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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Human rights</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4140</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.929 Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358428</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to impose sanctions on individuals who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.131 A resolution recommending the designation of a Presidential Special Envoy to the Balkans to evaluate the successes and shortcomings of the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to provide policy recommendations, and to report back to Congress within one year.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr131/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358155</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution recommending the designation of a Presidential Special Envoy to the Balkans to evaluate the successes and shortcomings of the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to provide policy recommendations, and to report back to Congress within one year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.856 Syria Stabilization Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s856/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357707</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to foster stability in Syria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1778 Justice for Imprisoned Americans Overseas Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1778/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357306</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To mandate training of members of the Foreign Service to protect the rights of United States citizens in the custody of foreign governments, to deny entry into the United States of officials of any foreign government, including their immediate family members, who commit or who fail to rectify fundamental due process and human rights violations of United States citizens in the custody of a foreign government, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1771 North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1771/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357281</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the enforcement of sanctions against the Government of North Korea, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1710 Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1710/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356505</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.793 Organization of American States Revitalization and Reform Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s793/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356453</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to support revitalization and reform of the Organization of American States, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1692 Sudan Peace, Security, and Accountability Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1692/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356467</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the development of a comprehensive strategy to end serious human rights violations in Sudan, to create incentives for governments and persons to end support of and assistance to the Government of Sudan, to reinvigorate genuinely comprehensive peace efforts in Sudan, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1682 FREE Vietnam Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1682/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356389</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit the designation of Vietnam under title V of the Trade Act of 1974.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1687 Countering ALBA Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1687/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356376</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for or complicit in ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens of ALBA countries, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.744 JOLT Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s744/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355538</id>
    <updated>2013-04-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1505 Holocaust Rail Justice Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1505/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-10:/action/355081</id>
    <updated>2013-04-10T20:00:00Z</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, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.147 Calling for the release of United States citizen Saeed Abedini and condemning the Government of Iran for its persecution of religious minorities.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-hr147/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354973</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Calling for the release of United States citizen Saeed Abedini and condemning the Government of Iran for its persecution of religious minorities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.933 Science Appropriations Act, 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h933/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-25:/action/354386</id>
    <updated>2013-03-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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&quot;An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 25, 2013: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.933 Science Appropriations Act, 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h933/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-25:/action/354387</id>
    <updated>2013-03-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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&quot;An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 25, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-6.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.90 A resolution congratulating the people of Kenya on their commitment to peaceful elections, as demonstrated on March 4, 2013, and calling on Kenyans to come together to continue to implement political, institutional, and accountability reforms envisioned in the Kenyan constitution.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr90/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-21:/action/354230</id>
    <updated>2013-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution congratulating the people of Kenya on their commitment to peaceful elections, as demonstrated on March 4, 2013, and calling on Kenyans to come together to continue to implement political, institutional, and accountability reforms envisioned in the Kenyan constitution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.653 Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s653/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-21:/action/354185</id>
    <updated>2013-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.662 Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s662/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-21:/action/354177</id>
    <updated>2013-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.933 Science Appropriations Act, 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h933/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-21:/action/354362</id>
    <updated>2013-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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&quot;An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 21, 2013: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.657 Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s657/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-21:/action/354152</id>
    <updated>2013-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to eliminate conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities that do not meet primary indicators of health, sanitation, and safety, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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