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  <title>Open Congress : Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Major Bill Actions</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-03:/committee/146</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1011 A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-21:/action/359885</id>
    <updated>2013-05-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1018 A bill to restrict conflicts of interest on the boards of directors of Federal reserve banks, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s1018/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-21:/action/359646</id>
    <updated>2013-05-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to restrict conflicts of interest on the boards of directors of Federal reserve banks, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.996 A bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s996/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-20:/action/359613</id>
    <updated>2013-05-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1001 A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the Government of Iran.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s1001/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-20:/action/359486</id>
    <updated>2013-05-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the Government of Iran.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1002 A bill to enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of home builders in the United States, and to provide liquidity and ensure stable credit in order to meet the need for new homes in the United States.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s1002/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-20:/action/359578</id>
    <updated>2013-05-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of home builders in the United States, and to provide liquidity and ensure stable credit in order to meet the need for new homes in the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.993 A bill to authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s993/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-20:/action/359490</id>
    <updated>2013-05-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.985 A bill to repeal certain provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called &quot;Glass-Steagall Act&quot;, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s985/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-15:/action/359142</id>
    <updated>2013-05-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to repeal certain provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called &quot;Glass-Steagall Act&quot;, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.968 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s968/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-15:/action/359029</id>
    <updated>2013-05-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.949 Consumer Mortgage Choice Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s949/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-13:/action/358742</id>
    <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.947 SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s947/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-13:/action/358637</id>
    <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to ensure access to certain information for financial services industry regulators, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.892 Iran Sanctions Loophole Elimination Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s892/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358065</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 to impose sanctions with respect to certain transactions in foreign currencies, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.872 Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s872/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357904</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to make the shareholder threshold for registration of savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.824 Shareholder Protection Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s824/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357059</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.848 PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s848/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356851</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to promote transparency by permitting the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to allow its disciplinary proceedings to be open to the public, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.855 CDBG Public Services Flexibility Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s855/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357299</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to increase the portion of community development block grants that may be used to provide public services, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.798 Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s798/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356485</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to address equity capital requirements for financial institutions, bank holding companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.789 A bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during World War II.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s789/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356347</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during World War II.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.766 A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s766/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355904</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.731 Basel III Commonsense Approach for Small Entities Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s731/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355623</id>
    <updated>2013-04-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to conduct an empirical impact study on proposed rules relating to the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, as they apply to community banks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.737 Basel III Impact Study Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s737/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355618</id>
    <updated>2013-04-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a quantitative impact study on the cumulative effect of the Basel III framework devised by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision before issuing final rules amending the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for determining risk-weighted assets, as proposed in the Advanced Approaches Risk-Based Capital Rules Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Standardized Approach for Risk-Weighted Assets Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and the Implementation of Basel III, Minimum Regulatory Capital Ratios Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in June 2012, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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