regulatory Budget that sets an overall regulatory cost cap and an agency regulatory cost cap for each executive agency for the fiscal year.

Requires agencies to provide the information that the Director requests and imposes sanctions for failing to cooperate.

 Prohibits an executive agency that exceeds the annual agency regulatory cost cap imposed by the National Regulatory Budget for a fiscal year from promulgating a new covered federal rule that increases regulatory costs.

establishes executive branch independent establishment requires director office submit annual report specified congressional committees includes regulatory costs imposed regulated entities analysis major changes estimation methodology office annual report analysis major estimate changes caused improved inadequate data recommendations regulations streamlined simplified modernized recommendations repealing regulations reducing cost regulations diminishing effectiveness requires director publish regulatory analysis proposed covered federal rule rule information collection requirement guidance directive imposes million annual costs regulated entities proposed withdrawal modification covered federal rule executive agency imposes reduces costs regulated entity requires congress pass annual bill establishing sets overall regulatory cost cap agency regulatory cost cap executive agency fiscal year requires agencies provide information director requests imposes sanctions failing cooperate prohibits executive agency exceeds annual agency regulatory cost cap imposed fiscal year promulgating new covered federal rule increases regulatory costs


Summary: To Help Reduce Inefficient Federal Tendencies Act of 2014 or the THRIFT Act of 2014 - Allows federal agencies, including judicial branch agencies, to: (1) retain up to 25% of annual savings from the implementation of plans developed by such agencies to create efficiencies and cost savings in agency operations, and (2) use such savings for specified purposes, including salary increases and employee awards for cost savings disclosures. Requires an agency to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan and an associated request to amend its approved operating budget specifying how such savings will be achieved and the amount and source of such savings.

help reduce inefficient federal act thrift act allows federal agencies including judicial branch agencies retain annual savings implementation plans developed agencies create efficiencies cost savings agency operations use savings specified purposes including salary increases employee awards cost savings disclosures requires agency submit appropriate congressional committees plan associated request amend approved operating budget specifying savings achieved source savings


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Unified Savings and Accountability Act or the USA Act - Title I: Provisions Relating to Federal Property, Federal Contracts and Information Technology - Requires: (1) the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to issue guidance to federal agencies for reinvigorating the role of the competition advocate, and (2) agency chief information officers to use transparency mechanisms to report to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), annually, on efforts to identify and eliminate potentially duplicative information technology investment.

Requires the Director of OMB to:

 issue a policy requiring consistency among all agencies in identifying information technology investments in any required reporting, issue government-wide savings goals for the strategic sourcing of goods and services by executive agencies required to have a Chief Financial Officer, require each executive agency to develop a policy consistent with OMB guidance for performing analysis to measure how well each operational/steady state information technology investment is achieving expected goals and to determine whether the investment provides the most cost effective way of delivering business value, issue guidance for specified agencies to complete their commodity IT baselines, require specified agencies to report quarterly on progress in the migration of enterprise IT systems and IT infrastructure to a shared service, and direct the Federal Chief Information Officer (Federal CIO) to require agencies to report on specified IT actions as part of integrated data collection quarterly reporting. Requires: (1) the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to address reverse auctions by federal agencies, and (2) the OMB Director to issue government-wide guidance advising agencies to collect and analyze data on the level of interactive bidding and fees paid to determine the cost effectiveness of using reverse auctions in procurement and on best practices to maximize competition and savings in the use of reverse auctions.

Requires the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to develop and use criteria to prioritize potential long-term ownership solutions to current high-value leases among other capital investments and to use this ranking to create long-term cross agency strategy that facilitates consideration of targeted investments in ownership

Requires the Federal CIO to develop, implement, and report annually on agency progress in carrying out a Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative. Requires each agency included in the Initiative to: (1) use specified methods to achieve maximum server utilization and maximum energy efficiency for federal data centers, (2) use the most cost-effective measures to implement the Initiative, and (3) report to the Federal CIO annually on resulting costs and savings. Requires agency savings to be used to enhance information technology capabilities and services.

Requires OMB to issue, and executive agencies to implement, recommendations for reducing or consolidating the number of federal data centers by at least 40% by the end of FY2018 and by at least 80% by the end of FY2023.

Title II: Other Matters - Amends the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report on: (1) efforts to finalize plans and schedules for fully implementing and expanding the use of the Integrated Data Repository and actions taken to define expected financial benefits; and (2) actions taken to plan, schedule, and conduct training on the One Program Integrity System used to analyze and extract data from such Repository and actions taken to define expected financial benefits.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receiving certification by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (IRS) that any individual has a seriously delinquent tax debt in excess of $50,000, with specified exceptions, to transmit such certification and disclose certain tax return information to the Secretary of State for action with respect to denial, revocation, or limitation of a passport for such individual pursuant to the Passport Act of 1926. Prohibits the Secretary of State, upon receiving such certification, from issuing a passport to such individual, except in emergency circumstances or for humanitarian reasons. Requires the Secretary to revoke a passport previously issued to such individual, but authorizes limiting such a passport to return travel to the United States.

Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from minting or issuing any circulating coin, or engraving or printing any U.S. currency, that costs more to produce than its denomination.

Directs the Public Printer to make any House or Senate document available only in an electronic format that is accessible through the Internet, with specified exceptions.

Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to: (1) sequester all $1 coins bearing the design common to those $1 coins minted and issued from 1979 through 1981 and in 1999; (2) undertake and report on efforts to improve the circulation of the $1 coin, other than those sequestered; (3) continuously conduct education programs to help businesses using or accepting cash to choose the best mix of $1 coins and bank notes to facilitate and reduce transaction costs; and (4) work with the Departments of State and Treasury to ensure that countries that have adopted the dollar as a base unit of exchange and that place orders for supplies of $1 monetary units are fully briefed on the durability and longevity of $1 coins in high-circulation economies.

Declares it to be U.S. policy that after $1 coins achieve sufficient market penetration, $1 coins should replace $1 Federal Reserve notes. Allows Federal Reserve banks to continue to place $1 Federal Reserve notes into circulation until the number of $1 coins placed into circulation exceeds 600 million annually, or until four years after enactment of this Act, whichever is earlier.

Directs the IRS Commissioner to develop a long-term strategy to improve web services provided to taxpayers.

Directs the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Agriculture (USDA), and Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) analyze, annually, the effectiveness and long-term costs and benefits of their programs, actions, and strategies for avoidance or mitigation of foreclosure losses regarding loans for and mortgages on one- to four-family homes made, insured, or guaranteed by such Department; and (2) provide additional guidance on loss mitigation efforts to servicers of such loans and mortgages.

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Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to: (1) grant inspectors general additional subpoena authority to compel the attendance and testimony of certain witnesses, including federal government contractors and former federal employees, necessary in the performance of functions assigned by such Act; (2) authorize appropriations for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency through FY2021; (3) assign the Council additional responsibilities with respect to disputes involving the jurisdiction of more than one federal agency or entity; and (4) set forth procedures for considering allegations of wrongdoing against the Special Counsel and Deputy Special Counsel (officials appointed to investigate prohibited personal practices and government waste and abuse).

Exempts from requirements relating to the authority of federal agencies to collect information for investigations: (1) information collected during any evaluation by the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board; and (2) information collected during any audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or other review conducted by the Council or any Office of the Inspector General, including any Office of Special Inspector General.

Requires: (1) the Comptroller General (GAO) to study and report on prolonged vacancies in the Offices of the Inspector General, and (2) the Council to conduct and report on an analysis of critical issues that involve the jurisdiction of more than one individual federal agency or entity.

inspector general amends inspector general act grant inspectors general additional subpoena authority compel attendance testimony certain witnesses including federal government contractors federal employees necessary performance functions assigned act authorize appropriations council_of_the_inspectors_general_on_integrity_and_efficiency fy2021 assign council additional responsibilities respect disputes involving jurisdiction federal agency entity set forth procedures considering allegations wrongdoing special_counsel deputy special counsel officials appointed investigate prohibited personal practices government waste abuse exempts requirements relating authority federal agencies collect information investigations information collected evaluation information collected audit investigation inspection evaluation review conducted council office_of_the_inspector_general including requires comptroller general gao study report prolonged vacancies council conduct report analysis critical issues involve jurisdiction individual federal agency entity


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Printing Responsibly in New Typesets Act or the PRINT Act - Directs the Public Printer of the Government Printing Office (GPO) to: (1) adjust the font used to print GPO documents if the Public Printer determines that adjusting such font will reduce printing costs and be cost-effective and appropriate; and (2) enter into to an agreement with any person outside GPO who prints documents for the federal government to similarly adjust fonts used for printing documents.

Prohibits delivery of printed copies of any version of the Congressional Record to the office of a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, effective 30 days after the enactment of this Act.

Redesignates GPO as the Government Publishing Office.

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Summary: Inspector General Vacancy Act of 2014 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide that if the President does not nominate an Inspector General within 180 days after a vacancy occurs in that position, the individual serving as interim Inspector General shall be deemed to be appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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Summary: Cut REDTAPE Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a new small business, including an incorporated business, from the additional tax imposed for underpayment of estimated income tax, if such business's gross receipts for the calendar year do not exceed $1 million.

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Fiscal Responsibility Using Government Accountability Laws Act of 2014 or the FRUGAL Act - Requires the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to analyze the extent to which taxpayers are reporting existing foreign accounts and are circumventing or properly utilizing offshore voluntary disclosure initiatives and programs. Requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to: (1) increase educational outreach concerning taxpayer offshore tax obligations, and (2) report to Congress on closing offshore tax loopholes and increasing revenue collection from offshore sources.

Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to include guidelines for federal agencies to use reverse auctions, an electronic auction in which offerors compete by submitting bids or revised bids for a contract, task, or delivery order until the award is made to the offeror with the lowest bid. States that the guidelines should ensure that reverse auctions uphold high quality standards and that small businesses can continue to participate in the procurement process.

Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to develop and implement a plan to reduce spending on coin inventory management.

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