Summary:
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2013 - Amends provisions of federal civil service law to extend employment-related and retirement benefits to domestic partners of federal employees and to set forth requirements for establishing and terminating a domestic partnership, including the filing of an affidavit attesting to the existence and legitimacy of the partnership.

Modifies provisions relating to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to extend eligibility for annuity and survivor benefits to current and former domestic partners of federal employees on the same basis as married employees. Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations to provide that domestic partners and former domestic partners shall be considered as spouses or former spouses for purposes of creditable service determinations under CSRS and FERS.

Makes domestic partners of federal employees eligible for: (1) the federal employee group life insurance (FEGLI) program, (2) federal employees health benefits (FEHB), (3) dental and vision benefit plans, and (4) long-term care insurance coverage.

Grants the head of an federal agency authority to reimburse an employee for taxes incurred by the domestic partner of such employee for travel, transportation, or relocation expense reimbursements.

 Modifies provisions of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) to make domestic partners of federal employees eligible for worker compensation benefits under such Act.

 Adds "domestic partner" to the list of relatives subject to restrictions on federal employment of relatives and related prohibitions.

Includes a biological, adopted, or foster child of a domestic partner as a "son or daughter" for purposes of federal employee family and medical leave provisions. Allows a federal employee family and medical leave to care for a domestic partner.

Requires the President to prescribe regulations necessary to ensure that specified provisions relating to the following are administered in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Act: (1) the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; (2) travel, transportation, and related payments and benefits under the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and for civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD); (3) certain benefits for members of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and (4) benefits related to federal employees or annuitants and benefits necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to make provisions of that Act applicable to domestic partners of federal employees to the same extent as married employees, including provisions relating to financial disclosure, government-wide limitations on outside earned income and employment, gifts to superiors and to federal employees, bribery, acceptance of travel expenses from nonfederal sources, taxes on self-dealing, and disqualification of a justice, judge, or magistrate judge. Requires reporting by: (1) the President on the implementation of this Act, and (2) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the effect of this Act on premiums or other periodic charges under FEHB and the impact of extending benefits to domestic partners on federal employee retention and recruitment efforts.

benefits obligations act amends provisions federal civil service law extend employment related retirement benefits domestic partners federal employees set forth requirements establishing terminating domestic partnership including filing affidavit attesting existence partnership modifies provisions relating civil_service_retirement_system csrs fers extend eligibility annuity survivor benefits current domestic partners federal employees basis married employees requires prescribe regulations provide domestic partners domestic partners shall considered spouses spouses purposes creditable service determinations csrs fers makes domestic partners federal employees eligible federal employee group life insurance program federal employees health benefits fehb dental vision benefit plans long term care insurance coverage grants head federal agency authority reimburse employee taxes incurred domestic partner employee travel transportation relocation expense reimbursements modifies provisions feca domestic partners federal employees eligible worker compensation benefits act adds domestic partner list relatives subject restrictions federal employment relatives related prohibitions includes biological adopted foster child domestic partner son daughter purposes federal employee family medical leave provisions allows federal employee family medical leave care domestic partner requires president prescribe regulations necessary ensure specified provisions relating following administered manner consistent purposes act family medical leave act travel transportation related payments benefits foreign service act civilian employees department_of_defense dod certain benefits members commissioned officer corps national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa benefits related federal employees annuitants benefits necessary carry purposes act amends ethics government act provisions act applicable domestic partners federal employees extent married employees including provisions relating financial disclosure government wide limitations outside earned income employment gifts federal employees bribery acceptance travel expenses nonfederal sources taxes self dealing disqualification justice judge magistrate judge requires reporting president implementation act government_accountability_office gao effect act premiums periodic charges fehb impact extending benefits domestic partners federal employee retention recruitment efforts


Summary:
Children in Families First Act of 2013 - Establishes within the Department of State the Bureau of Vulnerable Children and Family Security which shall: (1) support the implementation in foreign countries of child welfare laws and policies; and (2) establish within the Bureau a Senior Coordinator for Permanence who shall lead the implementation of policies to ensure permanent family care for children living without families, including refugee and stateless children.

States that the Bureau shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary and have lead responsibility for representing the U.S. government in diplomatic contacts pertaining to intercountry adoptions.

