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American Jobs Act of 2013 - Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States (Buy American). Waives such prohibition in cases where: (1) the prohibition would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%.

Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on federally-assisted projects to be paid wages at the locally prevailing rates (Davis-Bacon Act).

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) restore the making work pay tax credit in 2014, and (2) extend the additional allowance for depreciation (bonus depreciation) for 3 years.

Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase from $2 million to $5 million through FY2014 the limit on the guarantee for contract surety bonds and on the liability for bonds obtained by fraud or misrepresentation.

Directs the Secretaries of Education and the Interior (for schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education) to reserve through FY2014 appropriated amounts to provide educational assistance to outlying areas based on their respective needs. Provides for allocations to states and local educational entities for early childhood learning programs in FY2014-FY2015 at specified levels.

Directs the Attorney General to carry out a competitive grant program pursuant to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 for the hiring, rehiring, or retention of career law enforcement officers. Makes appropriations to the Community Oriented Policing Stabilization Fund to carry out such program and provides for a transfer to a First Responder Stabilization Fund, from which the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) shall make competitive grants for hiring additional firefighters pursuant to the Federal Fire Prevention Control Act of 1974.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to modernize, renovate, or repair early learning or elementary or secondary education facilities and existing facilities at community colleges.

Makes specified funds available to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for: (1) grants-in-aid for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning projects under the airport improvement program (AIP); (2) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Next Generation air traffic control system advancements; (3) highway and bridge restoration, repair, and construction projects and for passenger and freight rail transportation and port infrastructure projects; (4) grants for high-speed rail projects, capital investment grants for intercity passenger rail service, and grants to reduce congestion on intercity rail passenger transportation; (5) capital grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); (6) transit capital assistance grants; (7) capital projects for existing fixed guideway system modernization, replacement and repair of buses and bus-related equipment, and construction of bus-related facilities; and (8) discretionary capital investment grants for surface transportation infrastructure.

Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development Act - Establishes the American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation to make direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate transportation, water, or energy infrastructure projects. Requires infrastructure projects assisted under this Act to have costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $100 million ($25 million for rural infrastructure projects).

Sets forth special requirements for infrastructure projects in rural areas. Requires the AIFA Chief Lending Officer to establish: (1) an Office of Rural Assistance to provide technical assistance in the development and financing of rural infrastructure projects, and (2) a Center for Excellence to provide such assistance to public sector borrowers in the development and financing of infrastructure projects.

Establishes an Office of Special Inspector General to audit and investigate the business activities of AIFA.

Makes private projects for which no public benefit is created ineligible for financial assistance. Sets forth terms for loans or loan guarantees for infrastructure projects.

Requires the Chief Executive Officer of AIFA to establish and collect fees sufficient to cover all or a portion of AIFA administrative costs.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014 the exemption from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for certain tax-exempt private activity bonds.

Appropriates funds for assistance to eligible entities, including state and local governments, qualified nonprofit organizations, businesses, or eligible consortia, for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed-upon properties and for stabilization of affected neighborhoods (Project Rebuild). Allows the use of funds to: (1) establish financing mechanisms for the purchase and redevelopment of such properties; (2) purchase and rehabilitate such properties; (3) establish and operate land banks for them; (4) demolish blighted structures (except public housing); and (5) redevelop abandoned, foreclosed, demolished, or vacant properties.

Requires each state to receive at least $20 million of formula funds, all of which shall be used with respect to low and moderate-income individuals and families.

Requires each state and local government grantee to establish procedures to create preferences for development of affordable rental housing.

Allows a grantee to use up to 10% of a grant to create jobs by establishing and operating a program to maintain eligible neighborhood properties.

Supporting Unemployed Workers Act of 2013 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program until January 1, 2016.

Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend through December 31, 2015, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.

Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2015, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits for employees with 10 or more years of service and for employees with less than 10 years of service. Permits the use of pre-existing appropriated funds under such Act to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment benefits and the cost of current benefits.

Establishes the Reemployment NOW program to facilitate the reemployment of individuals receiving emergency unemployment compensation (EUC claimants). Requires a state to submit for approval by the Secretary of Labor a plan meeting certain minimum requirements in order to be eligible for an allotment of federal funds under such program.

Authorizes a state to use its allotted funds to: (1) establish a Bridge to Work program to provide EUC claimants with short-term work experience placements with eligible employers; (2) provide a wage insurance program to pay, for up to two years, an EUC claimant who obtains reemployment up to 50% of the difference between the wages received at the time of work separation and the wages received for reemployment; and (3) provide a program of enhanced reemployment services to EUC claimants, including unemployed individuals who have exhausted their EUC rights.

Provides for federal financing of state short-time compensation programs. Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) award grants to states that enact such programs; (2) develop model legislative language for use by states in developing, enacting, and implementing such programs; and (3) report to Congress and the President on the implementation of such programs.

Allows an increased work opportunity tax credit for long-term unemployed individuals (individuals who are unemployed and receiving unemployment compensation for six months or more).

Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 - Establishes programs to subsidize employment for unemployed, low-income adults, to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth, and for work-based training. Provides for an initial appropriation of $5 billion, with funds available for obligation by the Secretary of Labor until December 31, 2014, and for expenditure by grantees and subgrantees until September 30, 2015.

Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections.

Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2013 - Makes it an unlawful practice for certain employers to: (1) publish a job advertisement or announcement that includes provisions indicating that an individual's status as unemployed disqualifies the individual for employment or that the employer will not consider or hire an individual for employment based on such status, (2) fail or refuse to consider or hire an individual because of such status, or (3) direct or request that an employment agency take an individual's status into account to disqualify an applicant for consideration for employment or when screening or referring employees.

Makes it an unlawful practice for an employment agency to commit similar acts, including to: (1) screen, or fail or refuse to consider or refer, an individual for employment because of the individual's unemployed status; or (2) limit, segregate, or classify any such individual in any manner that would limit access to job information or consideration, screening, or referral for jobs.

Makes it unlawful for any employer or employment agency to: (1) interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of any right provided under this Act; or (2) fail or refuse to hire, discharge, or otherwise discriminate against an employee because such individual opposed any practice made unlawful by this Act or asserted any right under it.

Prescribes enforcement authorities and legal remedies for violations of this Act.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for offsets against decreases in revenue by: (1) limiting tax deductions and other tax exclusions for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000 ($250,000 for married taxpayers filing a joint return), (2) treating income received by a partner from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income for income tax purposes, and (3) treating all general aviation aircraft (including corporate jets) as seven-year property for depreciation purposes.

Repeals, after 2013, certain tax expenditures for the oil and gas industry, including: (1) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs for oil and gas wells; (2) the tax deduction for tertiary injectant expenditures; (3) percentage depletion for oil and gas wells; (4) the tax deduction for income from activities relating to oil, natural gas, or any primary product thereof; (5) the exemption from limitations on passive activity losses; and (6) the tax credits for enhanced oil recovery and for producing oil and gas from marginal wells. Increases from two to seven years the period for amortizing geological and geophysical expenditures.

Denies the foreign tax credit for amounts paid or accrued by a dual capacity taxpayer to a foreign country or U.S. possession. Defines "dual capacity taxpayer" as a person who is subject to a levy of a foreign country or U.S. possession and who receives a specific economic benefit from such country or possession. Sets forth a special rule for the treatment of taxes paid on foreign oil and gas income for purposes of the foreign tax credit.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm--Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal its budget goal enforcement requirements (sequestration mandate).

