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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Corporate accountability</title>
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  <updated>2008-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/7053</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3445 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3445/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-01:/action/168771</id>
    <updated>2008-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill to impose sanctions with respect to Iran, to provide for the divestment of assets in Iran by State and local governments and other entities, to identify locations of concern with respect to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items to Iran, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3227 Iran Sanctions Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3227/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-07:/action/165348</id>
    <updated>2008-07-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill to impose sanctions on Iran and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2905 Close the Contractor Fraud Loophole Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2905/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-24:/action/151307</id>
    <updated>2008-04-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require disclosure by Federal contractors of certain violations relating to the award or performance of Federal contracts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2916 Guaranteeing Real Accountability in Federal Transactions Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2916/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-24:/action/151162</id>
    <updated>2008-04-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to ensure greater transparency in the Federal contracting process, and to help prevent contractors that violate criminal laws from obtaining Federal contracts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5712 Close the Contractor Fraud Loophole Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5712/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-03:/action/149935</id>
    <updated>2008-04-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require disclosure by Federal contractors of certain violations relating to the award or performance of Federal contracts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2703 Regulatory Relief and Fairness Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2703/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-05:/action/146663</id>
    <updated>2008-03-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reduce the reporting and certification burdens for certain financial institutions of sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5086 To require the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, to require judicial sanction of deferred prosecution agreements, and to provide for Federal monitors to oversee deferred prosecution agreements.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5086/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-22:/action/142275</id>
    <updated>2008-01-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, to require judicial sanction of deferred prosecution agreements, and to provide for Federal monitors to oversee deferred prosecution agreements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2349 Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2349/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-14:/action/137209</id>
    <updated>2007-11-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize the programs of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2519 Federal Employees Responsible Investment Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2519/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-24:/action/113969</id>
    <updated>2007-05-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.449 Encouraging the Federal Government and State and municipal governments, universities, companies, and other institutions in the United States, and all Americans to divest from companies that do business with Sudan.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr449/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-24:/action/114105</id>
    <updated>2007-05-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Encouraging the Federal Government and State and municipal governments, universities, companies, and other institutions in the United States, and all Americans to divest from companies that do business with Sudan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1234 Stop Business with Terrorists Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1234/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-26:/action/110108</id>
    <updated>2007-04-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to strengthen the liability of parent companies for violations of sanctions by foreign entities, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1780 Small Business Securities Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1780/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-29:/action/107713</id>
    <updated>2007-03-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the implementation of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1550 Regulatory Relief and Fairness Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1550/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-15:/action/96683</id>
    <updated>2007-03-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reduce the reporting and certification burdens for certain financial institutions of sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1341 Honest Income Disclosure Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1341/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-06:/action/95426</id>
    <updated>2007-03-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require corporate income reported to the Internal Revenue Service to be included in annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1357 To require divestiture of current investments in Iran, to prohibit future investments in Iran, and to require disclosure to investors of information relating to such investments.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1357/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-06:/action/95458</id>
    <updated>2007-03-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require divestiture of current investments in Iran, to prohibit future investments in Iran, and to require disclosure to investors of information relating to such investments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1050 A Living Wage, Jobs For All Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1050/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-14:/action/93366</id>
    <updated>2007-02-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.164 Encouraging the Federal Government and State and municipal governments, universities, companies, and other institutions in the United States, and all Americans to divest from companies that do business with Sudan.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr164/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-14:/action/93409</id>
    <updated>2007-02-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Encouraging the Federal Government and State and municipal governments, universities, companies, and other institutions in the United States, and all Americans to divest from companies that do business with Sudan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.226 A bill to direct the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to submit semi-annual reports regarding settlements relating to false claims and fraud against the Federal Government.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s226/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-09:/action/89960</id>
    <updated>2007-01-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to direct the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to submit semi-annual reports regarding settlements relating to false claims and fraud against the Federal Government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.275 Global Online Freedom Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h275/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-05:/action/91198</id>
    <updated>2007-01-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To promote freedom of expression on the Internet, to protect United States businesses from coercion to participate in repression by authoritarian foreign governments, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.180 Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h180/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-04:/action/88930</id>
    <updated>2007-01-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the identification of companies that conduct business operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with such companies, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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