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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Children</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.2851 Michelle's Law</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/action/176809</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 09, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-381.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.2851 Michelle's Law</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2851/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/action/176808</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.&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>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1810/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <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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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.1810 Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1810/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <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: H.R.5872 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5872/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176826</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-363.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.5872 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5872/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176825</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, 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"/>
    <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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  <entry>
    <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: 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.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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  <entry>
    <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.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 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.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.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 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 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.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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