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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Business</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5159 Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/action/176820</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish the Office of the Capitol Visitor Center within the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, headed by the Chief Executive Officer for Visitor Services, to provide for the effective management and administration of the Capitol Visitor Center, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 09, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.496 Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176854</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize and improve the program authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.496 Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176855</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize and improve the program authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-371.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.3068 Federal Protective Service Guard Contracting Reform Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176810</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit the award of contracts to provide guard services under the contract security guard program of the Federal Protective Service to a business concern that is owned, controlled, or operated by an individual who has been convicted of a felony.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.3068 Federal Protective Service Guard Contracting Reform Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3068/show" rel="alternate"/>
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    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit the award of contracts to provide guard services under the contract security guard program of the Federal Protective Service to a business concern that is owned, controlled, or operated by an individual who has been convicted of a felony.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-356.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.4120 Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4120/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176814</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving child pornography, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.4120 Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4120/show" rel="alternate"/>
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    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving child pornography, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-358.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.6894 Defense Production Act Extension and Reauthorization of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176834</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To extend and reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.6894 Defense Production Act Extension and Reauthorization of 2008</title>
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    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To extend and reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-367.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176794</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 07, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h923/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176803</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-344.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2095 Clean Railroads Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2095/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/action/176758</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 06, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3001 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3001/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/action/176770</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 06, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6063 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6063/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/action/176761</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 06, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.431 KIDS Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s431/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176649</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1424/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176572</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1424/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176573</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1424/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176574</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1424/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176757</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-343.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1532 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1532/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176575</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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