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  <title>Open Congress : Economic Opportunity - Major Bill Actions</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/committee/atom/185_house_veterans_affairs_economic_opportunity" rel="self"/>
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  <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-03:/committee/185</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1842 Military Family Home Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1842/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357828</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to improve the protections for servicemembers, surviving spouses, and disabled veterans against mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1774 Wounded Veteran Job Security Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1774/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357222</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position of employment for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1796 Troop Talent Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1796/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357150</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To ensure that the education and training provided members of the Armed Forces and veterans better assists members and veterans in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1816 Veterans' STEM Education Program</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1816/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357317</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill for veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1412 Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1412/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354687</id>
    <updated>2013-04-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve and increase the availability of on-job training and apprenticeship programs carried out by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1453 Work-Study for Student Veterans Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1453/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354629</id>
    <updated>2013-04-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority to provide work-study allowance for certain activities by individuals receiving educational assistance by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1452 Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1452/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354847</id>
    <updated>2013-04-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1402 Veterans Paralympic Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1402/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-24:/action/354363</id>
    <updated>2013-03-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to United States Paralympics, Inc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1357 To amend the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to improve the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program by providing assistance under such program for certain training programs that are considered less than full-time.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1357/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/354027</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to improve the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program by providing assistance under such program for certain training programs that are considered less than full-time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1333 Military Family Leave Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1333/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/354061</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1400 To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1400/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/353886</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1316 To amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans' Employment and Training.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1316/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/354016</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans' Employment and Training.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1305 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide clarification regarding eligibility for services under the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1305/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-19:/action/353716</id>
    <updated>2013-03-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide clarification regarding eligibility for services under the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1251 Veteran Excellence Through Education Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1251/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-18:/action/353422</id>
    <updated>2013-03-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants with minority serving institutions for the purpose of establishing verified delivery systems to address social and academic problems facing veterans enrolled at such institutions, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1223 Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1223/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-14:/action/353221</id>
    <updated>2013-03-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to ensure that relocation of a servicemember to serve on active duty away from the servicemember's principal residence does not prevent the servicemember from refinancing a mortgage on that principal residence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.883 To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit certain veterans who were discharged or released from the Armed Forces by reason of service-connected disability to transfer benefits under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h883/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-27:/action/351364</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit certain veterans who were discharged or released from the Armed Forces by reason of service-connected disability to transfer benefits under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.821 To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h821/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-25:/action/350713</id>
    <updated>2013-02-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.844 VetSuccess Enhancement Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h844/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-25:/action/350657</id>
    <updated>2013-02-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the eligibility period for veterans to enroll in certain vocational rehabilitation programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.803 Adult Education and Family Literacy Education Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h803/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-24:/action/350560</id>
    <updated>2013-02-24T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.631 Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h631/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-12:/action/349588</id>
    <updated>2013-02-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide requirements for the contents of the Transition Assistance Program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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