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bureau_of_indian_education reserve fy2014 appropriated amounts provide educational assistance outlying areas based respective needs provides allocations states local educational entities early childhood learning programs fy2014 fy2015 specified levels directs attorney general carry competitive grant program pursuant omnibus_crime_control_and_safe_streets_act hiring rehiring retention career law enforcement officers makes appropriations carry program provides transfer responder stabilization fund secretary homeland_security dhs shall competitive grants hiring additional firefighters pursuant directs secretary education award grants states modernize renovate repair early learning elementary secondary education facilities existing facilities community colleges makes specified funds available secretary transportation dot grants aid airport planning development noise compatibility planning projects airport improvement program aip federal_aviation_administration faa generation air traffic control system advancements highway bridge restoration repair construction projects passenger freight rail transportation port infrastructure projects grants high speed rail projects capital investment grants intercity passenger rail service grants reduce congestion intercity rail passenger transportation capital grants national_railroad_passenger_corporation amtrak transit capital assistance grants capital projects existing fixed guideway system modernization replacement repair buses bus related equipment construction bus related facilities discretionary capital investment grants surface transportation infrastructure building upgrading infrastructure long term development act establishes wholly owned government corporation direct loans loan guarantees facilitate transportation water energy infrastructure projects requires infrastructure projects assisted act costs reasonably anticipated equal exceed million million rural infrastructure projects sets forth special requirements infrastructure projects rural areas requires chief lending officer establish provide technical assistance development financing rural infrastructure projects center excellence provide assistance public sector borrowers development financing infrastructure projects audit investigate business activities makes private projects public benefit created ineligible financial assistance sets forth terms loans loan guarantees infrastructure projects requires chief executive officer establish collect fees sufficient cover portion administrative costs amends internal revenue code extend exemption alternative minimum tax amt certain tax exempt private activity bonds appropriates funds assistance eligible entities including state local governments qualified nonprofit organizations businesses eligible consortia redevelopment abandoned foreclosed properties stabilization affected neighborhoods allows use funds establish financing mechanisms purchase redevelopment properties purchase rehabilitate properties establish operate land banks demolish blighted structures public housing redevelop abandoned foreclosed demolished vacant properties requires state receive million formula funds shall respect low moderate income individuals families requires state local government grantee establish procedures create preferences development affordable rental housing allows grantee use grant create jobs establishing operating program maintain eligible neighborhood properties amends supplemental appropriations act extend emergency unemployment compensation euc program january amends assistance unemployed workers struggling families act extend december requirements federal payments states cover euc amends railroad unemployment insurance act extend december temporary increase extended unemployment benefits employees years service employees years service permits use pre existing appropriated funds act cover cost additional extended unemployment benefits cost current benefits establishes reemployment program facilitate reemployment individuals receiving emergency unemployment compensation euc claimants requires state submit approval secretary labor plan meeting certain minimum requirements order eligible allotment federal funds program authorizes state use allotted funds establish bridge work program provide euc claimants short term work experience placements eligible employers provide wage insurance program pay years euc claimant obtains reemployment difference wages received time work separation wages received reemployment provide program enhanced reemployment services euc claimants including unemployed individuals exhausted euc rights provides federal financing state short time compensation programs requires secretary labor award grants states enact programs develop model legislative language use states developing enacting implementing programs report congress president implementation programs allows increased work opportunity tax credit long term unemployed individuals individuals unemployed receiving unemployment compensation months pathways work act establishes programs subsidize employment unemployed low income adults provide summer year round employment opportunities low income youth work based training provides initial appropriation billion funds available obligation secretary labor december expenditure grantees subgrantees september subjects activities funded act federal labor standards nondiscrimination protections fair employment opportunity act makes unlawful practice certain employers publish job advertisement announcement includes provisions indicating individual status unemployed disqualifies individual employment employer consider hire individual employment based status fail refuse consider hire individual status direct request employment agency individual status account disqualify applicant consideration employment screening referring employees makes unlawful practice employment agency commit similar acts including screen fail refuse consider refer individual employment individual unemployed status limit classify individual manner limit access job information consideration screening referral jobs makes unlawful employer employment agency interfere restrain deny exercise right provided act fail refuse hire discharge discriminate employee individual opposed practice unlawful act asserted right prescribes enforcement authorities legal remedies violations act amends internal revenue code provide offsets decreases revenue limiting tax deductions tax exclusions taxpayers adjusted gross income exceeds married taxpayers filing joint return treating income received partner investment services partnership interest ordinary income income tax purposes treating general aviation aircraft including corporate seven year property depreciation purposes repeals certain tax expenditures oil gas industry including tax deduction intangible drilling development costs oil gas wells tax deduction tertiary injectant expenditures percentage depletion oil gas wells tax deduction income activities relating oil natural gas primary product thereof exemption limitations passive activity losses tax credits enhanced oil recovery producing oil gas marginal wells increases seven years period amortizing geological geophysical expenditures denies foreign tax credit amounts paid accrued dual capacity taxpayer foreign country possession defines dual capacity taxpayer person subject levy foreign country possession receives specific economic benefit country possession sets forth special rule treatment taxes paid foreign oil gas income purposes foreign tax credit amends balanced_budget emergency deficit control act gramm rudman hollings act amended budget_control_act repeal budget goal enforcement requirements sequestration mandate


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Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2013 or Unemployed Jobhunters Protection and Assistance Act of 2013 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before January 1, 2015.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the House of Representatives and the Senate should reconvene on or before December 18, 2013, to take appropriate action to enact this legislation.

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Labor Statistics Improvement Act - Establishes an independent Commission to Improve Labor Statistics.

Directs the Commission to: (1) examine and make an assessment of the process by which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates statistical data relating to unemployment rates, including the methods used for determining that an individual is considered to be looking for work; (2) formulate recommendations for any improvement to such process and methods, including proposals for any alternative measures of labor force participation, taking into account evidence that the official unemployment rate doesn't always accurately reflect labor market strength; and (3) develop a new method for determining and reporting underemployment that takes into consideration workers who are not in jobs that match their skill set or education and who are earning less than other workers in similar occupations or with similar skill sets and education.

Directs the Commission to transmit a report to the President and Congress within 180 days after all of its original members have been appointed. Terminates the Commission 60 days after it submits such report.

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014.

 Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.

 Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and November 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)

 Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to May 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula.

 Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first five months of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities.

Requires the provision of such activities to an individual, at a minimum, within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-1 EUC benefits, and if applicable, again within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-3 EUC benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor to determine appropriate time periods.

Specifies the purposes of the activities, namely to:

 better link the unemployed with the overall workforce system by bringing individuals receiving unemployment insurance benefits in for personalized assessments and referrals to reemployment services; and provide them with early access to specific strategies that can help get them back into the workforce faster, including through: (1) the development of a reemployment plan, (2) provision of access to relevant labor market information, (3) provision of access to information about industry-recognized credentials that are regionally relevant or nationally portable, (4) provision of referrals to reemployment services and training, and (5) an assessment of the individual's on-going eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through May 31, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits.

Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reimburse the state's unemployment compensation agency making EUC payments to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation under state or federal law and meet specified other criteria.

 (Under the nonreduction rule such an agreement does not apply with respect to a state whose method for computing regular unemployment compensation under state law has been modified to make the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010, less than what would have been paid before June 2, 2010.)

 Declares that the nonreduction rule shall not apply to a state which has enacted a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking effect, would violate the nonreduction rule. Allows a state whose agreement was terminated, however, to enter into a subsequent federal-state EUC agreement on or after enactment of this Act if, taking into account this inapplicability of the nonreduction rule, it would otherwise meet the requirements for an EUC agreement. (Thus allows such a subsequent EUC agreement to permit payment of less than the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010.)