Amends the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), to carry out the functions prescribed by the Convention regarding the accreditation of U.S. adoption services providers.

Establishes data bases for: (1) internationally adopted children, and (2) adoption service providers.

Transfers from the Secretary of State to the Field Operations Directorate of USCIS specified adoption-related functions, including accreditation of agencies and approval of persons to provide adoption services and oversight of provider investigations.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), through USCIS, to: (1) be responsible for processing and case-specific decision making on all intercountry adoption cases, (2) ensure that all intercountry adoption suitability and eligibility determinations of prospective adoptive parents are made in accordance with criteria that comply with the Hague Adoption Convention, (3) ensure that all non-Convention adoption cases undergo specified preprocessing, and (4) be responsible for all case processing steps in Convention and non-Convention adoption petitions on behalf of children whom U.S. parents propose to immigrate to the United States.

Directs the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress regarding children living without families.

Establishes within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a Center of Excellence on Children in Adversity.

Authorizes the President to provide assistance for programs in developing countries for nutrition, education, care, and protection of children.

Requires USAID to carry out a priority country demonstration program implementing the (December 2012) Action Plan for Children in Adversity over a period of five years in at least six countries.

Prohibits: (1) the authorization of appropriations to carry out this Act, and (2) funds from being awarded to the United Nations (U.N.) or any of its subsidiaries.

children families act establishes shall support implementation foreign countries child welfare laws policies establish shall lead implementation policies ensure permanent family care children living families including refugee stateless children states bureau shall headed assistant secretary lead responsibility representing government diplomatic contacts pertaining intercountry adoptions amends intercountry adoption act direct secretary homeland_security dhs uscis carry functions prescribed convention accreditation adoption services providers establishes data bases internationally adopted children adoption service providers transfers secretary state uscis specified adoption related functions including accreditation agencies approval persons provide adoption services oversight provider investigations requires secretary homeland_security dhs uscis responsible processing case specific decision making intercountry adoption cases ensure intercountry adoption suitability eligibility determinations prospective adoptive parents accordance criteria comply ensure non convention adoption cases undergo specified responsible case processing steps convention non convention adoption petitions behalf children parents propose united_states directs secretary state submit annual report congress children living families establishes international_development usaid center excellence children adversity authorizes president provide assistance programs developing countries nutrition education care protection children requires usaid carry priority country demonstration program implementing december action plan children adversity period years countries prohibits authorization appropriations carry act funds awarded united_nations subsidiaries


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Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to make it a purpose of the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program to promote efforts to prevent children from entering the foster care system through the provision of pre- and post-adoptive support services.

Extends adoption promotion and support services to those designed to support adoptions from other countries as well as domestic adoptions. Specifies related pre- and post-adoptive support services.

Amends SSA title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to revise requirements for state expenditures for adoption support services.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award grants or cooperative agreements to eligible entities to develop and implement statewide or tribal post-adoption mental health service programs for all adopted children.

Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to direct the Secretary, as part of the child support and paternity data collection system, to promulgate final regulations requiring the states to collect and report information regarding children adopted within the United States or from other countries who enter into state custody as a result of the disruption of a placement for adoption or the dissolution of an adoption.

Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on how children are advertised for adoption, prospective parents, and support for adopting families.

amends child family services title social security act purpose stephanie tubbs jones child welfare services program promote efforts prevent children entering foster care system provision pre- post adoptive support services extends adoption promotion support services designed support adoptions countries domestic adoptions specifies related pre- post adoptive support services amends ssa title foster care adoption assistance revise requirements state expenditures adoption support services amends public_health_service_act direct secretary health_and_human_services hhs acting administrator substance_abuse_and_mental_health_services_administration award grants cooperative agreements eligible entities develop implement statewide tribal post adoption mental health service programs adopted children amends ssa title child support establishment paternity direct secretary child support paternity data collection system promulgate final regulations requiring states collect report information children adopted united_states countries enter state custody result disruption placement adoption dissolution adoption directs comptroller general gao report congress children advertised adoption prospective parents support adopting families


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Adoption Promotion Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that any pregnancy options counseling funded through training grants for personnel to carry out family planning service programs under such Act: (1) includes adoption counseling, and (2) is provided by individuals who are licensed social workers or counselors in the states in which they practice and who have knowledge and experience in adoption practice. Requires that any training provided to an individual with respect to family planning include training on the adoption process.

