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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Criminal justice</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4254</id>
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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"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176811</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: 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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  <entry>
    <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"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176815</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: Became Public Law No: 110-358.    </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.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: 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: 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: H.R.1199 Drug Endangered Children Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1199/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176776</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To extend the grant program for drug-endangered children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 07, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.1199 Drug Endangered Children Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1199/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176795</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To extend the grant program for drug-endangered children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-345.    </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 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.6045 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6045/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176780</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2012.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 07, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6083 To authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6083/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176782</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 07, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: 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/176791</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: Signed by 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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    <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: H.R.3480 Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3480/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/action/176759</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure appropriate punishment enhancements for those involved in receiving stolen property where that property consists of grave markers of veterans, 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: S.3641 A bill to authorize funding for the National Crime Victim Law Institute to provide support for victims of crime under Crime Victims Legal Assistance Programs as a part of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3641/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/action/176773</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize funding for the National Crime Victim Law Institute to provide support for victims of crime under Crime Victims Legal Assistance Programs as a part of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 06, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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