Prohibits the use of federal funds to: (1) make payments of unemployment compensation to any individual whose adjusted gross income in the preceding year was at least $1 million, or (2) determine whether or not this prohibition applies to an individual.

Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) study the use of work suitability requirements to strengthen them to ensure that unemployment insurance benefits are being provided to individuals who are actively looking for work and truly want to return to the labor force; and (2) brief Congress on the ongoing study, including preliminary recommendations for appropriate legislation and administrative action.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to revise the applicable percentages for determining minimum funding standards for single-employer defined benefit pension plans (funding stabilization). Exempts plans providing accelerated benefit distributions from the application of such standards.

Amends ERISA, with respect to pension insurance premiums paid by a designated payor (i.e., the contributing sponsor or plan administrator for a single employer pension plan and the plan administrator for the multiemployer plan) to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Allows a designated payor to elect to prepay, during any plan year, the applicable PBGC flat dollar insurance premium due for up to five consecutive subsequent plan years specified in the election.

Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend through FY2024 the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to collect customs user fees for the processing of certain merchandise.

Amends the IRC to provide that a bona fide volunteer providing firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services to a state or local government or tax-exempt organization shall not be counted in determining the number of full-time employees of an employer for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Excludes services rendered as a bona fide volunteer to any governmental entity and any tax-exempt organization (specified employer) from the determination of the number of full-time employees of an employer for purposes of such mandate. Defines "bona fide volunteer" as an employee whose only compensation from a specified employer is in the form of: (1) reimbursement for (or reasonable allowance for) reasonable expenses incurred in the performances of volunteer services; or (2) reasonable benefits and nominal fees, customarily paid in connection with the performance of volunteer services. Amends the IRC to allow states, for a 120-day period beginning on enactment of this Act, to implement an employment assistance voucher program, in lieu of paying unemployment compensation directly to employees, under which an eligible individual is issued an employment assistance voucher and is hired by a participating employer who receives a subsidy from the state for the wages paid to the employee. Defines an "eligible employee" as an individual who has been unemployed for at least six months, who is eligible for unemployment compensation, and who is likely to exhaust such compensation.

 Amends MAP-21 to revise the requirement that 10% of the award of contracts for federal-aid highway, federal public transportation, and highway safety research and development programs be set-aside for small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Requires the set-aside to include veteran-owned small business concerns.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish: (1) a voluntary America Star Program under which manufacturers may have products certified as meeting the standards of labels that indicate to consumers the extent to which the products are manufactured in the United States; and (2) such America Star labels, including the content of the labels and the standards that a product shall meet in order to bear a particular label. Requires the labels to be consistent with public perceptions of the meaning of descriptions of the extent to which a product is manufactured in the United States.

 Requires the Secretary, after receiving an application, to certify a product as meeting a label's standards, notify the manufacturer, conduct monitoring and compliance review to ensure that a product continues to meet such standards, notify a manufacturer of any corrective action needed, and withdraw certification of a product if such action is not taken. Provides for an expedited appeals procedure for actions that adversely affect a person.

 Prohibits a person from placing an America Star label on a product, using such label in marketing such product, or in any other way representing that such product meets the standards of such label unless a certification by the Secretary is in effect. Bars the Secretary from certifying the product for a five-year period after determining that a manufacturer has violated the purposes of the Program.

Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to redefine "accelerated filer" with respect to issuers of securities required to meet accelerated deadlines for filing their Form 10-Q quarterly reports. Requires the SEC to include among accelerated filers any issuers of securities that have: (1) annual revenues in excess of $100 million, and (2) an aggregated worldwide market value between $250 million and $700 million of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates.

Establishes the American Infrastructure Fund (AIF) as a wholly-owned government corporation to provide bond guarantees and make loans to state and local governments and non-profit infrastructure providers for transportation, energy, water, communications, or educational facility infrastructure projects (Qualified Infrastructure Projects [QIPs]). Requires AIF also to make equity investments in QIPs such entities sponsor.

 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the AIF, to issue American Infrastructure Bonds with an aggregate face value of $50 billion. Requires proceeds from the sale of the bonds to be deposited into the AIF.

 Amends the IRC to allow U.S. corporations to exclude from gross income qualified cash dividend amounts received during a taxable year from a foreign-controlled corporation equal to the face value of qualified infrastructure bonds the corporation has purchased.

 Prohibits allowance of a foreign tax credit to the excluded portion of any dividend received by a U.S. corporation. Prohibits also the allowance of a deduction for expenses related to that excludable portion.

Declares that a presidential permit shall not be required for construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of border crossing facilities for the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

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assist states providing reemployment eligibility assessment activities requires provision activities individual minimum time period begins receive tier-1 euc benefits applicable time period begins receive tier-3 euc benefits requires secretary labor determine appropriate time periods specifies purposes activities better link unemployed overall workforce system bringing individuals receiving unemployment insurance benefits personalized assessments referrals reemployment services provide early access specific strategies help workforce faster including development reemployment plan provision access relevant labor market information provision access information industry recognized credentials regionally relevant nationally portable provision referrals reemployment services training assessment individual going eligibility unemployment insurance benefits amends railroad_unemployment_insurance_act extend temporary increase extended unemployment benefits makes change application certain requirement nonreduction rule state entered federal state euc agreement federal government reimburse state unemployment compensation agency making euc payments individuals exhausted rights regular unemployment compensation state federal law meet specified criteria nonreduction rule agreement apply respect state method computing regular unemployment compensation state law modified average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid june paid june declares nonreduction rule shall apply state enacted law december taking effect violate nonreduction rule allows state agreement terminated enter subsequent federal state euc agreement enactment act taking account inapplicability nonreduction rule meet requirements euc agreement allows subsequent euc agreement permit payment average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid june prohibits use federal funds payments unemployment compensation individual adjusted gross income preceding year million determine prohibition applies individual requires comptroller general gao study use work suitability requirements strengthen ensure unemployment insurance benefits provided individuals actively looking work truly want return labor force brief congress ongoing study including preliminary recommendations appropriate legislation administrative action amends employee retirement income security act erisa internal_revenue_code irc revise applicable percentages determining minimum funding standards single employer defined benefit pension plans funding stabilization exempts plans providing accelerated benefit distributions application standards amends erisa respect pension insurance premiums paid designated payor contributing sponsor plan administrator single employer pension plan plan administrator multiemployer plan pension_benefit_guaranty_corporation pbgc allows designated payor elect prepay plan year applicable pbgc flat dollar insurance premium consecutive subsequent plan years specified election amends consolidated_omnibus_budget reconciliation act extend fy2024 authority secretary treasury collect customs user fees processing certain merchandise amends irc provide bona fide volunteer providing firefighting prevention services emergency medical services ambulance services state local government tax exempt organization shall counted determining number time employees employer purposes employer mandate provide minimum essential health care coverage patient_protection affordable care act excludes services rendered bona fide volunteer governmental entity tax exempt organization specified employer determination number time employees employer purposes mandate defines bona fide volunteer employee compensation specified employer form reimbursement reasonable allowance reasonable expenses incurred performances volunteer services reasonable benefits nominal fees customarily paid connection performance volunteer services amends irc allow states day period beginning enactment act implement employment assistance voucher program lieu paying unemployment compensation directly employees eligible individual issued employment assistance voucher hired participating employer receives subsidy state wages paid employee defines eligible employee individual unemployed months eligible unemployment compensation likely exhaust compensation amends revise requirement award contracts federal aid highway federal public transportation highway safety research development programs set aside small business concerns owned controlled socially economically disadvantaged individuals requires set aside include veteran owned small business concerns directs secretary commerce establish voluntary manufacturers products certified meeting standards labels indicate consumers extent products manufactured united_states labels including content labels standards product shall meet order bear particular label requires labels consistent public meaning descriptions extent product manufactured united_states requires secretary receiving application certify product meeting label standards notify manufacturer conduct monitoring compliance review ensure product continues meet standards notify manufacturer corrective action needed withdraw certification product action taken provides expedited appeals procedure actions adversely affect person prohibits person placing label product label marketing product way representing product meets standards label certification secretary effect bars secretary certifying product year period determining manufacturer violated purposes program directs securities_and_exchange_commission sec redefine accelerated filer respect issuers securities required meet accelerated deadlines filing form quarterly reports requires sec include accelerated filers issuers securities annual revenues excess million aggregated worldwide market value million million voting non voting common equity held non affiliates establishes wholly owned government corporation provide bond guarantees loans state local governments non profit infrastructure providers transportation energy water communications educational facility infrastructure projects qualified infrastructure projects requires equity investments entities sponsor directs secretary treasury acting issue american infrastructure bonds aggregate face value billion requires proceeds sale bonds deposited amends irc allow corporations exclude gross income qualified cash dividend amounts received taxable year foreign controlled corporation equal face value qualified infrastructure bonds corporation purchased prohibits allowance foreign tax credit excluded portion dividend received corporation prohibits allowance deduction expenses related excludable portion declares presidential permit shall required construction connection operation maintenance border crossing facilities keystone oil pipeline


