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  <title>Open Congress : Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Major Bill Actions</title>
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  <updated>2009-11-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2809 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's patients and their families.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-20:/action/217420</id>
    <updated>2009-11-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's patients and their families.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2803 A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2803/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-19:/action/217189</id>
    <updated>2009-11-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2800 A bill to amend subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide education for homeless children and youths, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2800/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-19:/action/217265</id>
    <updated>2009-11-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide education for homeless children and youths, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2801 A bill to provide children in foster care with school stability and equal access to educational opportunities.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2801/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-19:/action/217319</id>
    <updated>2009-11-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide children in foster care with school stability and equal access to educational opportunities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2806 A bill to codify and enhance existing regulations designed to encourage individuals to adopt healthy behaviors through voluntary participation in programs of health promotion and disease prevention.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2806/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-19:/action/217112</id>
    <updated>2009-11-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to codify and enhance existing regulations designed to encourage individuals to adopt healthy behaviors through voluntary participation in programs of health promotion and disease prevention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2796 A bill to extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2796/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-18:/action/216927</id>
    <updated>2009-11-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2781 A bill to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability, and to change references to a mentally retarded individual to references to an individual with an intellectual disability.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2781/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-17:/action/216799</id>
    <updated>2009-11-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability, and to change references to a mentally retarded individual to references to an individual with an intellectual disability.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2785 After-School Partnerships Improve Results in Education (ASPIRE) Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2785/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-17:/action/216780</id>
    <updated>2009-11-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide grants to improve after-school interdisciplinary education programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2790 A bill to allow Americans to receive paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs, and the health needs of their families, related to a contagious illness.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2790/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-17:/action/216775</id>
    <updated>2009-11-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to allow Americans to receive paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs, and the health needs of their families, related to a contagious illness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.353 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of &quot;American Education Week&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-sr353/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-10:/action/216504</id>
    <updated>2009-11-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of &quot;American Education Week&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2752 Gulf Oyster Industry Jobs Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2752/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-09:/action/216212</id>
    <updated>2009-11-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to ensure the sale and consumption of raw oysters and to direct the Food and Drug Administration to conduct an education campaign regarding the risks associated with consuming raw oysters, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.348 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-sr348/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-09:/action/216225</id>
    <updated>2009-11-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2750 Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2750/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/action/215975</id>
    <updated>2009-11-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States for the purpose of reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in public secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2733 A bill to provide for the establishment of a Private Education Loan Ombudsman.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2733/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-05:/action/215763</id>
    <updated>2009-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for the establishment of a Private Education Loan Ombudsman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2742 American Worker Transition and Community Assistance Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2742/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-05:/action/215863</id>
    <updated>2009-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for a Climate Change Worker and Community Assistance Program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2734 Diabetes Prevention Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2734/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-05:/action/215853</id>
    <updated>2009-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the prevention of diabetes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2740 Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2740/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-05:/action/215732</id>
    <updated>2009-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish a comprehensive literacy program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2735 Gulf Oyster Protection Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2735/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-05:/action/215741</id>
    <updated>2009-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to prohibit additional requirements for the control of Vibrio vulnificus applicable to the post-harvest processing of oysters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2730 COBRA Subsidy Extension and Enhancement Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2730/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-04:/action/215551</id>
    <updated>2009-11-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to extend and enhance the COBRA subsidy program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.1793 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1793/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-30:/action/214692</id>
    <updated>2009-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill to amend title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 30, 2009: Signed by President.    </content>
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