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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Africa (Sub-Saharan)</title>
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  <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168297</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-293.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168296</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.632 A resolution calling on the Governments of the People's Republic of China and the international community to use the upcoming Olympic Games as an opportunity to push for the parties to the conflicts in Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic to cease hostilities and revive efforts toward a peaceful resolution of their national and regional conflicts.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168208</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution calling on the Governments of the People's Republic of China and the international community to use the upcoming Olympic Games as an opportunity to push for the parties to the conflicts in Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic to cease hostilities and revive efforts toward a peaceful resolution of their national and regional conflicts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-25:/action/167441</id>
    <updated>2008-07-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 25, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/action/167440</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 24, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6560 To establish an earned import allowance program under Public Law 109-53, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6560/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/action/166947</id>
    <updated>2008-07-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish an earned import allowance program under Public Law 109-53, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.611 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the crisis in Zimbabwe, and for other purposes.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-14:/action/166085</id>
    <updated>2008-07-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the crisis in Zimbabwe, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.5690 To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-01:/action/164865</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 01, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-257.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.5690 To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5690/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-01:/action/164864</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 01, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5690 To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5690/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-27:/action/163950</id>
    <updated>2008-06-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 27, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5690 To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5690/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-26:/action/163949</id>
    <updated>2008-06-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 26, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3169 A bill to authorize United States participation in, and appropriations for the United States contribution to, the eleventh replenishment of the resources of the African Development Fund.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/action/161477</id>
    <updated>2008-06-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize United States participation in, and appropriations for the United States contribution to, the eleventh replenishment of the resources of the African Development Fund.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.1270 Commending the efforts of those who sought to block an international arms transfer destined for Zimbabwe, where the government has unleashed a campaign of violence and intimidation against members of the political opposition, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr1270/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-12:/action/160189</id>
    <updated>2008-06-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Commending the efforts of those who sought to block an international arms transfer destined for Zimbabwe, where the government has unleashed a campaign of violence and intimidation against members of the political opposition, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.1230 Condemning postelection violence in Zimbabwe and calling for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-22:/action/158578</id>
    <updated>2008-05-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Condemning postelection violence in Zimbabwe and calling for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3058 Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3058/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-22:/action/158587</id>
    <updated>2008-05-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to prohibit the importation of certain products that contain or are derived from columbite-tantalite or cassiterite mined or extracted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2976 OPEC Accountability Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2976/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-06:/action/156275</id>
    <updated>2008-05-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2979 A bill to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization, and for other purposes.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-06:/action/156236</id>
    <updated>2008-05-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2964 OPEC Accountability Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2964/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-01:/action/152137</id>
    <updated>2008-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5916 Defense Trade Controls Performance Improvement Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5916/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-29:/action/151729</id>
    <updated>2008-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reform the administration of the Arms Export Control Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.541 A resolution supporting humanitarian assistance, protection of civilians, accountability for abuses in Somalia, and urging concrete progress in line with the Transitional Federal Charter of Somalia toward the establishment of a viable government of national unity.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-29:/action/151509</id>
    <updated>2008-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution supporting humanitarian assistance, protection of civilians, accountability for abuses in Somalia, and urging concrete progress in line with the Transitional Federal Charter of Somalia toward the establishment of a viable government of national unity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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