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Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act (FRA) to direct the Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to submit to the Comptroller General (GAO) and to certain congressional committees a Directive Policy Rule (DPR), including an identification of FOMC members who voted in its favor.

Defines DPR as a policy rule developed by the FOMC that meets specified requirements and provides the basis for the Open Market Operations Directive.

Directs GAO to study whether the DPR has materially changed, audit any materially changed DPR, and report to certain congressional committees on whether the ensuing DPR and the FOMC are in compliance with this Act.

Requires the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) to testify before certain congressional committees as to why non-compliance with this Act, if any, exists.

Establishes a one-week blackout period during which permissible public communications by FOMC members and staff are restricted with respect to: (1) macroeconomic or financial developments; or (2) current, or prospective monetary policy issues.

Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) to direct the Federal Reserve Board to issue regulations, after public notice and comment, that provide for the at least three different sets of conditions (baseline, adverse, and severely adverse) and related methodologies required under current law for the evaluation of nonbank financial companies and certain bank holding companies with over $50 billion in assets.

Directs the Federal Reserve Board to disclose publicly the aggregate number of supervisory letters sent to such bank holding companies, including the aggregate number of such letters designated as either "Matters Requiring Attention" or "Matters Requiring Immediate Attention."

Increases from semi-annual to quarterly the number of times the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is required to give testimony to Congress.

Amends the FRA to require the Vice Chairman for Supervision to give written testimony on the status of all pending and anticipated rulemakings made by the Board.

Requires the Federal Reserve Board, before issuing any regulation, to assess the costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and choose the approach that maximizes net benefits and is tailored to impose the least impact on the availability of credit, economic growth, and the least burden on society.

Prescribes the contents of a post-adoption impact assessment plan the Board must develop whenever it adopts or amends a major rule.

Amends the FRA to prescribe ethics standards governing Federal Reserve Board members and employees, including requirements for disclosure of staff salaries and financial information.

Prescribes requirements for Federal Reserve Board negotiations with any foreign or multinational entity.

Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prescribe requirements for negotiations by the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) with any foreign or multinational entity.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, as a prerequisite to entering into negotiations with any foreign or multinational entity, to notify and consult with certain congressional committees regarding the nature of the agreement and its anticipated effects upon the economy.

transparency_act amends federal reserve act fra direct chairman federal_open_market_committee fomc submit comptroller_general gao certain congressional committees directive policy rule including identification fomc members voted favor defines policy rule developed fomc meets specified requirements provides basis directs gao study materially changed audit materially changed report certain congressional committees ensuing fomc compliance act requires chairman board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_reserve_board testify certain congressional committees non compliance act exists establishes week blackout period permissible public communications fomc members staff restricted respect macroeconomic financial developments current prospective monetary policy issues amends dodd frank wall street reform consumer protection act dodd-frank direct federal_reserve_board issue regulations public notice comment provide different sets conditions baseline adverse severely adverse related methodologies required current law evaluation nonbank financial companies certain bank holding companies billion assets directs federal_reserve_board disclose publicly aggregate number supervisory letters sent bank holding companies including aggregate number letters designated matters requiring attention matters requiring immediate attention increases semi annual quarterly number times chairman federal_reserve_board required testimony congress amends fra require vice chairman supervision written testimony status pending anticipated rulemakings board requires federal_reserve_board issuing regulation assess costs benefits available regulatory alternatives choose approach maximizes net benefits tailored impose impact availability credit economic growth burden society prescribes contents post adoption impact assessment plan board develop adopts amends major rule amends fra prescribe ethics standards governing federal_reserve_board members employees including requirements disclosure staff salaries financial information prescribes requirements federal_reserve_board negotiations foreign multinational entity amends federal_deposit_insurance_act prescribe requirements negotiations board_of_directors federal_deposit_insurance_corporation fdic foreign multinational entity directs secretary treasury prerequisite entering negotiations foreign multinational entity notify consult certain congressional committees nature agreement anticipated effects economy


Summary:
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of five years.

Requires the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to testify annually to certain congressional committees.

amends federal_reserve_act require president federal_reserve_bank new_york appointed president advice consent senate terms years requires president federal_reserve_bank new_york testify annually certain congressional committees


Summary:
Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015

 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to: (1) complete, within 12 months of enactment, the required audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) and of the Federal Reserve Banks; and (2) submit to Congress, within 90 days of audit completion, a detailed report of audit findings and conclusions.

The bill repeals certain limitations placed upon audits of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks concerning: (1) international financial transactions, (2) deliberations or actions on monetary policy matters, (3) transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee, or (4) a part of a discussion or communication among members of the Federal Reserve Board and officers and employees of the Federal Reserve System related to these matters.

federal_reserve transparency act sec bill directs government_accountability_office complete months enactment required audit board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_reserve_board federal_reserve_banks submit congress days audit completion detailed report audit findings conclusions bill repeals certain limitations placed audits federal_reserve_board federal_reserve banks concerning international financial transactions deliberations actions monetary policy matters transactions direction federal_open_market_committee discussion communication members federal_reserve_board officers employees federal_reserve_system related matters


Summary:
Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2015

Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) to consider specified economic impacts of any regulation before issuing it.

Directs the Board, in deciding whether and how to regulate, to assess the costs and benefits of regulatory alternatives, including the alternative of not regulating, and choose the approach that maximizes net benefits.

Prescribes forth additional considerations, including market liquidity in the securities markets and global competitiveness.

Requires the Board, whenever it adopts or amends a regulation designated as a"major rule," to make a post-adoption impact assessment, including intended and unintended consequences of the regulation.

Requires a one-week blackout period before each meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, until midnight of the day after the meeting, during which restrictions are imposed upon public communications by Board members and staff, with specified exceptions, regarding macroeconomic or financial developments or current or prospective monetary policy issues.

Applies to Board members and staff the ethics standards that apply to Securities and Exchange commission (SEC) employees with respect to financial interests and transactions. Prescribes requirements for disclosure of brokerage accounts.

Directs the Board to make publicly available on its website staff salaries and financial information.

Directs the Comptroller General to study the employee pay and pay scale used by the Board.

Requires the Vice Chairman for Supervision to testify to Congress on the status of all pending and anticipated Board rulemakings.

