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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Medical centers</title>
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  <updated>2008-09-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/7091</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6832 Veterans' Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-08:/action/170501</id>
    <updated>2008-09-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009, to extend certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5657 To clarify the authority of States to use funds as the non-Federal share of Medicaid expenditures for certain regional medical centers.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5657/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-31:/action/148413</id>
    <updated>2008-03-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To clarify the authority of States to use funds as the non-Federal share of Medicaid expenditures for certain regional medical centers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5029 To designate the name for the medical facilities being constructed at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, to replace Walter Reed Army Medical Center.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5029/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-16:/action/142002</id>
    <updated>2008-01-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To designate the name for the medical facilities being constructed at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, to replace Walter Reed Army Medical Center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1998 International Child Marriage Prevention and Protection Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1998/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-03:/action/127024</id>
    <updated>2007-08-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reduce child marriage, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3162 Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3162/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-24:/action/123787</id>
    <updated>2007-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the children's health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.524 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Diamond-Blackfan Anemia.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr524/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-27:/action/120167</id>
    <updated>2007-06-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Diamond-Blackfan Anemia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2386 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide special treatment of certain cancer hospitals under the Medicare Program.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2386/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-17:/action/112895</id>
    <updated>2007-05-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide special treatment of certain cancer hospitals under the Medicare Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2199 Traumatic Brain Injury Health Enhancement and Long-Term Support Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2199/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-08:/action/111380</id>
    <updated>2007-05-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain improvements in the treatment of individuals with traumatic brain injuries, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2179 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish traumatic brain injury centers.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2179/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-03:/action/110955</id>
    <updated>2007-05-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish traumatic brain injury centers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.976 Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s976/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-23:/action/107181</id>
    <updated>2007-03-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to secure the promise of personalized medicine for all Americans by expanding and accelerating genomics research and initiatives to improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis, increase the safety of drugs, and identify novel treatments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.742 Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s742/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-01:/action/94736</id>
    <updated>2007-03-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An act to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing materials and products having asbestos-containing material, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.477 Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h477/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-16:/action/90433</id>
    <updated>2007-01-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen education, prevention, and treatment programs relating to stroke, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.6342 Veterans Programs Extension Act of 2006</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h6342/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-21:/action/87714</id>
    <updated>2006-12-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to expand eligibility for the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 21, 2006: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.6342 Veterans Programs Extension Act of 2006</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-21:/action/87715</id>
    <updated>2006-12-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to expand eligibility for the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 21, 2006: Became Public Law No: 109-444.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6342 Veterans Programs Extension Act of 2006</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h6342/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-20:/action/87713</id>
    <updated>2006-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to expand eligibility for the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 20, 2006: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6342 Veterans Programs Extension Act of 2006</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h6342/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-07:/action/87712</id>
    <updated>2006-12-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to expand eligibility for the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 07, 2006: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6342 Veterans Programs Extension Act of 2006</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h6342/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-05:/action/87704</id>
    <updated>2006-12-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to expand eligibility for the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6359 To require the establishment of a Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic at the Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles, Washington.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h6359/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-05:/action/88364</id>
    <updated>2006-12-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the establishment of a Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic at the Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles, Washington.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5647 Appropriations bill FY2007, Labor, HHS, Education</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h5647/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-06-20:/action/45266</id>
    <updated>2006-06-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5496 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide special treatment of certain cancer hospitals under the Medicare Program.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h5496/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-05-25:/action/47481</id>
    <updated>2006-05-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide special treatment of certain cancer hospitals under the Medicare Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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