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  <title>Open Congress : Senate Judiciary - Major Bill Actions</title>
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  <updated>2009-11-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.358 A resolution designating December 12, 2009, as &quot;Wreaths Across America Day&quot;.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-20:/action/217369</id>
    <updated>2009-11-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating December 12, 2009, as &quot;Wreaths Across America Day&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.357 A resolution urging the people of the United States to observe Global Family Day and One Day of Peace and Sharing.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-sr357/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-19:/action/217338</id>
    <updated>2009-11-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution urging the people of the United States to observe Global Family Day and One Day of Peace and Sharing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2804 A bill to require employers to certify that they have not and will not lay off a large number of employees before they are allowed to employ foreign workers in the United States, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2804/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-19:/action/217211</id>
    <updated>2009-11-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require employers to certify that they have not and will not lay off a large number of employees before they are allowed to employ foreign workers in the United States, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.1599 Reserve Officers Association Modernization Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1599/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-19:/action/217406</id>
    <updated>2009-11-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to include in the Federal charter of the Reserve Officers Association leadership positions newly added in its constitution and bylaws.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 19, 2009: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2795 A bill to prevent terrorists and those at war with the United States from receiving the same treatment as United States citizens and to ensure that the trials of those individuals would not bring more harm or reduce national security in the United States.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2795/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-18:/action/216879</id>
    <updated>2009-11-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to prevent terrorists and those at war with the United States from receiving the same treatment as United States citizens and to ensure that the trials of those individuals would not bring more harm or reduce national security in the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2786 A bill to amend titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code to provide incentives for the prompt payments of debts owed to the United States and the victims of crime by imposing late fees on unpaid judgments owed to the United States and to the victims of crime, to provide for offsets on amounts collected by the Department of Justice for Federal agencies, to increase the amount of special assessments imposed upon convicted persons, to establish an Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund to enhance, supplement, and improve the debt collection activities of the Department of Justice, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide to assistant United States attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2786/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-17:/action/216768</id>
    <updated>2009-11-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code to provide incentives for the prompt payments of debts owed to the United States and the victims of crime by imposing late fees on unpaid judgments owed to the United States and to the victims of crime, to provide for offsets on amounts collected by the Department of Justice for Federal agencies, to increase the amount of special assessments imposed upon convicted persons, to establish an Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund to enhance, supplement, and improve the debt collection activities of the Department of Justice, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide to assistant United States attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2772 A bill to establish a criminal justice reinvestment grant program to help States and local jurisdictions reduce spending on corrections, control growth in the prison and jail populations, and increase public safety.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2772/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-16:/action/216625</id>
    <updated>2009-11-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish a criminal justice reinvestment grant program to help States and local jurisdictions reduce spending on corrections, control growth in the prison and jail populations, and increase public safety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.J.Res.21 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 3 in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-sj21/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-10:/action/216490</id>
    <updated>2009-11-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 3 in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2757 Military Families Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2757/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-09:/action/216167</id>
    <updated>2009-11-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize the adjustment of status for immediate family members of persons who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.J.Res.26 Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hj26/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/action/216163</id>
    <updated>2009-11-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 06, 2009: Became Public Law No: 111-94.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.832 A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers Association of America, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s832/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/action/216001</id>
    <updated>2009-11-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers Association of America, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 06, 2009: Signed by President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Enacted: S.832 A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers Association of America, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s832/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/action/216211</id>
    <updated>2009-11-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers Association of America, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 06, 2009: Became Public Law No: 111-95.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.J.Res.26 Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hj26/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-06:/action/215910</id>
    <updated>2009-11-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 06, 2009: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2736 Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s2736/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-05:/action/215704</id>
    <updated>2009-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reduce the rape kit backlog and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.339 A resolution to express the sense of the Senate in support of permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-sr339/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-05:/action/215871</id>
    <updated>2009-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution to express the sense of the Senate in support of permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.338 A resolution designating November 14, 2009, as &quot;National Reading Education Assistance Dogs Day&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-sr338/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-05:/action/215793</id>
    <updated>2009-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating November 14, 2009, as &quot;National Reading Education Assistance Dogs Day&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.47 A concurrent resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the East Bay Regional Park District in California, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-sc47/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-05:/action/215791</id>
    <updated>2009-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A concurrent resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the East Bay Regional Park District in California, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.333 A resolution designating each of Saturday, November 7, 2009, and Saturday, November 6, 2010, as &quot;National Wounded Warrior Day&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-sr333/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-04:/action/215590</id>
    <updated>2009-11-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating each of Saturday, November 7, 2009, and Saturday, November 6, 2010, as &quot;National Wounded Warrior Day&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.337 A resolution designating December 6, 2009, as &quot;National Miners Day&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-sr337/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-04:/action/215611</id>
    <updated>2009-11-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating December 6, 2009, as &quot;National Miners Day&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.334 A resolution designating Thursday, November 19, 2009, as &quot;Feed America Day&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-sr334/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-04:/action/215470</id>
    <updated>2009-11-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating Thursday, November 19, 2009, as &quot;Feed America Day&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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