Revises requirements for Board communications with Congress.

Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to require the Board to: (1) issue regulations for nonbank financial company stress test conditions, and (2) disclose and update publicly the aggregate number of supervisory letters sent to bank holding companies.

Requires the Board to: (1) submit audits and performance reviews to certain congressional committees, and (2) designate as chairman of the board of directors of the Federal reserve bank and as Federal reserve agent one of either class A or class B directors with tested banking experience.

Eliminates Class C Directors who are required to represent the public with due but not exclusive consideration to the interests of agriculture, commerce, industry, services, labor, and consumers.

Requires the Board to choose its chairman instead of the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Revises requirements for: (1) the terms of Board Directors, and (2) the filling of vacancies.

Prohibits Board members and employees from international travel for purposes of performing any Board function.

Requires the Board to notify Congress and the public before entering into negotiations with either a foreign or multinational entity.

Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978, and the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Institutions Examination Council and the Financial Stability Oversight Council, before issuing any regulation, to: (1) identify and assess the nature and source of the problem to be addressed, (2) assess the costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives, and (3) make a post-adoption impact assessment of any major rule.

Subjects members and employeees of both Councils to the same ethics standards and outside employment and activity requirements as govern SEC employees.

transparency_act amends federal_reserve_act require board_of_governors federal_reserve_system board consider specified economic impacts regulation issuing directs board deciding regulate assess costs benefits regulatory alternatives including alternative regulating choose approach maximizes net benefits prescribes forth additional considerations including market liquidity securities markets global competitiveness requires board adopts amends regulation designated rule post adoption impact assessment including intended unintended consequences regulation requires week blackout period meeting federal_open_market_committee midnight day meeting restrictions imposed public communications board members staff specified exceptions macroeconomic financial developments current prospective monetary policy issues applies board members staff ethics standards apply commission sec employees respect financial interests transactions prescribes requirements disclosure brokerage accounts directs board publicly available website staff salaries financial information directs comptroller general study employee pay pay scale board requires vice chairman supervision testify congress status pending anticipated board rulemakings revises requirements board communications congress amends dodd frank wall street reform consumer protection act require board issue regulations nonbank financial company stress test conditions disclose update publicly aggregate number supervisory letters sent bank holding companies requires board submit audits performance reviews certain congressional committees designate chairman board directors federal reserve bank federal reserve agent class class directors tested banking experience eliminates class directors required represent public exclusive consideration interests agriculture commerce industry services labor consumers requires board choose chairman instead president advice consent senate revises requirements terms board directors filling vacancies members employees international travel purposes performing board function requires board notify congress public entering negotiations foreign multinational entity amends federal_financial_institutions_examination_council_act financial stability act require financial institutions examination council financial_stability_oversight_council issuing regulation identify assess nature source problem addressed assess costs benefits available regulatory alternatives post adoption impact assessment major rule subjects members councils ethics standards outside employment activity requirements govern sec employees


Summary:
Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2015

 Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund with two separate accounts for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, Indian tribes, local governments, publicly-funded elementary and secondary educational institutions, educational institutions in the Federal Work-Study Program, and tax-exempt non-profit organizations for job-creating activities in communities whose economy is not at a level of full employment; and (2) Workforce Investment programs.

Requires the Secretary, through studies conducted by the Department of Labor or through independent studies, to:

 review the effectiveness of job training and job creation programs under this Act; disseminate information concerning best practices for achieving the Act's goals; and acquire a better understanding of the true cost of the programs. Establishes arbitration procedures for resolution of disputes for grant recipients. Requires the Secretary to post a whistleblower hotline on the Department's website for the public to report noncompliance with the Act's requirements.

Directs the Secretary to convene a national employment conference to meet annually to discuss the role of this Act in addressing all aspects of the problems of unemployment, the sharing of best practices in addressing those problems, and the discussion of problems in the administration of this Act.

Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to revise member composition requirements for state and local workforce development boards to include at least 25% of the chief executive officers of minority-serving, community-based organizations.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the transfer of ownership in certain covered securities transactions, payable by trading facilities or brokers that deal in such transactions. Prescribes a penalty for persons who fail to include such transactions on any tax return or statement.

Directs the Secretary to suspend new hiring of unemployed persons and to freeze the hourly wages paid for jobs funded under this Act whenever it is determined that:

 the unemployment rate is less than 4%, and the consumer price index (inflation) is greater than 3%.

21st training act directs secretary labor establish separate accounts employment opportunity grants states indian tribes local governments publicly funded elementary secondary educational institutions educational institutions tax exempt non profit organizations job creating activities communities economy level employment workforce investment programs requires secretary studies conducted department_of_labor independent studies review effectiveness job training job creation programs act disseminate information concerning best practices achieving act goals acquire better understanding true cost programs establishes arbitration procedures resolution disputes grant recipients requires secretary post whistleblower hotline department website public report noncompliance act requirements directs secretary convene national employment conference meet annually discuss role act addressing aspects problems unemployment sharing best practices addressing problems discussion problems administration act amends workforce innovation opportunity act revise member composition requirements state local workforce development boards include chief executive officers minority serving community based organizations amends internal revenue code impose tax transfer ownership certain covered securities transactions payable trading facilities brokers deal transactions prescribes penalty persons fail include transactions tax return statement directs secretary suspend new hiring unemployed persons freeze hourly wages paid jobs funded act determined unemployment rate consumer price index inflation greater


Summary:
Focusing the Fed on the Currency of the United States Act of 2015 or the FFOCUS Act of 2015

 Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal the joint mandate on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee to make maximum employment one of the goals of their duty to maintain long run growth of the monetary and credit aggregates commensurate with the U.S. economy's long run potential to increase production.

focusing fed currency united states act act amends federal_reserve_act repeal joint mandate board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_open_market_committee maximum employment goals duty maintain long run growth monetary credit aggregates commensurate economy long run potential increase production


Summary:
No Taxpayer Bailouts for Unsustainable State and Local Pensions Act

This bill prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from providing loans, grants, or other forms of financial assistance to state and local government pension plan funds.

taxpayer bailouts bill prohibits secretary treasury board_of_governors federal_reserve_system providing loans grants forms financial assistance state local government pension plan funds


Summary:
Real Unemployment Calculation Act

 Treats the measure of unemployment issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (known as U5) as the official and primary measure of unemployment in the United States.

real unemployment calculation act treats measure unemployment issued bureau_of_labor_statistics known official primary measure unemployment united_states


Summary:
Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2015

 Directs each federal agency that provides contracts, grants, loans, or loan guarantees to businesses to require, as a condition of such assistance, that such businesses provide annually information on:

 the number of employees employed in the United States and its territories and possessions and the number employed outside the United States, as well as wage information on U.S. employees; and the percentage of the workforce that has been laid off or forced to resign during the preceding year. Prohibits, until the situation is corrected, subsequent federal assistance to businesses that lay off a greater percentage of workers in the United States and its territories and possessions than in other countries.

fighting american jobs act directs federal agency provides contracts grants loans loan guarantees businesses require condition assistance businesses provide annually information number employees employed united_states territories possessions number employed outside united_states wage information employees percentage workforce laid forced preceding year prohibits situation corrected subsequent federal assistance businesses lay greater percentage workers united_states territories possessions countries


Summary:
Labor Statistics Improvement Act

 Establishes an independent Commission to Improve Labor Statistics.

