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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Government information</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4186</id>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.2840 Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/action/176848</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish a liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite naturalization applications filed by members of the Armed Forces and to establish a deadline for processing such applications.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 09, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-382.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.2840 Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2840/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/action/176847</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish a liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite naturalization applications filed by members of the Armed Forces and to establish a deadline for processing such applications.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 09, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.1810 Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176844</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-374.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.1810 Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176843</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.2932 Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2932/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176850</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of poison centers, and enhance the public health of people of the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-377.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.2932 Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2932/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176849</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of poison centers, and enhance the public health of people of the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.2982 Runaway and Homeless Youth Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2982/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176852</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-378.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.2982 Runaway and Homeless Youth Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2982/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176851</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, 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.5265 Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5265/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176822</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-361.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.5265 Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5265/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176821</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.2606 United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2606/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176846</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-376.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.2606 United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2606/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176845</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, 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.5057 Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5057/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176819</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-360.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.5057 Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5057/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176818</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, 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.6460 Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6460/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176830</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-365.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.6460 Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6460/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176829</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern, 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.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 Signed by President: 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/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 Sent To President: H.R.1714 To clarify the boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System Clam Pass Unit FL-64P.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1714/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176777</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To clarify the boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System Clam Pass Unit FL-64P.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 07, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.6893 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6893/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176801</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, improve incentives for adoption, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-351.    </content>
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