Requires research in the biomedical, contraceptive development, behavioral, and program implementation fields related to family planning and population funded under such Act to include: (1) the collection of data on the number of pregnancy tests administered to individuals served by family planning service programs and the results of those tests; and (2) the evaluation of the quality, consistency, and outcomes of pregnancy options counseling.

adoption promotion act amends public_health_service_act direct secretary health_and_human_services hhs ensure pregnancy options counseling funded training grants personnel carry family planning service programs act includes adoption counseling provided individuals licensed social workers counselors states practice knowledge experience adoption practice requires training provided individual respect family planning include training adoption process requires research biomedical contraceptive development behavioral program implementation fields related family planning population funded act include collection data number pregnancy tests administered individuals served family planning service programs results tests evaluation quality consistency outcomes pregnancy options counseling


Summary: Amends the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to repeal a provision ensuring governmental social service agencies with child protection responsibilities access to the national crime information databases only when investigating or responding to reports of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

amends adam walsh child protection safety act repeal provision ensuring governmental social service agencies child protection responsibilities access national crime information databases investigating responding reports child abuse neglect exploitation


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Quality Foster Care Services Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend medical assistance coverage to therapeutic foster care services.

Requires a qualified therapeutic foster care program to be state-licensed and provide: (1) foster care children under 21 with structured daily activities, including the development of age-appropriate social, communication and behavioral skills, trauma-informed and gender-responsive services, crisis intervention and crisis support services, medication monitoring, counseling, and case management; and (2) foster care parents with specialized training and consultation in the management of children with mental illness, trauma, other emotional or behavioral disorders, medically fragile conditions, or developmental disabilities, and specific additional training on the needs of each child provided such services.

quality foster care services act amends title xix medicaid social security act ssa extend medical assistance coverage therapeutic foster care services requires qualified therapeutic foster care program state licensed provide foster care children structured daily activities including development age appropriate social communication behavioral skills trauma informed gender responsive services crisis intervention crisis support services medication monitoring counseling case management foster care parents specialized training consultation management children mental illness trauma emotional behavioral disorders medically fragile conditions developmental disabilities specific additional training needs child provided services


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

amends internal revenue code respect child tax credit increase taxable years beginning maximum credit child rate refundable portion credit earned income


Summary:
Children in Families First Act of 2014 - Establishes within the Department of State the Bureau of Vulnerable Children and Family Security which shall: (1) support the implementation in foreign countries of child welfare laws and policies; and (2) establish within the Bureau a Senior Coordinator for Permanence who shall lead the implementation of policies to ensure permanent family care for children living without families, including refugee and stateless children.

States that the Bureau shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary and have lead responsibility for representing the U.S. government in diplomatic contacts pertaining to intercountry adoptions.

Amends the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), to carry out the functions prescribed by the Convention regarding the accreditation of U.S. adoption services providers.

Establishes data bases for: (1) internationally adopted children, and (2) adoption service providers.

Transfers from the Secretary of State to the Field Operations Directorate of USCIS specified adoption-related functions, including accreditation of agencies and approval of persons to provide adoption services and oversight of provider investigations.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), through USCIS, to: (1) be responsible for processing and case-specific decision making on all intercountry adoption cases, (2) ensure that all intercountry adoption suitability and eligibility determinations of prospective adoptive parents are made in accordance with criteria that comply with the Hague Adoption Convention, (3) ensure that all non-Convention adoption cases undergo specified preprocessing, and (4) be responsible for all case processing steps in Convention and non-Convention adoption petitions on behalf of children whom U.S. parents propose to immigrate to the United States.

Establishes within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a Center of Excellence on Children in Adversity.

Authorizes the President to provide assistance for programs in developing countries for nutrition, education, care, and protection of children.

Requires USAID to carry out a priority country demonstration program implementing the (December 2012) Action Plan for Children in Adversity over a period of five years in at least six countries.