Directs the Commission to:

 examine and assess the process by which the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates statistical data relating to unemployment rates, including the methods used for determining that an individual is considered to be looking for work; recommend any improvement to the process and methods, including proposals for any alternative measures of labor force participation, taking into account evidence that the official unemployment rate doesn't always accurately reflect labor market strength; and develop a new method for determining and reporting underemployment that takes into consideration workers who are not in jobs that match their skill sets or education and who are earning less than other workers in similar occupations or with similar skill sets and education.

labor_statistics improvement act establishes independent commission directs commission examine assess process bureau_of_labor_statistics department_of_labor collects processes analyzes disseminates statistical data relating unemployment rates including methods determining individual considered looking work recommend improvement process methods including proposals alternative measures labor force participation taking account evidence official unemployment rate accurately reflect labor market strength develop new method determining reporting takes consideration workers jobs match skill sets education earning workers similar occupations similar skill sets education


Summary:
Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to: (1) commence and complete an audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the Federal Reserve Banks within 12 months of enactment of this Act, and (2) report findings and conclusions to Congress within 90 days of completing the audit.

The bill also repeals certain limitations upon such an audit.

GAO shall audit and report on the review of loan files of homeowners in foreclosure in 2009 or 2010, required as part of the enforcement actions taken by the Board against supervised financial institutions.

Audit contents shall include: (1) the guidance given by the Board to independent consultants retained by the supervised financial institutions regarding procedures to be followed in conducting the file reviews; (2) the factors considered by independent consultants when evaluating loan files and the results obtained pursuant to those reviews; and (3) the determinations made by such consultants regarding the nature and extent of financial injury sustained by each homeowner, as well as the level and type of remediation offered.

federal_reserve transparency act bill directs government_accountability_office gao commence complete audit board_of_governors federal_reserve_system federal_reserve_banks months enactment act report findings conclusions congress days completing audit bill repeals certain limitations audit gao shall audit report review loan files homeowners foreclosure required enforcement actions taken board supervised financial institutions audit contents shall include guidance given board independent consultants retained supervised financial institutions procedures followed conducting file reviews factors considered independent consultants evaluating loan files results obtained pursuant reviews determinations consultants nature extent financial injury sustained homeowner level type remediation offered


Summary: Prohibits the sale or donation of Department of Defense designated as Identification Friend or Foe equipment or accessories, with specified exceptions. Subjects to civil or criminal penalties, or both, persons who manufacture, sell, or possess such items without authorization.

prohibits sale donation department_of_defense designated identification friend equipment accessories specified exceptions subjects civil criminal penalties persons manufacture sell possess items authorization


Summary: United States Airlift Requirements Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to study alternatives for the asset size and mix for the Air Force intertheater airlift force, focusing on current and planned capabilities and costs of the C-5 and C-17 fleets. Requires that the study be conducted through a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in concert with the United States Transportation Command.

united_states airlift requirements act directs secretary defense study alternatives asset size mix air_force airlift force focusing current planned capabilities costs fleets requires study conducted federally funded research development center ffrdc concert


Summary: National Security Culture and Language Training Act - Establishes an: (1) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Irregular Warfare, Cultural Training, and Social Sciences Initiatives; and (2) Office of Irregular Warfare, Cultural Training, and Social Sciences Initiatives. Requires the Office to, among other things: (1) devise and implement a training doctrine that includes the development of cultural, sociological, and psychological knowledge and skills for members of the Armed Forces; and (2) use existing military cultural training programs to expand training efforts for all military personnel. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to pay: (1) a skill proficiency bonus to a regular or reserve member in training to acquire proficiency in a foreign language or expertise in foreign cultural studies or a related skill designated as critical by the Secretary concerned; and (2) incentive pay to a person enrolled in an officer training program to also participate in an education or training program to acquire such proficiency. Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a pilot program to provide a skill proficiency bonus to a member of the reserves receiving compensation for inactive-duty training while participating in an education or training program to acquire such proficiency.

language training act establishes assistant secretary cultural training office irregular warfare cultural training requires office things devise implement training doctrine includes development cultural psychological knowledge skills members armed_forces use existing military cultural training programs expand training efforts military personnel authorizes secretary military department concerned secretary concerned pay skill proficiency bonus regular reserve member training acquire proficiency foreign language expertise foreign cultural studies related skill designated critical secretary concerned incentive pay person enrolled officer training program participate education training program acquire proficiency directs secretary defense conduct pilot program provide skill proficiency bonus member reserves receiving compensation inactive duty training participating education training program acquire proficiency


Summary: Authorizes the President to authorize the design and construction of a petroleum refinery for each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps that will be located on a military installation and reserved for the exclusive purpose of manufacturing petroleum products designated for consumption by units and elements of that branch of the Armed Forces.Directs the President to solicit proposals for the design and construction of a refinery under this Act. Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal the reduced lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions requirement relating to federal agency procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels.

authorizes president authorize design construction petroleum refinery army navy air_force marine_corps located military installation reserved exclusive purpose manufacturing petroleum products designated consumption units elements branch armed_forces directs president solicit proposals design construction refinery act amends energy_independence_and_security_act repeal reduced lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions requirement relating federal agency procurement acquisition alternative fuels


Summary: Defense Production Act Extension and Reauthorization of 2008 - Extends and reauthorizes the Defense Production Act of 1950 through FY2009.

defense production act extension reauthorization extends reauthorizes defense production act fy2009


Summary: Nuclear Policy and Posture Review Act of 2007 - Directs the President to conduct a nuclear policy review to consider a range of options on the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. security policy. Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a comprehensive review of the U.S. nuclear posture to clarify U.S. nuclear deterrence policy and strategy. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President's review should be used as the basis for establishing future U.S. strategic arms control objectives and negotiating positions. Prohibits the appropriation or availability of funds for the Reliable Replacement Warhead Program for FY2008-FY2010 until reports on the above reviews have been submitted to Congress.

nuclear policy posture review act directs president conduct nuclear policy review consider range options role nuclear weapons security policy requires secretary defense conduct comprehensive review nuclear posture clarify nuclear deterrence policy strategy expresses sense congress president review basis establishing future strategic arms control objectives negotiating positions prohibits appropriation availability funds fy2008 fy2010 reports reviews submitted congress


Summary: Strategic Deterrent Sustainment Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees respecting the capability of the U.S. industrial base to: (1) maintain, modernize, and sustain the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system until at least 2030; and (2) replace the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile with a follow-on land-based strategic deterrent system after 2030.

strategic deterrent sustainment act directs secretary defense report congressional defense committees respecting capability industrial base maintain modernize sustain iii intercontinental ballistic missile system replace iii intercontinental ballistic missile follow land based strategic deterrent system


Summary: National Guard and Reserve Medical Readiness Act of 2008 - Revises the effective date for being considered on active duty, for purposes of entitlement to active-duty medical and dental care, for members of the reserves receiving an alert order anticipating a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation.

readiness act revises effective date considered active duty purposes entitlement active duty medical dental care members reserves receiving alert order anticipating order active duty support contingency operation


Summary: Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend through April 1, 2009, the approval of specified waivers under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for the MinnesotaCare Medicaid demonstration project.

directs secretary health_and_human_services extend april approval specified waivers title xix medicaid social security act demonstration project


Summary: Requires the Secretary of Defense: (1) in the case of a member of the Armed Forces who is exposed to a potentially harmful material or contaminant, to notify the member of such exposure and any associated health risks; and (2) in the case of a member of a reserve component, to also notify the state military department of that member. Directs the Secretary, if such a determination is made while a member is deployed, to notify the member while the member is so deployed.

requires secretary defense case member armed_forces exposed potentially harmful material contaminant notify member exposure associated health risks case member reserve component notify state military department member directs secretary determination member deployed notify member member deployed


