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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Puerto Rico</title>
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  <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4237</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1726 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1726/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356796</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.636 Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s636/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/354082</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified EHR Technology under the Medicare program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1379 Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1379/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/353979</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified EHR Technology under the Medicare program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1110 Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1110/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-12:/action/352725</id>
    <updated>2013-03-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through the National Weather Service, to establish, maintain, and operate an additional tsunami forecast and warning center for the improvement of the evaluation of tsunami risk to, and the dissemination of forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins for, the public in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1018 To clarify the application of certain Federal laws relating to elections in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1018/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-05:/action/351878</id>
    <updated>2013-03-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To clarify the application of certain Federal laws relating to elections in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.412 Keep Our Commitment to Veterans Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s412/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-27:/action/351351</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize certain major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.902 Keep Our Commitment to Veterans Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h902/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-27:/action/351238</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize certain Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.840 To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h840/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-25:/action/350755</id>
    <updated>2013-02-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.324 Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s324/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-13:/action/350037</id>
    <updated>2013-02-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend part B of the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply deemed enrollment to residents of Puerto Rico and to provide a special enrollment period and a reduction in the late enrollment penalties for certain residents of Puerto Rico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.670 Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h670/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-12:/action/349808</id>
    <updated>2013-02-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend part B of the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply deemed enrollment to residents of Puerto Rico and to provide a special enrollment period and a reduction in the late enrollment penalties for certain residents of Puerto Rico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.428 School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h428/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-24:/action/348304</id>
    <updated>2013-01-24T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of Agriculture to report on the cost differences between providing school meals and supplements in each of the territories of the United States and the 50 States and the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.364 Supplemental Security Income Equality Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h364/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-22:/action/347814</id>
    <updated>2013-01-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.353 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program to prevent the fraudulent use of taxpayer identification numbers of residents of United States territories and possessions to be used to obtain a credit or refund on tax returns filed with the United States.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h353/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-22:/action/347841</id>
    <updated>2013-01-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program to prevent the fraudulent use of taxpayer identification numbers of residents of United States territories and possessions to be used to obtain a credit or refund on tax returns filed with the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.365 Territorial TANF Equity Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h365/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-22:/action/348048</id>
    <updated>2013-01-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the cap on certain payments under the TANF program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.208 Beyond the Soup Kitchen Grants Program Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h208/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-03:/action/347032</id>
    <updated>2013-01-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide greater access to the supplemental nutrition assistance program by reducing duplicative and burdensome administrative requirements, authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to certain community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups for the purpose of establishing and implementing a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program for certain socially and economically disadvantaged populations, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.79 Medicaid Payment Fairness to the Territories Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h79/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-02:/action/346533</id>
    <updated>2013-01-02T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the territories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.81 To amend subtitle B of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h81/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-02:/action/346952</id>
    <updated>2013-01-02T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend subtitle B of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.83 To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h83/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-02:/action/346478</id>
    <updated>2013-01-02T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.8 &quot;Fiscal cliff&quot; bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h8/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-01:/action/346360</id>
    <updated>2013-01-01T19:00:00Z</updated>
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An act entitled the &quot;American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 01, 2013: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.8 &quot;Fiscal cliff&quot; bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h8/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-01:/action/346361</id>
    <updated>2013-01-01T19:00:00Z</updated>
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An act entitled the &quot;American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 01, 2013: Signed by President.    </content>
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