Prohibits: (1) the authorization of appropriations to carry out this Act, and (2) funds from being awarded to the United Nations (U.N.) or any of its subsidiaries.

children families act establishes shall support implementation foreign countries child welfare laws policies establish shall lead implementation policies ensure permanent family care children living families including refugee stateless children states bureau shall headed assistant secretary lead responsibility representing government diplomatic contacts pertaining intercountry adoptions amends intercountry adoption act direct secretary homeland_security dhs uscis carry functions prescribed convention accreditation adoption services providers establishes data bases internationally adopted children adoption service providers transfers secretary state uscis specified adoption related functions including accreditation agencies approval persons provide adoption services oversight provider investigations requires secretary homeland_security dhs uscis responsible processing case specific decision making intercountry adoption cases ensure intercountry adoption suitability eligibility determinations prospective adoptive parents accordance criteria comply ensure non convention adoption cases undergo specified responsible case processing steps convention non convention adoption petitions behalf children parents propose united_states establishes international_development usaid center excellence children adversity authorizes president provide assistance programs developing countries nutrition education care protection children requires usaid carry priority country demonstration program implementing december action plan children adversity period years countries prohibits authorization appropriations carry act funds awarded united_nations subsidiaries


Summary: Parental Protection Act - Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withhold all monies from state agencies or entities, hospitals, and medical facilities that: (1) allow research presenting greater than minimal risk to minors, juveniles, or wards of the state; (2) deny Fourteenth Amendment rights to the parents or child; or (3) investigate parents or charge them with medical neglect, or remove children from the parents' custody when they disagree with a subjective diagnosis involving psychotropic drugs.

parental protection act requires department_of_health_and_human_services hhs withhold monies state agencies entities hospitals medical facilities allow research presenting greater minimal risk minors juveniles state deny amendment rights parents child investigate parents charge medical neglect remove children parents custody diagnosis involving psychotropic drugs


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Infant and Toddler Care Improvement Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to enable eligible states (including Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) to improve the quality of care for infants and toddlers, especially those from low-income families.

Authorizes the use of grant funds to: (1) make grants to organizations with expertise in providing child care and related technical assistance, to establish new staffed family child care networks or to operate existing staffed family child care networks or systems that offer, to family child care providers who are eligible infant and toddler care providers, technical assistance, training, administrative support, or direct services including monitoring visits to providers; (2) support a statewide network of infant and toddler care specialists; and (3) support initiatives to improve the quality of the provider workforce.

Allows the use of such funds also to: (1) develop infant and toddler components for the State's Quality Rating and Improvement System or a similar rating system, child care licensing regulations, or voluntary early learning guidelines; (2) improve the ability of parents to obtain information about high-quality infant and toddler care; or (3) assist eligible infant and toddler care providers seeking to increase their ranking on the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System or similar rating system, meet performance standards applicable to an Early Head Start agency, or become accredited by a national accrediting body.

infant toddler care improvement act amends child care development block grant act direct secretary health_and_human_services hhs grants enable eligible states including guam american_samoa commonwealth_of_the_northern_mariana_islands improve quality care infants toddlers especially low income families authorizes use grant funds grants organizations expertise providing child care related technical assistance establish new staffed family child care networks operate existing staffed family child care networks systems offer family child care providers eligible infant toddler care providers technical assistance training administrative support direct services including monitoring visits providers support statewide network infant toddler care specialists support initiatives improve quality provider workforce allows use funds develop infant toddler components state quality rating improvement system similar rating system child care licensing regulations voluntary early learning guidelines improve ability parents obtain information high quality infant toddler care assist eligible infant toddler care providers seeking increase ranking state quality rating improvement system similar rating system meet performance standards applicable early head start agency accredited national accrediting body


Summary: Amends the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 to include within the definition of "child exploitation" offering to engage or engaging in the transfer of permanent custody or control of a minor in contravention of a required legal procedure.

amends protect children act include definition child exploitation offering engage engaging transfer permanent custody control minor contravention required legal procedure


Summary:
Permanent Families for All Children Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to:

 limit to 36 the number of months for which foster care maintenance payments made on behalf of a child not in a legal guardianship or kinship guardian arrangement may be reimbursed; limit to 12 the number of months for which foster care maintenance payments made to child-care institutions on behalf of a child residing in the institution may be reimbursed; eliminate the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) income eligibility requirement for foster care maintenance payments; replace the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP, or federal matching rate) for foster care maintenance payments and related costs in a state with a foster care partnership rate for the quarter determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS); and make children in residential treatment programs eligible for 50% of regular foster care maintenance payments. Directs the Secretary to increase the proportion of the amounts expended by a state for caseworker training on child-focused recruitment and retention.