Summary: Rural Aviation Improvement Act - Repeals the Essential Air Service Local Participation Program. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from compensating an air carrier for providing essential air service to an eligible community in the 48 contiguous states if such community: (1) is located fewer than 70 miles from a large or medium hub airport; or (2) is fewer than 210 miles from a large or medium hub airport and providing such air transportation would require a per passenger subsidy in excess of $200 for calendar year 2010, including any increase or decrease for each ensuing calendar year. Authorizes a state or local government to submit a proposal to the Secretary to: (1) compensate an air carrier for essential air service to an eligible community above the $200 per passenger subsidy cap; (2) compensate a preferred air carrier for providing such service (i.e., an air carrier preferred by the affected community although it is not the lowest bidder); and (3) restore the eligibility of a community to receive subsidized essential air service. Requires the Secretary, in determining compensation (or eligibility for it) for essential air service based on highway mileage, to use the highway mileage of the most commonly used route between the eligible community and the nearest large or medium hub airport. Establishes within the Office of the Secretary the Office of Rural Aviation. Requires adjustment of compensation to air carriers for providing essential air service in order to take into account significant increases in fuel costs. Directs the Secretary to treat passenger boardings on aircraft operated by charter air carriers at airports receiving essential air service as passenger boardings for purposes of making apportionments of airport improvement grant funds.

prohibits secretary transportation compensating air carrier providing essential air service eligible community contiguous states community located fewer miles large medium hub airport fewer miles large medium hub airport providing air transportation require passenger subsidy excess calendar year including increase decrease ensuing calendar year authorizes state local government submit proposal secretary compensate air carrier essential air service eligible community passenger subsidy cap compensate preferred air carrier providing service air carrier preferred affected community lowest bidder restore eligibility community receive subsidized essential air service requires secretary determining compensation eligibility essential air service based highway mileage use highway mileage commonly route eligible community nearest large medium hub airport establishes office_of_the_secretary requires adjustment compensation air carriers providing essential air service order account significant increases fuel costs directs secretary treat passenger boardings aircraft operated charter air carriers airports receiving essential air service passenger boardings purposes making apportionments airport improvement grant funds


Summary: Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) shall submit to the congressional defense committees written notification of: (1) the status with respect to compliance with the body armor procurement line item requirement under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, and (2) the reasons why the Secretary has failed to comply with such requirement.

directs secretary defense dod shall submit congressional defense committees written notification status respect compliance body armor procurement line item requirement national defense authorization act fiscal year reasons secretary failed comply requirement


Summary: Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from planning or executing the permanent relocation of any C-130 aircraft assigned to Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station (Pennsylvania) as of the date of enactment of this Act. Directs such Secretary to ensure that the number of such aircraft so assigned as of September 30, 2012, equals or exceeds the number assigned as of October 1, 2011.

prohibits secretary air_force planning executing permanent relocation c-130 aircraft assigned pennsylvania date enactment act directs secretary ensure number aircraft assigned september equals exceeds number assigned october


Summary: Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act - Prohibits using funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2013 or thereafter: (1) to arm a B-2 or B-52 aircraft with a nuclear weapon; (2) for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or procurement of a long-range penetrating bomber aircraft; (3) to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons; or (4) for the B61 or W78 life extension program. Requires that, beginning in FY2013, the Navy shall include no more than eight operational ballistic-missile submarines available for deployment. Prohibits the use of DOD funds: (1) for FY2013-FY2023 to procure an SSBN-X submarine, and (2) for FY2024 and thereafter to procure more than eight such submarines. Prohibits using DOD funds for FY2013 or thereafter: (1) to maintain more than 200 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), (2) to maintain more than 250 submarine-launched ballistic missiles, (3) for the RDT&E or procurement of a new ICBM, or (4) for the medium extended air defense system. Prohibits using DOD or Department of Energy (DOE) funds for FY2013 or thereafter for: (1) the mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility project, (2) the chemistry and metallurgy research replacement nuclear facility, and (3) the uranium processing facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Requires an initial and subsequent annual reports from the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to Congress outlining their respective plans to carry out the requirements of this Act. Directs the President to submit annually to Congress a comprehensive accounting by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of the amounts obligated or expended by the federal government for each nuclear weapon and related nuclear program during the fiscal year covered by the report and the life cycle of such weapon or program.

nuclear expenditures act prohibits funds appropriated department_of_defense dod fy2013 arm aircraft nuclear weapon research development test evaluation procurement long range penetrating bomber aircraft f-35 joint strike fighter aircraft capable carrying nuclear weapons life extension program requires beginning fy2013 navy shall include operational ballistic missile submarines available deployment prohibits use dod funds fy2013 fy2023 procure submarine fy2024 procure submarines prohibits dod funds fy2013 maintain intercontinental ballistic missiles maintain submarine launched ballistic missiles procurement new medium extended air defense system prohibits dod department_of_energy doe funds fy2013 mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility project chemistry research replacement nuclear facility uranium processing facility requires initial subsequent annual reports outlining respective plans carry requirements act directs president submit annually congress comprehensive accounting director office_of_management_and_budget omb amounts obligated expended federal government nuclear weapon related nuclear program fiscal year covered report life cycle weapon program


Summary: Military Readiness and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas for national defense purposes (thereby conserving the southern sea otter [otter] in such Areas while allowing reasonable military readiness activities). Allows certain incidental otter takings in such Areas in the course of a military readiness activity, while authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to revise or terminate such authorized takings upon determining that the military activities are substantially impeding otter conservation or the return of such otters to optimum sustainable levels. Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Navy to monitor the Areas, at least annually, to evaluate otter status; and (2) the Secretaries of the Navy and the Interior to report jointly every three years to Congress and the public on such monitoring. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon ending a specified otter relocation and management plan and in planning and implementing recovery and conservation measures to allow for the expansion of otter range, to coordinate and cooperate with: (1) the Secretary of the Navy, (2) the Secretary of Commerce regarding recovery efforts for endangered species, and (3) the state of California in continuing viable commercial harvest of state fisheries.

military readiness southern sea otter conservation act directs secretary defense dod establish national defense purposes conserving southern sea otter otter areas allowing reasonable military readiness activities allows certain incidental otter takings areas course military readiness activity authorizing secretary interior revise terminate authorized takings determining military activities substantially impeding otter conservation return optimum sustainable levels directs secretary navy monitor areas annually evaluate otter status secretaries navy interior report jointly years congress public monitoring requires secretary interior ending specified otter relocation management plan planning implementing recovery conservation measures allow expansion otter range coordinate cooperate secretary navy secretary commerce recovery efforts endangered species state california continuing viable commercial harvest state fisheries


