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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Compensation for victims of crime</title>
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  <updated>2008-05-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6028 Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-13:/action/157021</id>
    <updated>2008-05-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Central America, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.4118 To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4118/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-19:/action/141630</id>
    <updated>2007-12-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 19, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-141.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.4118 To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-19:/action/141179</id>
    <updated>2007-12-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 19, 2007: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4118 To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4118/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-11:/action/139329</id>
    <updated>2007-12-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 11, 2007: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4118 To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4118/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-06:/action/138408</id>
    <updated>2007-12-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 06, 2007: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4118 To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4118/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-08:/action/136202</id>
    <updated>2007-11-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2331 A bill to exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event, loss of life and limb, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-08:/action/136269</id>
    <updated>2007-11-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event, loss of life and limb, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2317 Intellectual Property Enforcement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2317/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-07:/action/136063</id>
    <updated>2007-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend titles 17 and 18, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 to strengthen and harmonize the protection of intellectual property, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4110 Preservation of Assets for Restitution Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4110/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-07:/action/136040</id>
    <updated>2007-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Mandatory Victims' Restitution Act to improve restitution for victims of crime, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4111 Preserving Crime Victims' Restitution Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4111/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-07:/action/136042</id>
    <updated>2007-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To address the effect of the death of a defendant in Federal criminal proceedings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3990 Military Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3990/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-29:/action/135097</id>
    <updated>2007-10-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces and their family members and partners through enhanced programs of prevention and deterrence, enhanced programs of victims services, and strengthened provisions for prosecution of assailants, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2237 Violence Against Children Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2237/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-25:/action/134921</id>
    <updated>2007-10-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to fight crime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2168 Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2168/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-16:/action/132530</id>
    <updated>2007-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to enable increased federal prosecution of identity theft crimes and to allow for restitution to victims of identity theft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.726 Calling on the President of the United States and the international community to take immediate steps to respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in Darfur, Sudan, eastern Chad and the Central African Republic.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr726/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-10:/action/132108</id>
    <updated>2007-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Calling on the President of the United States and the international community to take immediate steps to respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in Darfur, Sudan, eastern Chad and the Central African Republic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3713 To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3713/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-01:/action/131089</id>
    <updated>2007-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3543 James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3543/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-17:/action/129232</id>
    <updated>2007-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack in New York City on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3369 To provide compensation for United States citizens taken hostage by terrorists or state sponsors of terrorism.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3369/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-03:/action/127275</id>
    <updated>2007-08-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide compensation for United States citizens taken hostage by terrorists or state sponsors of terrorism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3346 To provide compensation for United States citizens taken hostage by terrorists or state sponsors of terrorism.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-02:/action/126950</id>
    <updated>2007-08-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide compensation for United States citizens taken hostage by terrorists or state sponsors of terrorism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3156 Proceeds of Crime Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3156/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-24:/action/123767</id>
    <updated>2007-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To control violent crime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1860 Proceeds of Crime Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-24:/action/123826</id>
    <updated>2007-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to control violent crime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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