Increases the amount of spending for child welfare programs by the unused savings resulting from this Act.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the cancellation of Federal Direct Student Loans for a social worker employed in a public child or family service agency after the social worker has made 60 monthly payments on the eligible loan after the enactment of this Act.

permanent families children act amends foster care adoption assistance title social security act limit number months foster care maintenance payments behalf child legal guardianship kinship guardian arrangement reimbursed limit number months foster care maintenance payments child care institutions behalf child residing institution reimbursed eliminate dependent children afdc income eligibility requirement foster care maintenance payments replace federal medical assistance percentage fmap federal matching rate foster care maintenance payments related costs state foster care partnership rate quarter determined secretary health_and_human_services hhs children residential treatment programs eligible regular foster care maintenance payments directs secretary increase proportion amounts expended state caseworker training child focused recruitment retention increases spending child welfare programs unused savings resulting act amends higher education act authorize cancellation social worker employed public child family service agency social worker monthly payments eligible loan enactment act


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Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to: (1) increase from $110,00 to $150,000 ($75,000 for individual taxpayers and married taxpayers filing separately) the threshold amount applicable to married couples filing joint tax returns above which such tax credit is reduced, and (2) allow an inflation adjustment to the threshold amounts and the $1,000 credit amount beginning after 2014.

Requires taxpayers to include their social security numbers on their tax returns to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.

Prohibits the entry of the budgetary effects of this Act on any PAYGO (pay-as-you-go) scorecard.

amends internal revenue code respect child tax credit increase individual taxpayers married taxpayers filing separately threshold applicable married couples filing joint tax returns tax credit reduced allow inflation adjustment threshold amounts credit beginning requires taxpayers include social security numbers tax returns claim refundable portion child tax credit prohibits entry budgetary effects act paygo pay scorecard


Summary: Justina's Law - Prohibits the use of federal funds to conduct or support treatment or research involving a ward of the state in which the individual's health is subjected to greater than minimal risk with no or minimal prospect of direct benefit.

law prohibits use federal funds conduct support treatment research involving ward state individual health subjected greater minimal risk minimal direct benefit


Summary: Child Welfare Workforce Partnership Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to deem child welfare training expenditures made by public or private nonprofit education institutions to be made by the state if those expenditures would otherwise have been allowable if made by the state claiming federal reimbursement. (Thus allows a state to be federally reimbursed for child welfare training expenditures made by a nonprofit education institutions in the state.)

child welfare workforce partnership act amends foster care adoption assistance title social security act deem child welfare training expenditures public private nonprofit education institutions state expenditures allowable state claiming federal reimbursement allows state federally reimbursed child welfare training expenditures nonprofit education institutions state


Summary: Empowering Families at Home and at Work Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a married taxpayer who files a joint tax return a tax deduction for 20% of the first $60,000 of the wages and self-employment income of the lesser earning spouse. Disallows such deduction for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $110,000.

empowering families home work act amends internal revenue code allow married taxpayer files joint tax return tax deduction wages self employment income lesser earning spouse disallows deduction taxpayers adjusted gross income exceeds


Summary: Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to pay the fees charged by any governmental authority associated with obtaining the birth certificate or state residence identification card in order to obtain a replacement Social Security card for certain victims of domestic violence residing in a shelter and their dependents.

directs commissioner social_security pay fees charged governmental authority associated obtaining birth certificate state residence identification card order obtain replacement social_security card certain victims domestic violence residing shelter dependents


Summary: Marriage and Family Therapists for Veterans Act - Revises the eligibility criteria for appointment to a marriage and family therapist position with the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to require a person: (1) to hold a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, or a comparable degree in mental health, from an institution that is regionally accredited or approved by the VA Secretary (currently, approved by the Secretary); and (2) to have passed the Association of Marital and Family Therapy regulatory board examination in marital and family therapy or an examination for a marriage and family therapy license given by a state board of behavioral sciences (or its equivalent).

marriage family therapists veterans act revises eligibility criteria appointment marriage family therapist position require person hold master degree marriage family therapy comparable degree mental health institution regionally accredited approved secretary currently approved secretary passed family therapy regulatory board examination marital family therapy examination marriage family therapy license given state board behavioral sciences equivalent


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Child Support Assistance Act of 2014 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act, with respect to the permissible purposes of consumer reports, to authorize a consumer reporting agency to furnish a consumer report in response to a request by the head of a state or local child support enforcement agency (or an authorized state or local government official), if the requester certifies that the report is needed for enforcing a child support order, award, agreement, or judgment.