Summary: Maintaining the President's Commitment to Our Nuclear Deterrent and National Security Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to: (1) ensuring the safety, security, reliability, and credibility of its nuclear forces; (2) proceeding with a robust stockpile stewardship program and maintaining and modernizing nuclear weapons production capabilities and capacities; (3) reinvigorating and sustaining its nuclear security laboratories and preserving their core nuclear weapons competencies; and (4) providing the resources needed to achieve these objectives. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to direct the President, upon determining that an appropriations Act fails to meet the resource levels needed to carry out the President's 10-year nuclear resources modernization plan, to submit to Congress a plan to remedy the shortfall, together with related information. Prohibits any reduction in the number of deployed nuclear warheads until 120 days after the President certifies that the identified shortfall has been addressed. Provides warhead reduction exceptions. Prohibits, during FY2012-FY2021, any funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) from being used to carry out decisions made pursuant to the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study until the President certifies, among other things, inclusion in that year's budget of necessary resources to carry out such implementation, and that the resources have been provided in an appropriations Act. Directs the President to annually certify to Congress whether plans to modernize or replace strategic delivery systems are fully resourced and being executed at planned levels. Requires the President, during any year in which the President recommends to reduce by more than 1% the number of nuclear weapons in the active and inactive U.S. stockpiles, to certify to Congress whether such reduction will cause the number of such weapons to be fewer than the number of such weapons in the active and inactive stockpiles of the Russian Federation. Prohibits, for FY2012 and thereafter, DOD or National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) funds from being used to carry out any reductions in nuclear forces unless the President includes in a report covering each country with nuclear weapons consideration of the expansion of the nuclear forces of any such country. Requires the President, beginning with FY2013, to annually certify whether: (1) construction of both the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement building and the Uranium Processing Facility with be completed by no later than 2021, and (2) both facilities will be fully operational by no later than 2024. Prohibits the use of DOD or NNSA funds for FY2012 or thereafter to reduce to only one the number of nuclear warheads contained on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) unless the President certifies that the Russian Federation and China are both carrying out a similar reduction. Provides an exception. Expresses U.S. policy on the reduction of Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons and the U.S. extended deterrence commitment to Europe. Provides a limitation, for FY2012 and thereafter, on the reduction, consolidation, or withdrawal of U.S. nuclear forces based in Europe.

maintaining president commitment nuclear deterrent national security act expresses sense congress united_states committed ensuring safety security reliability credibility nuclear forces proceeding robust stockpile stewardship program maintaining modernizing nuclear weapons production capabilities capacities sustaining nuclear security laboratories preserving core nuclear weapons competencies providing resources needed achieve objectives amends national_defense_authorization_act fiscal year direct president determining appropriations act fails meet resource levels needed carry president year nuclear resources modernization plan submit congress plan remedy shortfall related information prohibits reduction number deployed nuclear days president certifies identified shortfall addressed provides reduction exceptions prohibits fy2012-fy2021 funds appropriated department_of_defense dod carry decisions pursuant nuclear posture review implementation study president certifies things inclusion year budget necessary resources carry implementation resources provided appropriations act directs president annually certify congress plans modernize replace strategic delivery systems fully executed planned levels requires president year president recommends reduce number nuclear weapons active inactive stockpiles certify congress reduction cause number weapons fewer number weapons active inactive stockpiles russian_federation prohibits fy2012 dod national_nuclear_security_administration nnsa funds carry reductions nuclear forces president includes report covering country nuclear weapons consideration expansion nuclear forces country requires president beginning fy2013 annually certify construction chemistry building completed later facilities fully operational later prohibits use dod nnsa funds fy2012 reduce number nuclear contained intercontinental ballistic missile president certifies russian_federation china carrying similar reduction provides exception expresses policy reduction russian nuclear weapons extended deterrence commitment europe provides limitation fy2012 reduction consolidation withdrawal nuclear forces based europe


Summary: Limited End Strength Reduction Act of 2012 - Directs the President, upon determining that a reduction in end strength of the regular Army or Marine Corps (or both) is necessary for any of FY2014-FY2017, to submit to Congress with the budget request for that year a certification that such reduction, should the assumptions of the most recent National Security Strategy prove to be incorrect, will not: (1) undermine the ability of the Armed Forces to meet the requirements of the Strategy, (2) increase U.S. security risks, or (3) compel members of the Armed Forces to endure diminished dwell time and repeated deployments. Prohibits: (1) the Army end strength from being reduced by more than 15,000 during each such year from the end strength of the preceding year; and (2) the Marine Corps end strength from being reduced by more than 5,000 in the same manner. Requires the defense budget for each such year: (1) to include amounts for maintaining an end strength sufficient to comply with current active-duty end strength requirements; and (2) to not rely on any emergency, supplemental, or overseas contingency operations funding.

limited end strength reduction act directs president determining reduction end strength regular army marine_corps necessary submit congress budget request year certification reduction assumptions recent prove incorrect undermine ability armed_forces meet requirements strategy increase security risks compel members armed_forces diminished time repeated deployments prohibits army end strength reduced year end strength preceding year marine_corps end strength reduced manner requires defense budget year include amounts maintaining end strength sufficient comply current active duty end strength requirements rely emergency supplemental overseas contingency operations funding


Summary: Strategic Airlift Force Structure Reform Act of 2011 - Reduces the minimum inventory of strategic airlift aircraft required to be maintained by the Secretary of the Air Force to 301 aircraft. (Current law requires the Secretary to maintain at least 316 of such aircraft.)

strategic airlift force structure reform act reduces minimum inventory strategic airlift aircraft required maintained secretary air_force aircraft current law requires secretary maintain aircraft


Summary: Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from planning or executing the permanent relocation of any F-16 aircraft assigned to Eielson Air Force Base (Alaska) as of the date of enactment of this Act. Directs such Secretary to ensure that the number of such aircraft assigned to Eielson as of September 30, 2012, equals or exceeds the number assigned as of October 1, 2011.

prohibits secretary air_force planning executing permanent relocation aircraft assigned alaska date enactment act directs secretary ensure number aircraft assigned september equals exceeds number assigned october


Summary: Simulated Tactical Flight Training Study Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide for an appropriate federally funded research and development center to study the effectiveness of simulated tactical flight training in a sustained gravity environment.

simulated tactical flight training study act directs secretary defense dod provide appropriate federally funded research development center study effectiveness simulated tactical flight training sustained environment


Summary: Abolishes the Army Chemical Corps and transfers its functions to the Army Ordnance Corps. Directs the Secretary of the Army to reassign to the Ordnance Corps all members and officers of the Army who were assigned to the Chemical Corps.

abolishes transfers functions directs secretary army reassign members officers army assigned


Summary:
Survivors of Military Sexual Assault and Domestic Abuse Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide counseling and care and services for sexual trauma to active-duty members of the Armed Forces. (Under current law, such services are provided only to veterans.) Prohibits such a member from being required to obtain a referral before receiving such services.

Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a screening mechanism to be used when a veteran seeks VA health care services to detect if such veteran has been a victim of domestic abuse in order to improve such treatment and assess the prevalence of such abuse in the veteran population.

Requires the Secretary to report to the congressional veterans committees on treatment and services available from the VA for male veterans who experience military sexual trauma compared to such treatment and services available to female veterans who experience such trauma.

Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee, annually for a six-year period, to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the transition from the Department of Defense (DOD) to the VA of treatment of individuals who have experienced military sexual trauma or domestic abuse.

survivors military sexual assault domestic abuse act authorizes secretary veterans_affairs provide counseling care services sexual trauma active duty members armed_forces current law services provided veterans prohibits member required obtain referral receiving services directs secretary develop implement screening mechanism veteran seeks health care services detect veteran victim domestic abuse order improve treatment assess prevalence abuse veteran population requires secretary report congressional veterans committees treatment services available male veterans experience military sexual trauma compared treatment services available female veterans experience trauma directs annually year period report defense appropriations committees transition department_of_defense dod treatment individuals experienced military sexual trauma domestic abuse


Summary:
Protecting Our Security Through Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strength Act of 2016 or the POSTURE Act

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that given the uncertain world and the need for trained and ready U.S. land force, the planned drawdown of land forces should be stopped.

The bill sets forth:

 FY2016 Army, Marine Corps, and Selected Reserve strength levels; and Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. Any proposal to lower the end strength levels established by this Act must first be approved by Congress through enactment of a law to that effect.

protecting security utilizing right sized end strength act posture act bill expresses sense congress given uncertain world need trained ready land force planned drawdown land forces stopped bill sets forth marine_corps selected_reserve strength levels army navy marine_corps air_force permanent active duty end strength minimum levels proposal lower end strength levels established act approved congress enactment law effect