Repeals: (1) the requirement for 10 days' prior notice to a consumer whose report is requested, and (2) the authorization for any consumer reporting agency to furnish a report to an agency administering a state plan for child and spousal support in order to set an initial or modified child support award.

child support assistance act amends fair credit reporting act respect permissible purposes consumer reports authorize consumer reporting agency furnish consumer report response request head state local child support enforcement agency authorized state local government official requester certifies report needed enforcing child support order award agreement judgment repeals requirement days prior notice consumer report requested authorization consumer reporting agency furnish report agency administering state plan child spousal support order set initial modified child support award


Summary: Domestic Violence Safety Plan Grant Program Act of 2014 or the My Sister's Keeper Act of 2014 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a program to award grants to eligible state and local governments, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations to develop, promote, and teach the importance of the critical role that can be played by relatives, friends, and co-workers in combatting domestic violence.

domestic violence safety plan grant program act sister directs attorney general establish program award grants eligible state local governments educational institutions non profit organizations develop promote teach importance critical role played relatives workers combatting domestic violence


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National Parents Corps Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, subject to the availability of appropriations, to award a grant to a nonprofit entity (to be known as the NPCP Nonprofit Partner) to establish a National Parents Corps program to promote safety and combat youth violence and substance abuse in public middle or secondary schools.

Requires the NPCP Nonprofit Partner to: (1) select for program participation annually schools that agree to host a Parent Leader for a number of years equal to the number of grade levels they offer; and (2) employ, after a background check, a Parent Leader from among the parents of students enrolled in the lowest grade at each participating school to work on a full-time basis with students, other parents, and school officials to treat, prevent, and reduce violence and drug, alcohol, and tobacco addiction among students.

Urges participating schools to take the measures necessary to secure funding for the employment of Parent Leaders after federal funding becomes unavailable.

directs administrator office_of_juvenile_justice delinquency_prevention subject availability appropriations award grant nonprofit entity known nonprofit partner establish program promote safety combat youth violence substance abuse public middle secondary schools requires nonprofit partner select program participation annually schools agree host parent leader number years equal number grade levels offer employ background check parent leader parents students enrolled lowest grade participating school work time basis students parents school officials treat prevent reduce violence drug alcohol tobacco addiction students urges participating schools measures necessary secure funding employment federal funding unavailable


Summary: Securing American Families Everywhere (SAFE Kids) Act - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on: (1) the extent of adoption disruption and dissolution in the United States and efforts by state and local governments and private child welfare agencies to prevent the disruption and dissolution; and (2) set forth legislative options to require such agencies to track and report on disrupted or dissolved adoptions, and to prepare prospective adoptive parents and support them after an adoption.

safe kids act directs comptroller general gao report congress extent adoption disruption dissolution united_states efforts state local governments private child welfare agencies prevent disruption dissolution set forth legislative options require agencies track report disrupted dissolved adoptions prepare prospective adoptive parents support adoption


Summary: Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA); (2) renew the commitment of the United States to providing the resources necessary to combat all forms of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking; (3) build upon the success of VAWA in transforming the criminal justice and community-based response to abuse by bolstering and streamlining the programs, grants, and coalitions created by VAWA and expanding the reach of VAWA to meet the remaining needs of victims; (4) continue to provide the training, tools, and resources necessary for law enforcement officers and victim service providers to hold the perpetrators of domestic and sexual violence accountable and to keep victims safe; and (5) ensure that all victims of domestic and sexual violence receive the support and protections provided by VAWA.

expresses sense senate congress reauthorize violence_against_women_act vawa renew commitment united_states providing resources necessary combat forms domestic violence sexual assault dating violence stalking build success vawa transforming criminal justice community based response abuse streamlining programs grants coalitions created vawa expanding reach vawa meet remaining needs victims continue provide training tools resources necessary law enforcement officers victim service providers hold perpetrators domestic sexual violence accountable victims safe ensure victims domestic sexual violence receive support protections provided vawa